Generating Electricity From Coal Mines
The idea has often been discussed of generating electricity at a coal mine and thus distributing the energy of the fuel instead of distributing the coal itself. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1898
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Glebe Miners
THE quarterly meeting of the above miners took place on Wednesday evening in Simpson's Hall. The attendance was very small. Mr. M. Wilbraham occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Supply Tenders. Sydney
THE Minister has approved of the following tenders for the supply and delivery of coal for the use of the public service for the ensuing six months :—To Fitzroy and…
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Mr. William Ogilvie, the Dominion Government explorer, who has been for two years in the Yukon country, and who is certainly the best-informed and most reliable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yukon Goldfield. American Relief Expedition. Hostile Feeling in Canada
LONDON, Sunday.—Public opinion in Canada is hostile to the United States sending a military relief expedition to the Klondike, believing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lambton Colliery
YESTERDAY and on Monday something was wrong with the pumps at the Lambton Colliery, and the water increased to such an extent that the miners employed in one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Greta. the Colliery
Work at the mine was resumed on Monday, after a week's idleness, and it is expected to continue all the week. There was a large crowd of people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hetton Colliery. Condition of the Workings
THE check-inspectors' report of the temperature, air current, and general condition of the Hetton Colliery, dated December 9 and 10, gave the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. the Year's Gold Yield
The gold yield for the past year is officially estimated at 110,000oz. The Glenferrie and Hawthorn railway stations were broken into by burglars last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Coal Railway. an Important Piece of Work
A START will be made to-day with the construction of a duplicate pair of lines between Hamilton and Smedmore in order to do away with what is known as "The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining Leases. Sydney
THE Minister for Mines has received a report regarding the issue of mining leases for the year ending 30th June, 1897. This shows that of the total number of applications for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Klondyke Goldfields. Dawson Well Supplied
LONDON, Tuesday.—A party of 60 miners has arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, from the Yukon Goldfields. They report that when they left there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Risks
ON Tuesday a miner named William Hargraves a resident of Warner's Bay, sustain[?] fracture of his leg, while following his occupation at Burwood Colliery. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Record Coal Cargo
THE British-India steamer Orissa, which sails to-day for Singapore, will take the largest cargo of coal which has yet left Newcastle in one bottom, the total quantity put…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Strike. Miners' Conference
LONDON, Wednesday.—The annual conference of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain opened at Bristol yesterday, delegates representing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Conference. the Eight Hours to Be Pressed
LONDON, Thursday.—The miners' conference resolved to press for the adoption of the eight hours' system. The employers deny that any firms are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, January 6. (Before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M.) Theft of Coal
RICHARD HUGHES, a miner, was charged with stealing a quantity of coal valued at 4s, the property of the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →History of Newcastle and the Northern District. (All Rights Reserved.) Number Xliii. New Coal Regulations in 1804
The following new coal mining regulations bearing date March 24th, 1804 (hitherto unpublished), speak volumes as to the early working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Germans in China. Development of Coal Mines. a Long Lease
LONDON, Friday.—The Berlin Bank will exploit the province of Shantung forthwith, especially for coal for use in ironworks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Jelly
IN Perthshire (Scotland), recently, workmen engaged in cutting some deep drainage trenches dug into a bed of old peat some feet below the surface. At the bottom of this…
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