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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 52
THE year 1862 saw a rapid development in the trade, and despite the A.A. Co.'s strike the output for the 12 months was 476,522 tone, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Coal Mines Commission met to-day. They intend shortly to examine some colliery managers from the Northern district. SHOCKING ACCIDENT…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. A. MATHIESON, manager of the Hetton Colliery, and Mr. Fletcher, manager of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery, were examined by the Collieries Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As Mount Charlotte a dry crushing plant is almost erected. A quantity of ore has been carted to the mill, which is expected to be crushing very soon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MALONEY'S battery started yesterday, and proved a great success. At the Viking mine rich gold has been struck below the 100ft level. The Mildura is improving in depth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Out Adamstown correspondent writes:—An effort is being made by the coal proprietors to revert to the old back and front shift system which became so vexatious in the olden timers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALTHOUGH the Greta Colliery has been idle for about three weeks, and is still so, it is encouraging to know (writes our correspondent) that the prospects are much more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BEFORE leaving the year 1864, dealt with in our last article, it is necessary to refer to several other events which took place in the district. In July…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE usual Monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the School of Arts last night, Mr. William Bower in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A GLIMPBE at the coal export returns for the nine months ending September 30th shows that owing to the slackness in the trade during the last quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MR. LOUTS TYLOR, chairman of the finance committee of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Miners' Provident Society, has submitted to the society details of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT the last meeting of the Cabinet consideration was given the tenders for the supply of coal for the Victorian railways for a period of three years. The quantity annually required…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This week the following claims:—Light of Asia, Public Eclipse Group, Commonwealth, and others were taken over by an English buyer, the balance of the purchase money being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE subject of the supply of coal to the Victorian railways has been decided by the Government of that colony. Notwithstanding the efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADEPUTATION from the Coalminers' Association waited on the Premier to-day, and complained that no minimum wage was fixed for miners in the Government contracts Mr. Turner said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A CYCLIST just in from Niagara brings news of a further find by Northmore and Doolette. The locality is about one mile from the recent big find, and the formation traced is 72ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE slackness of work at a number of the collieries is beginning to be keenly felt by the miners and other workmen. Wickham and Bullock Island, where a large number are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In pursuance of a notice posted up the miners employed at the Co-operative Colliery met Mr. Barr, manager, on Monday, when a reduction of 4d per ton in the hewing rate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An explosion occurred in the New Queen mine, Charters Towers, this morning, supposed to have been caused by drilling into the missed portion of a former charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Glebe miners' meeting held on Monday night for the purpose of dealing with the new proposals of working the back shift, was the largest since the strike at that colliery…
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