Queensland Coal-fields
THE recent development of the Queensland coal trade in the direction of shipments to the United States and the West Coast of South America is…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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Miners' Permanent Fund. Collecting Statistical Information
MR. POWYS, Government actuary, came to Newcastle on Saturday, and has since interviewed the secretaries of the different miners' lodges in regard to the nature and…
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WHEN the mining conference adjourned on Saturday the understanding was that the proprietors would appoint a committee to confer with a committee representing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Great Boulder Mine
A meeting of the Adelaide shareholders in the Great Boulder mine was held to-day to elect two directors to form a local advisory board under the London directors. Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cornish Copper Mining Company
THE above named company has just had a water-jacket furnace erected at the mine for smelting the ore. It was put into work on Saturday last, and the following is an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →History of Newcastle and the Northern District. (All Rights Reserved) No. 16. First Export of Coal in 1799
Nothing daunted with the conflict with the Hunter River natives, boats still resorted to the river for coals and timber without any interference from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Panic at W. and B. I. Colliery. a Heavy Fall. Old Workings Come Down. Miners Leave the Colliery
BETWEEN 9 and 10 o'clock yesterday morning a report reached the city that an extensive fall had taken place in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. As is usual on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea Pit Miners
The quarterly meeting of the above miners was held in Blackburn's Hotel on Thursday evening, and was fairly attended. Mr. Joe. Hallidey was in the Chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Meetings. WALLSEND
THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the School of Arts last night; Mr. W. Bower in the chair. CORRESPONDENCE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What a Year's Coal Output Represents
WHEN we are told, says Mr. T. A. O'Danahue, M.E. in an article in a caining contenporary, that the quantity of coal produced annually from the world's coalfields amounts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weardale Lead Mines
IF it be true that better times are in store for the lead industry of Weardale, says a Newcastle-on-Tyne contemporary, then there is is a prospect that the moors now given…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lord Penrhyn and His Miners
A MASS meeting of the Bethesda quarrymen was held recently to cansider the terms of settlement agreed to between their leaders and Mr. Young on bohalf of Lord Ponrhya…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. the New Coal Discovery
The Government Geologist reports that the coal discovered near Colac is like German pitch coal, and is superior to brown coal, but it is only of medium quality the locality is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham and B. I. Colliery. Visited by the Directors. Work to Be Resumed To-morrow
As intimated in Saturday's issue, the directors of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery reached Newcastle on Friday evening for the purpose of making their quarterly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stockton Colliery Disaster. Claim for £1000. Evidence Before Mr. Justice Simpson. the Case Part Heard
AT the Maitland Circuit Court on Saturday, before Mr. Justice Simpson and a jury of four, Elizabeth Holland, as the administratrix of the estate of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Labor Troubles. Welsh Coal Miners
LONDON, Sunday.—One hundred thousand colliers in South Wales and Monmouthshire have given notice to the coalowners of their intention to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dudley Colliery
Dudley Colliery has worked every day since work was resumed under district prices, and everything is proceeding amicably between men and master. A careful note is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Colliery
Work is proceeding at Now Lambton under the butly system introduced by Mr. James Ruttley. From the miners' standpoint, the prices paid by the tributors are giving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Shipments
The past week has been an exceptionally busy one at the cranes, the amount shipped for the week ending at 6 am yesterday reaching a total of 60,818 tons, as compared with 50,579 tons for the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seaham Miners' Meeting
THE quarterly meeting of the above was held in Sharp's Hall on Friday night, Mr. D. Evans presiding. There was a large attendance, owing, no…
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