An Exodus of Miners
The Melbourne Argus has been gathering information from the Victorian goldfields as to the exodus of miners to Western Australia and South Africa, and it find that a…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
1,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 71
Correspondence. "The Science and Art of Mining" on Australian Mines Inspection. to the Editor
SIR,—The above-named little mining journal has earned for itself a worldwide reputation. Its founder and first editor, Mr. W. Tate, has a large…
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LONDON, Friday.— Howel's Consolidated Mining Company, New South Wales, which was formed with a capital of £150,000, of which £100,000…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in the School of Arts on Monday evening, Mr. William Bower in the chair, who explained that the object of the meeting was…
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The total coal shipments at the dyke for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 42,444 tons as against 47,638 tons for the corresponding week of last year, and showing a decrease of 5194 tons for the post…
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LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Barney Barnato, the well-known South African mineowner, has secured the control of several mines at Ontario,…
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The voyage of the steamer Rakaia from London to New Zealand was marred by a sad case of accidental death. The day the vessel left Tasmania for Wellington a youth named P. Casey, aged 18, who was…
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A trial was made on board the barque Frances Fisher yesterday of a patent coal distributor designed by Mr. Henry Harper. The distributor, which was primarily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Georgetown, Tuesday. the Wonderful Gold Find
There is great excitement over the extraordinary ordinary gold find at M'Donaldtown. Tim Hogan, who was working the ground on the top of a hill on the supposed line of a reef,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Cargoes Commission. Colliery Representatives Examined. Sydney
THE Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the loss of coal-laden vessels from this colony held another meeting at the Chief Secretary's office this afternoon. Professor…
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The latest gold-recovery invention is by Mr. E. Roberts, who claims by his methods of treatment to have reduced the loss of the precious metal to a minimum. Patent rights…
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A MEETING of the above miners was held on Wednesday night, at Love's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. A. Nichol in the chair. The attendance was small…
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JOHN GREENWOOD, a miner employed at Dudley, and a resident of New Lambton, was badly hurt yesterday by a fall of coal. A shot in a back end had been prepared, and…
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ON account of the Prince of Wales' Birthday nine days constitutes full time for the pay to be drawn to-day, and 10 of the pits have worked the full time. At Dudley and New…
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LONDON, Thursday.—An explosion of fire damp has occurred in a colliery at Recklinghausen, Westphalia. Thiry miners were killed, and 50…
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SOME interesting facts have been published respecting the teetotal colliery village of Roe Green in Lancashire. Twenty-five years ago the houses of…
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THOUGH one or two pits worked badly during the past fortnight, the pay distributed yesterday was, on the whole, better than that of a fortnight…
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AFTER being idle for a fortnight (writes a suburban correspondent) work was again resumed at Dudley this week, and 2¾ days were worked. In consequence of the…
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THE Royal Commission (Professor Threlfall, of the Sydney University, and Mr. E. F. Pittman, the Government Geologist) appointed to inquire into the dangers to which…
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The American barquentine George C. Perkins has been fixed to load Co-operative cool at Newcastle for Honolulu. At this port the vessel will be to the agency of Messrs. C. P. Stokes and Co…
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