The West Wallsend Colliery. Great Distress in the District
THE unfortunate stoppage of the West Wallsend Colliery has put those employe there in a sorry plight. Cases of di[?] distress are very numerous, and the positic…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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The Northern Mine. Teralba Incidents. Police Reinforcements Sent
YESTERDAY forenoon Inspector Lynch, of the police department, received word that two men employed in the Northern Colliery at Teralba had been assaulted, and that it would…
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IN order to comply with the labour conditions of the leases, it is found necessary that not less than 68 men be kept at work on the British mine, and instructions have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From Newcastle to Copeland. Objects of Interest by the Way. a Primitive but Thriving Country. Mining Prospects of the District. Copeland
COPELAND is nine miles distant from Gloucestor in a westerly direction, and is reached by a splendid road. For eight miles the land is of an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Northern Colliery. The People Excited but Quiet
ALL was quiet yesterday at Teralba, the Northern, or what in future is to be termed the Pacific Co-operative Colliery, working all day. Some 81 miners put in an appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Colliery Disaster. Explosion of Fire-damp. One Hundred and Forty Men Entombed
LONDON, Tuesday.—Intelligence received from Thornhill, a township in Yorkshire, reports that a terrible explosion of fire-damp took place in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mines at Broken Hill. Fresh Discharges. Broken Hill
THE shutting down of the British mine has thrown between 400 and 500 men out of employment, and about 200 men, chiefly truckers, miners, and platmen, will be discharged this…
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THE New Lambton miners held their quarterly meeting on Wednesday night at Adamstown, Mr. T. Gray in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…
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THE ordinary monthly meeting of the above lodge was held last night. After the minutes had been road collectors were first appointed for two relief collections…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Disaster. Ten Men Rescued
LONDON, Thursday.—The efforts of the rescue parties to save the men entombed in the Combs pit, Thornhill, through the explosion yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meeting. West Wallsend
A MEETING of the West Wallsend miners was held on Wednesday evening in Sharp's Hall. There was a fair attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stockton Colliery. The Surface Lighted by Electricity
LATELY Mr. Daniel M'Auliffe, the Stockton Coal Company's resident manager, has lighted up the whole of the surface workings of the mine by electricity. The motive power…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Silver Mining in America
LONDON, Wednesday.—It is stated that 314 silver mines in the State of Colorado, U.S.A., have been closed, owing to the unpayable price at which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern Mine. Work Going on Quietly
EVERYTHING was quiet at Teralba yesterday, the police having nothing to do but to watch the two rival parties into which the township is now divided. Work was going on quietly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rules of the Miners' Association. Amendments From the Borehole Lodge
THE Borehole miners are of opinion that now the rules of the Miners' Association are being amended, and the proposed alterations are already before the lodges, the bylaws of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From Newcastle to Copeland. Objects of Interest by the Way. a Primitive but Thriving Country. Mining Prospects of the District. Copeland
THE Prince Charlie line of reef is situated about a mile from the township in a south-easterly direction. Several claims were taken up along…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Meetings. Browns' Collieries
A SPECIAL meeting of the Duckenfield and Back Creek miners was held on Thursday evening, in Sharp's Hall. Mr. J. M. Gray presided, and the meeting was fairly well…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Greta Colliery. Dismal Prospect for the Miners
THE Greta Colliery has now been totally idle for a considerable period, and the prospect of work seems to be very remote. Large numbers of the miners have left to seek their fortunes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northern Colliery. Matters Remain Quiet. Meeting of the Miners' Lodge
AFFAIRS at Teralba were again quiet yesterday, but to prevent any chance of a disturbance Sub-inspector Saunders and his posse of police are still stationed there. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Borehole Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held at Williams' Hotel, Broadmeadow, on Thursday, to deal with the minutes of the delegate meeting. The attendance was fair;…
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