The Klondyke Goldfields. Terrible Sufferings. Grossly Exaggerated Finds
LONDON, Wednesday.—The special correspondent of the Daily Chronicle who has visited the White Pass, klondyke, says that 7000 men and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1897
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Dudley Colliery
DUDLEY pit works to-day, and will terminate the notice of the miners, who will remove their tools from the mine unless the manager agrees to pay the roling pries. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wallsend. Colliery Work
There is still no improvement in the trade of this colliery. To-day ends the seventh pay or 14 weeks for 18 days' work. At the outside the average per man cannot be more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Miners
THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the lower hall of the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. William Bower in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sea Pit Miners
A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners' lodge took place on Thursday evening, for the purpose of dealing with the minutes of delegate meeting hold on Monday last, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi. Miners' Meeting
A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Lodges was held in Wile's hall on Thursday night, Mr. John Mitchell presiding. The secretary, Mr. C. Pugh, read…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Industry
THE trouble which has arisen at Dudley Colliery is of a piece with many similar affairs which have occurred during the last few years in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Miners. District Chairman
AT the Wallsend miners' monthly mooting, held at the School of Arts on Friday evening Mr. John Estell, secretary, was nominated for the position of district chairman as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stockton Miners. Decision to Support the Dudley Miners. Proposal for a Conference
A MEETING of the Stockton miners was held at the Temperance Hall, Stockton, yesterday afternoon. In the unavoidable absence of the chairman of the lodge, Mr. E. B. Downey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, September 3. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M). Breach of the Coal Mines Act
MR. W. HUMBLE, Government Colliery Inspector, proceeded against Thomas Screen, of Lambton, a miner employed at the Wicham and Bullock Island Colliery, for carrying a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greta. Colliery
Matters having taken a turn for the better here, with regard to work at the mine, the men have eight days for the pay, and it is expected that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mining Situation. Mass Meeting at Dudley. the Reduction to Be Resisted. the Tools Removed From the Pit
THE mass meeting proposed by the delegate board for the purpose of considering the situation in which the Dudley, and, in ract, all other miners are placed by the proporal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments from the Government cranes for the week ending yesterday at 6 a.m. amounted to 59,457 tons as against 51,840 tons for the corresponding period of 1896, showing an increase in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glebe Miners
THE monthly meeting of the above miners' lodge took place on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. The attendance was very good. Mr. M. Wilbraham presided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Short of Coal
The steamer Fultsla, from Mauritius, bound to Newcastle, arrived at Melbourne yesterday short of coal, and on replenishing her bunkers wilt come on here to loud for on Eastern port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Trade. Work at the Pits
A FAIR amount of work has been done at the pits for the fortnight ended last Saturday, excepting at Wallsend, where only two days have been worked for the fortnight. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend and Other Collieries
A few years passed during which a steady trade was done by the older collieries, but the dividends paid by the A.A. Company attracted attention, with the result that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Labour in Britain. Threatened Strike of Coal Miners. the Engineers' Trouble
LONDON, Tuesday.—Owing to the proposal to restrict the output, delegates representing 90,000 colliers in South Wales and Monmouthshire have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Seaham Colliery
AN accident occurred at Seaham Colliery on Monday morning to a boy named Joseph Patrick of Minmi, who is engaged at Seaham as flatter. It appears that young Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
To trace the rise and progress of mining in Newcastle and to give full expression to the many and varied details of this great and important industry would require more Apace…
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