Plattsbukg. Mining Under Roads
Some years ago the Borough Council of Plattsburg drew attention to the fact that portions of the Minmi-road were being under-mined and requested that an inspection should…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. Meeting of the Local Miners
MR W. HUMBLE, the Government Inspector of Collieries, made another examination of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery yesterday, along with the Messrs. Fletcher…
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Work continues brisk at the above collieries, and will doubtless continue so for a lengthy period to come, judging by the large number of vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Cargoes Commission. the Heating of Coal Cargoes. Further Evidence on Loading and Trimming
THE Royal Commission (Professor Threlfall, of the Sydney University, and Mr. E. F. Pittman, the Government Geologist) appointed to inquire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence. Coal Cargoes Commission. to the Editor
SIR,—If the above commission are endeavouring to find one common cause to attribute the loss of coal-laden ships to, I think their efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Estimates. A Tilt at the Military Vote. The Ministry and the Public Service Board. Coal Mines Regulation Bill. Public Abattoirs. Sydney
THE Assembly sat till 3.45 o'clock this morning discussing the estimated of the Chief Secretary's Department. The reduction of £110, moved by Mr. MILLER in the secretary…
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BUT for the unfortunate extension the crush at the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery work would have been resumed there on Wednesday…
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THE Royal Commission (Professor Threlfall, [?] the Sydney University, and Mr. E. F. [?]ttmann, the Government Geologist) appointed to inquire into the dangers to which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greta. the Colliery
Contrary to expectations this colliery only worked one day last week, and if work is resumed on Tuesday, as is reported, and continued all the week…
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A Frankston (Vic.) correspondent writes that operations there in connection with the discovery of coal are being pushed on vigorously. Four leases, covering an area of…
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LONDON, Friday.—Bar gold is to-day quoted at £3 18s per ounce…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal. Adjusting the Mining Laws. the Demands of the Reformers
LONDON, Saturday.—The Transvaal Parliament has made a number of amendments in the existing mining laws of the Republic. The…
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The amount of coal tipped at the dyke for the week ended at 6 a m. yesterday was 51,283 tons, as against 38,679 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing an increase of 12,604 tons in…
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The East Greta miners held their usual committee meeting at the Oddfellows' Hall, West Maitland, on Saturday night. Mr. James Wright, who has secured a position at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trouble at the Burwood Colliery. a Wheeling Difficulty
OWING to some misunderstanding with the wheelers the Burwood Colliery was thrown idle yesterday. It seems that when the strike terminated the manager arranged with the…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The South Star Goldmining Company, Coolgardie, has been formed with a capital of £125,000, of which £60,000 will be issued in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. the Coal Cargoes Commission. to the Editor
SIR,—I have carefully read the evidence of the different gentlemen who so kindly adorn the four walls of our Custom Department to ventilate their experience of coal shifting and…
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This is attributed by Emanuel Stauber, of Hamburg, to a combination of causes, including the admixture of air and moisture with the gas exhaled by the coal, together…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wickham and Bullock Island Miners. an Uproarious Meeting
THE mooting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners at Lloyd's Hall, Islington, last evening, was one of the liveliest affairs that has taken place in this district for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mines Bill. the Compromise. Sydney
GREAT satisfaction is expressed in political circles at the passage at last of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill, which since 1889 has been associated closely with several important…
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