Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund
IN another column there appears the weekly acknowledgments of subscriptions received. The total has now reached £1210 5s 4d, including the sum of £100 3s 3d received from…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
972 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 49
Minmi. Miners' Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield lodges was held on Thursday night in Mr. G. Wile's hall, Mr. John Mitchell presiding. The election of officers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Coal Shipments in 1825
IN some respects Newcastle in 1825 was similar to Newcastle of the present day. To-day the shipmaster arriving here is naturally anxious to secure prompt despatch, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Affairs. the General Secretary Speaks
MR. JAMES CURLELY, miners' general secretary, addressing a meeting of Burwood Miners' Lodge on Thursday night, said that since the delegates last met several matters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Mines Inspection. to the Editor
Sir,—The principle of mines inspection has been now in existence for 47 years, and a casual view of its, most prominent features may be of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Guinea Goldfields
THE Mayor of Cooktown on Wednesday last despatched the following telegram to the Home Secretary :—" As it is certain there will be a great rush to New Guinea, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Guinea Goldfields. Two More Miners Murdered. Good Gold Returns. Cooktown
THE schooner Ivanhoe arrived yesterday from Woodlark Island, St. Aignon, and Samarai with 32 passengers, nearly all from Woodlark. She brought from Woodlark 800oz…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the dyke for the week-ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 52,685 tons, as against 55,609 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a decrease of 2924 tons on last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton. the Colliery Disaster Fund
Yesterday there came to hand from the Freeman's Journal Newspaper Company the sun of £11 1s of which £10 was given by Mrs. Hughes, sen.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Small Coal Question
THE subject of receiving greater remuneration for small coal is again agitating the minds of the mining community. The question at issue is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade. No Likelihood of a Conference
AT one of the district lodges last week it was decided to refer to the delegate board a resolution soliciting a conference with the colliery proprietors in order to consider the…
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THERE is evidently a murmur of discontent permeating the mining community as to the disposal of and the payment for getting small coal. At several meetings of the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. the Soft Coal Question. to the Editor
SIR,—From the statement in your Saturday's issue, and your editorial comment to-day on the subject respecting a notice of motion from Burwood, the question raised is liable to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Certificates Under the Coal Mines Act
THE following candidates have been reported by the examiners, Messrs. W. Humble, H. O. Maccabe, and T. Cater, to have satisfactorily passed the examinations recently held in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dudley Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of Dudley miners was held yesterday morning on the Adamstown-Charlestown-road. Mr. John Wallwork occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Lambton Miners
THE above miners hold their quarterly meeting on Tuesday night at Thomas' Hotel, New Lambton. There was a fair attendance. Mr. J. Graham, sen.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Mines Act and Safety Lamps
The new Mines Act (England) compels all coalowners to provide the men with safety lamps, and a new and much safer type has already been extensively purchased by some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Stockton Colliery Disaster. Court of Inquiry. the Finding. Messrs. Dixon and Humble Commended. the Manager and Under-manager Censured. a Further Inquiry to Be Held. Sydney
THE Minister for Mines, when he received a telegram on the 4th December last apprising him of the accidents at Stockton mine, expressed the opinion that it was a case in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Transvaal Coal-field
It covers an area of some 18,000 square miles, the average length from north to south being 120 miles, and from east to west 160 miles. The whole of this coal-field lies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recollections of a Mining Veteran
At a meeting of old and infirm people dependent upon the Miners' Permanent Relief Fond at Ryhope Colliery, England, the oldest guest who partook of dinner was…
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