Burwood Miners
THE Burwood miners held their monthly meeting last night at Mrs. Love's Hotel, Adamstown. There was a good attendance, and Mr. Andrew Nichol occupied the chair…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
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Sydney Stockton Colliery Fund
A meeting of the committee appointed to arrange for the inauguration of a fund in connection with the Stockton Colliery disaster was held this afternoon at the Town…
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The monthly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield lodges was held in Mr. G. Wile's hall on Wednesday night. Mr. John Mitchell presided, and the attendance…
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A MEETING of the committee was held last night at the Paul's Mission Hall. There were present: Alderman Evan Rees (Mayor), chairman, the Bishop of Newcastle, the Rev…
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Wanted, several mates to go prospecting, one at a time; no experience necessary, but must be supplied with one of W. P. LANCE AND COMPANY'S celebrated Eagle Brand…
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Professor David, of the Sydney University, invited by the Public Works Committee to give some accounts of his analyses of the coal measures on the south coast, with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosives in Mines. Report by the Chief Inspector. Sydney
THE following report by the Chief Inspector of Mines, on mining accidents caused by explosion through starting a new hole from the bottom of an old hole, has been…
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In another column there appears the weekly statement of receipts for the above fund, showing cash actually to hand £357 3s. Adding to this sum £76 known to have been…
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The monthly meeting of the above was held on Thursday evening, Mr. W. Jenkins presiding. It was moved that the communication from the Wallsend Hospital…
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WITH but few exceptions, the mining outlook is indicative of increased prosperity for the next few months; and, once entered upon the new year, the…
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PRIVATE advices received from the north point to the probability that an extensive rash to New Guinea goldfields will take place immediately the rainy season is over,…
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The coal shipments at the dyke for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday, amounted to 49,278 tons, as against 55,918 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a decrease on last week's…
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THOUGH the new year promises to be a busy one in the coal trade, there are some indications of a alack time during the next two or three weeks at a few of the pits. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. the Comet Mine
At a meeting of the shareholders in the Comet mine held to day the report shows that the output and the value of ore had increased. The concentrating plant is expected to begin…
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LONDON, Monday.—News has been received of a terrible colliery disaster in Hungary. An explosion of firedamp occurred, Killing 43 men and…
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THE Sydney Harbour Collieries Company has signed a contract with Mr. T. Oater, of Bulli, formerly manager of the Greta Colliery, to sink two shafts, each 2960ft deep, at…
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The transmutation of silver into gold, otherwise than by the more commercial proce[?]s of exchange, has been the fond dream (says a London journal) of a good many…
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Sir,—In your leader of 16th inst., which I have road with some interest, you discuss pretty fully the possibilities of establishing a fund for the maintenance of the widows and…
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The statement in yesterday's issue of the Newcastle Herald that the Government in tended to advertise in England for applicants for the position of Chief Examiner of…
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THE trouble agitating the minds of the Burwood minces at present is the action of the colliery manager respecting the special place. It what the miners assert is correct…
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