A Proposed Coal Trust
THIS is the day of leviathan undertakings, but we do not believe, even with a great strike of coal-miners upsetting the commerce and industries of the United Kingdom, that…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
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A Coal Trust Scheme
LONDON, Wednesday.—Admiral Sir George Eliot is promoting a scheme for the formation of a gigantic coal trust to control the entire output of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Collieries. Lodge Meeting
A SPECIAL meeting of the Duckenfield and Back Creek miners was held on Thursday evening, Mr. J. M. Gray presiding. In declaring the meeting open the chairman stated…
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THERE was very little improvement in the coal trade last week, and work at the pits was by no means brisk. The fortnight which ends to-day, and for…
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THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held at the Merewether Hotel on Thursday evening. Mr. Joseph Halliday occupied the chair,…
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IN an address, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Professor Philipson, the President of the British Medical Association, said that to the heated atmosphere of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The East Lambton Miners. Sydney
IN Chambers, before Mr. Justice Stephen, to-day, an application for a prohibition in the case against Messrs. Russell and Campbell for money due to miners at East Lambton…
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ON Thursday evening a public meeting was hold at Dudley for the purpose of considering the present depression, and the best means to remove it. Mr. B. Binney occupied the chair,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Gold Robberies in Queensland. Mount Morgan Miners Arrested. Brisbane
GREAT sensation was created at Rockhampton and Mount Morgan to-day at the arrest of several persons on a charge of stealing and receiving gold, stolen from the Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Borehole Miners. Quarterly Meeting
THE Borehole miners held their quarterly meeting on Friday night at the Premier Hotel, Broadmeadow, Mr. S. Wilson in the chair…
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OTTAWA, Saturday.—A gold discovery has been made at Aberni, Vancouver Island, the reefs being very rich…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners. Their Adjourned Meeting. A Cavil to be Drawn
THE Duckenfield and Back Creek Lodges of miners held their adjourned monthly meeting on Friday in Sharp's Hall. Mr. J. M. Gray presided, and…
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THE coal trade in the Clifton district continues very quiet. For the fortnight ended on Saturday the South Clifton Colliery worked five days, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The East Lambton Colliery. Work Again Suspended
OPERATIONS at the East Lambton Colliery are once more suspended, but the trouble this time is not on the part of the miners. When the Waratah Company invited today some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Fossicking. Syndicates Formed at Wallsend
SEVERAL small syndicates have recently been formed amongst the residents of Wallsend, with the view of sending out small prospecting parties to search for gold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners. Cavils Drawn
NEVER Perhaps in the history of Minmi has there been so much anxiety manifested over the cavils being drawn as there was on Saturday last, when the fate of over 500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The West Australian Gold-fields. The Water Difficulty Increasing. Suicide of an Unknown Miner. Perth
SEVERAL parties and swagmen reached Southern Cross from Coolgardie last week, being driven in owing to the water difficulty. It is expected that a large number will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victorian Coal Industry. Development of the Trade
THE following article, which shows the development of the Victorian coal trade, appeared in the Melbourne Age last week:—"Victorian coal, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining at Broken Hill. Broken Hill
ON October 1st all the leaching plant now being used by the contractors at the Junction North mine, will be handed over to the company, who after that date will commence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold-mining at Copeland. Another Encouraging Discovery. Raymond Terrace
FURTHER encouraging news was received today from the Great Cobark Gold-mining Co. at Copeland. The men when starting to tunnel on the line of reef from the main shaft…
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