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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
1,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 53 of 71
THE steamer Sophia Ann arrived in Sydney at noon to-day with eight boxes of gold, containing about £8000, saved by the underwriters' salvage party from the Catterthun…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Reid Government have certainly achieved no small measure of success with reference to their legislative proposals, and for this satisfactory condition of affairs they are entitled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The amount of coal shipped at the dyke for the week ended Saturday amounted to 55,106 tons, as against 47,150 tons for a corresponding period last year, showing an increase of 7947 tons in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN unfortunate accident occurred yesterday at the Co-operative Colliery by an explosion of blasting powder, to two brothers named Hugh and William Parkes, sons of Widow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the last monthly meeting of members of the East Greta Miners' Lodge the question: of the reduction to the old standard of rates for coal-cutting, wheeling, &c., was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A rumour has been going the round that the miners employed by the Bridgewater Trustee in Lancashire had come out on strike against machinery. A London journal states…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE statement in yesterday's issue that creeks were visible on the Wickham side of the Carrington-road proves to be a matter of some concern to the Wickham and Bullock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE following "Instructions to Surveyors" on the subject of the surface ventilation of coal cargoes have just been issued by the Board of Trade:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE story of the intrepid feat of Divers Briggs and May in recovering from the wreck of the Catterthun, off 8eal Rooks, £7942 of the sunken treasure, which sank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—Rich gold has been discovered in the province of Carabaya, in South-eastern Peru, on the Bolivian frontier. A nugget…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At a meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Miners, held at Lloyd's Hotel, Islington, last evening, Messrs. J. Middleby, J. Wheatley, G. Coalton, R. Deavis, John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. Hoke Smith, the Secretary for the Interior in the United States, has resigned owing to his sympathy with Mr. W. J. Bryan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Sydney Smith, the Minister for Mines, states that during the last three years so marked had its progress been that there were 10,000 more miners employed on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE falls which occurred in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery, in consequence of a movement of the earth above in the vicinity of the air shaft, are not, it transpires, so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHECK-INSPECTORS' report made August 19th and 20th, 1896, by Messrs. Samuel Ingram and John Mackey Gray, check-inspectors:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Mines Bill was further discussed in committee. On the ventilation clause Mr. ALEX. BROWN spoke at considerable length, urging in detail the adoption of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHEN the workings at the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery were examined again yesterday, Mr. Fletcher and his staff found that everything was perfectly quiet, without…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Referring to the price of the Sado Mine and the other Imperial estates, which are to be disposed of shortly by public tender, the Tokyo Asahi learns that the Emperor has no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not very long ago a Royal Commission was organised to estimate the probable duration of the coalfields to which we have access. The report of the Commission, who argued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →If current reports have any foundation, the long-promised good time for gold-finders has already arrived. No longer will it be necessary for the reefer to crush his stuff at great…
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