The Rating of Collieries
THE subject of the rating of property for municipal purposes brings around annually its usual quota of discussion and difference of opinion. In a…
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Mining & the mines, 1895
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The Seaham Colliery
THE Seaham Colliery made a start yesterday and worked three-quarters of the day, when the miners got orders to bring their tools out. No more work will be done until the now…
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Work is progressing satisfactorily at the East Greta Colliery, and the pit is practically engaged full time. Last Monday night's shift was disappointing to the men as the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at a Prussian Colliery. 400 Men Entombed
LONDON, Tuesday.—News is to hand stating that a large colliery has taken fire near Breslau, an important town in Eastern Prussia. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New Lambton Miners
THE New Lambton miners have accepted another reducation. The terms agreed upon are similar to those published on Monday's issue. The 4ft 6in minimum height is the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Accident
Yesterday afternoon a young miner named George Proctor was badly injured in the South Greta pit, a small coal-winning centre near Homeville. He was working…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Miners' Wages
AT Bulli two miners brought a test case for the recovery of 12s 5d, balance due for a change from shovel to fork work on the pillars at South Bulli mine, as the change…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents at the Greta Colliery
GEORGE HODGOS, a minor employed at the Greta Colliery met with a serious accident yesterday. Hedges and a mate had fired a shot, and retired about 50yds to avoid the…
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Matters in general are just about as quiet as they well can be. What with the stop-page at Seaham, and the scarcity of employment other than coal-mining, the outlook is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wallsend Miners
THE Usual monthly meeting of the 'Wallsend Miners' Lodge was held at the local School of Arts last evening, Mr. R Punton in the chair…
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"BENDIGO," Wallsend.—1. The output of gold in Victoria reached its highest point in 1856, when no less than 3,053,744oz of the precious metal…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Stockton Coal Company. Success of the New Shaft
THE Stockton Coal Company have now struck both seams in their new shaft, and within two months the new and old pits will be joined by a main heading. Now that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Central Broken Hill Mine. Equity Suit over the Proposed Sale. Sydney
THE matter of Hearn against the Central Broken Hill Silver Mining Company was again before the Chief Judge in Equity to-day. It was a suit in which William Clarke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Mines Bill. Legislative Council in Explanation
BEFORE the adjournment of the Assembly on Friday, the Speaker read a message from the Legislative Council embodying the reasons of the Upper House for insisting upon certain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Colliery
THE New Lambton colliery has been idle during the past fortnight, and there is little prospect of work this week. The prices at which the miners will work in future are:—16…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Minmi. the Mines
FULL time at the mines is to be recorded once more, and signs of future prosperity are promising. A slight accident took place on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reported Gold Find Near Muswellbrook
THE reported find of alluvial gold at Coal Creek has excited considerable interest (writes a Muswellbrook paper), but as the discovery is on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wallsend Miners. Further Reduction in the Hewing Rate
ON Saturday the following notice was posted up at the pick-rack at the Wallsend tunnel: —"Notice to Wallsend Miners.—From and after the 29th day of June instant, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining in Western Australia. Success of a Greta Resident
MR. LEWIS FEES, an eat while resident of Greta, and a brother-in-law of Mr. Richard Ford, of Greta, has (according to the Melbourne Times) been extremely fortunate at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wallsend Colliery Reductions. Opinion of the Miners
WITH reference to the reductions to miners notified by the Wallsend Company, we are requested by the company to correct the statement that any reduction in yardage has…
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