Klondyke Goldfields. Supplies Stopped. Great Dearth of Food
LONDON, Monday.—The freezing of the river Yukon has stopped the conveyance of supplies to the Klondyke goldfields. There is a great scarcity…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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Coal Ships Arrived at San Francisco
By the mail of San Francisco, date August 19. are advices of shipping in port at San Francisco from Newcastle and Sydney:—Arranmore, Andromeda, Barfillan, Blairhoyle, Bothwvell, Biairmore, Burmah,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swimming in England. Gold Medals for Hellings and Lindberg
LONDON, Tuesday.—J. Hellings and V. Lindberg, of Sydney, and Stratton, of New Zealand, took part in a 90 yards handicap at the Zephyr Club's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dudley Miners
NEGOTIATIONS are being carried on privately between the Dudley Company and miners with a view of work being resumed. Yesterday a meeting of the miners was held at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. Discovery of Coal
A seam of cool 9ft thick been struck at a depth of 112ft near Colas. The Government Geologist will proceed to the spot to investigate the discovery…
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The barque Alliance sailed yesterday from Brisbane with 1500 tons of Whitwood coal for Valparaiso. This is the first shipment ever sent from the Queensland colony to the West Coast of South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton Colliery
THERE is a probability of work being resumed at New Lambton. Mr. James Ruttley, of Waratah, is negotiating with the company with a view to taking the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Making Gold
Strictly speaking, nothing is impossible, says a well known London journalist. That lesson the inventions of the Victorian era, to go no further back, have taught us. " It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The X Rays As a Gold Finder
Dr. F. E. Yoakum, of Los Angeles, Cal., has (a scientific journal informs us) applied the X rays to the determination of gold in quartz. The physician was photographing a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton Colliery
Nothing further transpired yesterday respecting the intention of Mr. Ruttley to work New Lambton Pit on tribute. Mr Ruttley is prepared to pay miners 26s for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
Taken all round the week's work at the cranes has been a good one, the total amount shipped for the week ended at 6 a m. yesterday amounting to 59.697 tons, as compared with 55,859 tone for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Meeting of Dudley Miners
At a meeting of the Dudley miners, hold at Russell's hall, Dudley, at 4 p.m., Mr. Thwaites, who left the delegate board meeting early, reported what is given above…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Japanese Coal Markets
THE visit to Newcastle of the Japanese steamer Hikosan Maru is of more than passing interest to coal exporters in this city. For several years past…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Loading at English Ports
The loading of the s s. Coventina, it is stated, creates a record for Blyth, and the performance is certainly one of the smartest which has been reported for some time at any of the coaling ports on the…
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The British Chamber of Commerce in Paris calla attention to efforts which ore being made in France to exclude foreign coal from the French markets. Petitions early in the year were presented to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Employees' Federation. Temporary Settlement of the Dudley Difficulty
A SPECIAL meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. John Lloyd, the acting-president, occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kelly v. Caledonian Coal Co. Alleged Breach of Contract. Sydney
IN No. 2 Jury Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four, Edward Joseph Peter Kelly proceeded against the Caledonian Coal Company, Limited, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Miners
THE quarterly meeting of the above miners took place on Monday evening in Simpson's hall, Wilton-street, and was fairly attended. Mr. M. Wilbraham was in the chair. An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work of the Collieries. Improvement in Trade
The shipping managers of the various collieries are now finding a ready sale for their coal. Many of them are in facts unable to meet the demands which are now being made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton Miners. the One Skip Question
A SPECIAL meeting of the Stockton Miners' Lodge, very largely attended, was held last night in the Temperance Hall. Mr. W. Hammond, chairman of the lodge, presided…
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