Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 49,745 tone as against 39,084 tons for the corresponding period of last year and showing an increase of…
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Mining & the mines, 1897
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The Miners' New President
THE ballot for the position of president of the Colliery Employees' Federation had not gone far when it was seen that the choice would fall upon Mr. John Estell, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australia Mining
Notwithstanding the slump that has taken place in West Australian affairs, the statistics regarding the output of gold show that much solid work is being done there. With the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. the John Bull Mine
The John Ball mine, Ravenswood, in which considerable English capital has been invested, has crashed 900 tones for 1100oz of gold. A further quantity of good stone is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. North Mount Lyell Mine
The shareholders in the North Mount Lyell Company to-day agreed to sell the mine to an English syndicate for £300,000 in £1 shares, the Englishmen to provide £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal-weighing Question
Mr. James Curley was out of town on business yesterday but several miners spoken to expressed their satisfaction at the result of the test [?]sse on the weighing question…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Cooktown, Tuesday. the New Guinea Goldfield
The schooner Ivanhoe arrived from New Guinea with 26 passengers, 15 of whom are from Woodlark. All are fairly healthy. Five hundred ounces of gold are in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Colliery
THE miners who have been employed by Mr. J. Ruttley, who hoe taken Now Lamtbon Colliery on tribute, will square up their places to-day in consequence it is understood, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. the South Greta Colliery Accident
AN inquest was hold at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday by the District Coroner, Mr. G. F. Scott, concerning the death of Ernest Alfred Moore in South Great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Export to the Pacific Slope
THE present condition of the San Francisco coal market appears propitious to those interested in the New South Wales coal trade. The arrivals…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—At a meeting of the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company yesterday, Mr. E. T. Ingram, who presided, expressed a hope that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sea Pit Miners
A VERY largo meeting of the Sea Pit miners took place on Thursday evening in Blackburn's hotel, Mr. Jos. Halliday in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament. Thursday, October 14. Legislative Assembly. Coal Mines Bill. the Eight Hours Clause. Sydney
THE Speeker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERIS. Mr. EDDEN asked the Colonial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Lambton Colliery
MR RUTTLEY has offered to pay the miners [?] Lambton Colliery is [?] no dirt scale, which means a reduction of from is to 1s 4d per ton. It is needless to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Coal
From Present appearances it is likely that the subject of coal mining will become, at no distant date, one of the burning questions of Sydney. Hitherto the people inhabiting the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold and Railways
When the mail left New York for Australia on September 11 disappointment was being expressed in financial circles that gold imports had not assumed large proportions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Blasting Accident at the Wallsend Colliery
A VERY serious accident occurred yesterday at the Wallsend Colliery to two shiftmen named John Coun (a resident of Pittown, Wallsend) and John Mawkes (Chinaman's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Klondyke Goldfield. What Living There is Like
MR. W. P. BUCKHURST, of Melbourne, writes to the Argus as follows:—" Will yen allow me through your columns to give our plucky but restless gold-seekers two or three facts in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Lambton Colliery
A MEETING of New Lambton miners was cailed for Saturday night at Now Lambton. Only two of the miners recently employed at the colliery put in an appearance. These…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Stockton Colliery
AFTER being at the masthead for a whole week exactly, the flog et the Stockton Colliery was polled down on Saturday, indicating work to-day. At this all rejoice, and it…
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