The World's Mining
No more concrete illustration could be afforded of the progress which the mining industry is making in interest and importance than is gleaned by a glance at the…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
1,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 54 of 71
Burwood Miners. "Shooting Fast." Important Letter
THE Burwood Miners held their monthly meeting last night at Love's Hotel, Adamstown. There were about 50 members present, and Mr. Nichol…
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THE British mineral statistics for 1895 are from several points of view very gratifying. On the all-important question of safety it is most pleasing…
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MR. W. RENNIE, late manager of the above, has removed, and applications are called to fill the vacancy. It is reported that Mr. J. Dixon, of Stockton, has secured the position,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Mines Bill. The Ventilation Clause. Sydney
CONSIDERABLE satisfaction is expressed in political circles that the Council last night adopted a reasonable, attitude regarding the ventilation clause in the Coal Mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News. the Sydney Collieries
Little has been heard recently of that great scheme for exploiting the coal measures under Sydney Harbour. The reason, we suppose, is that as coal can be found so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Colliery. Shooting Fast
IT is understood that the question of what is known as shooting fast has now been satisfactorily arranged by the manager of the Wallsend Colliery. Both the management…
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LONDON, Wednesday. — The Dolconth Gold-mining Company, New Zealand, has been formed with a capital of £150,000, the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. to the Editor
SIR,—Permit me to correct the statement attributed to me by your reporter in his report of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners' meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. Condition of the Workings Unchanged. Work Suspended for This Week
THERE is absolutely no change in the condition of the workings at the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. Coal is still being flaked off the pillars in some places, and the…
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THERE was little to complain about in the matter of work for the pay drawn yesterday, for the majority of the pits worked full time for the fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. Miners Desirous of Going Elsewhere. The Manager Insists Upon the Usual Notice
WITH the exception of a slight pinching on the pillars in the abandoned workings, there is now nothing underground to indicate that there has been a crush at the Wickham and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta Colliery
WORK at this colliery has not been very brisk of late, only three days were worked last week, and the impression is gaining ground that the old disheartening state of things…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Beach Mining
The unequal distribution of wealth in this one-sided world is shown every day. Some men starve in the midst of plenty, and spend their lives in painful efforts to make a living…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Cargoes Commission
The first meeting of the Royal Commission to inquire into the dangers to which ships carrying coal cargoes are liable was held at the Sydney University on Friday. The…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Dolconth Gold-mining Company, New Zealand, which was formed with a capital of £150,000, the whole of which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. the Crush Extending. Some Properties Affected
SOME sensation was caused in Wickham yesterday by the noise of what was, at first, believed to be an earthquake. Houses shook and cracked, and the earth, on the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Coal Trade. Alleged Ring of Merchants. Sydney
THE following letter has been published in the Sydney papers:—"Sir,—Please permit us the privilege of using your widely circulated columns to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Output
The amount of coal shipped at the dyke for the week ended at midnight on Saturday amounted to 44,966 tons, as against 31,141 tons for the corresponding period last year, showing an increase of 10,825…
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The Mariposa is taking to America about 425,000 sovereigns. The theory is that trade is simply barter and gold is only paid now and then to square up balances…
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