Borehole Miners
MR. JAMES CURLEY, secretary of the Miners' Association, writes:—Mr. J. Hancock, in your issue of Tuesday, states that no communication from the Minors' Association has…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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Colliery Disaster in Wales. Fifty Lives Lost. Sad Scenes
LONDON, Tuesday.—A colliery disaster of an appalling character has taken place at Cardiff. Fifty men are reported to have perished, and 38 were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Mr. W. B. WALFORD. Chairman of the Wallsend Coal Company. Sydney
MR. W. B. WALFORD, a well-known and prominent member of the commercial community, died this morning at his residence, Waratah, Bayswater-road. For many years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold-mining in Victoria. The Largest Australian Output
ACCORDING to the mining returns the total yield of gold in Victoria during 1895 was 693,146oz, being an increase of 19,466oz over the yield in 1894…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. the East Greta Colliery
DURING a conversation yesterday afternoon, Mr. A. Thomas, manager of the East Greta Colliery, gave some cheerful information regarding the pit. He stated that, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Seaham Colliery. Bricking Off the Fire
SMOKE is still issuing from the Seaham Colliery, but the fire is no worse than it was a few days ago. If anything, it would appear to be gradually extinguishing itself. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Seaham Colliery
MR. W. TURNBULL, the colliery manager of the A.A. Company, who, with Mr. Thomas Croudace, the general manager of the Scottish Australian Mining Company, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Proposed New Coal Charter
The following circular letter on the subject of the proposed new form of coal charter has been issued from Cardiff:—"We beg to inform you that the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany in the Coal Trade
Competition from Germany in the coal trade grows space, and Rotterdam as a shipping contre for the We[?]tphallan coailleld is showing an amount of enterprise which British coal exporters cannot afford to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Coal Company. Half-yearly Meeting
THE twenty-sixth half-yearly general meeting of shareholders in the Stockton Coal Company, Limited, was held in the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Newcastle Coal Trade. Deputation to the Premier. Artificial Arrangements to Baise Prices. Always a Failure. Mr. Reid to Confer with the Colliery Proprietors. Sydney
AN important deputation from the Newcastle district had an interview with the Premier at the Treasury this morning concerning the position of the Newcastle coal trade, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle-wallsend Coal Company. Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney
Tee half-yearly mooting of the share-holders of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company was hold this morning at the company's head office, Bridge-street. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Mining Prospects of the West
A GENTLEMAN in West Maitland has received a communication from Perth which clearly indicates that the prospects of the goldfields are bright as regards permanence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Affairs in the Transvaal. All the Mines to Be Closed. Kruger Wills It
LONDON, Thursday.—The situation in the Transvaal is still most unsatisfactory. President Kruger intimated to-day that it is his intention to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Situation. Colliery Proprietors Willing to Confer
ON inquiry in the city yesterday it was ascertained that there will be no objection on the part of the colliery proprietors to meet the Premier. Even those proprietors who stood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Haunted Colliery in Wales
THE Morta Colliery, in Glanmorgan, six years ago the scene of an explosion, has been deserted in superstitious terror by the miners, and for…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lambton. the Mine
The miners had only a three days' pay this fortnight, which makes the Lambton Colliery the lowest on the list of working days in the district. With such a quantity of shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining
GENERALLY speaking, the miners of the district have drawn a good fortnight's pay. Seven of the pits worked full time, while the majority of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Western Australia. Perth, January 28. Departing for the Goldfields
Scores are leaving daily for the goldfields. THE WEATHER. The weather is warmer, and the heat yesterday and to-day registered over 100…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Borehole Miners
THE present unsatisfactory state of affairs amongst the Borchole men-forms the topic of conversation with a large section of the miners, and (writes our correspondent) the…
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