Seaham Miners
A special meeting of the above miners was held in Sharp's hall on Wednesday night. Mr. D. Evans, who presided, explained that the meeting had been called to deal with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1898
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Equity Motion. Dudley Coal Co. Sydney
In the Equity Court to-day, before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, an application was made on behalf of James Drysdale Brown, a contributing shareholder of the Dudley Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →History of Newcastle and the Northern District. No. Lxxvii. (All Rights Reserved.) Monopoly of the Coal Trade by the Company
Up to 1827 the Government alone had the privilege or right to mine for coal, but in that year the right was conceded to the company on easy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Colliery Explosion
An explosion of fire-damp recently occurred in a coal pit at Bo'ness. Lithgow, belonging to the Cannel Coal Company. A man named Charles Sneddon was killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wallsend. Mining Opinion
The proclaimed opposition of the colliery proprietors to the weighing clause, and the hostile manifesto of their Reutenants, the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Method of Extracting Gold
A new method of extracting gold from its ores has been patented by Mr. Carl Von Racz and Mr. Franz H. Ascher, and is claimed to offer the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Notes. the Weighing Question
The attitude of the representatives of the coal-owners on the important question of weighing every skip of coal does not appear to seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rescue Work in Mines an Improvement on the Fleuss Apparatus
An article by one. J. Mayer, dealing with rescue work in mines, is published in. "The Colliery Guardian," and, View of the recent disaster at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners
The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Thursday, Mr. J. Mitchell presiding. A communication was read from the general secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatality at Killingworth. Colliery Manager Drowned. Body Recovered
Constable Duffel yesterday wired to headquarters that David M'Geachie, colliery manager at Killingworth, Apple Tree Flat, had been drowned through falling into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northumberland Coal Trade. the Owners' Replies to the Men's Requests
The following is a full copy of the requests made by the Northumberland (England) miners, and the replies of the owners:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dudley Coal Co. a Question of Liquidation. Sydney
In Equity to-day, before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, an application was made for an order directing the removal of William G. Macpherson and John Woods, as liquidators…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Collieries. Wollongong
Coal operations for the past fortnight have been more active than usual. Mount Kemble, Bulli, Corrimal, South Bull, and Mount Pleasant worked well, and indications point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Mines Act. Decision of the District Lodges
The report of the sub-committee of the Miners' Delegate Board has now been considered by nearly all the lodges, and the opinion of the district is practically…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Weighing Question
Sir,—In a communication to you Mr, Jesse Gregson tries to make the public believe that the coal owners are very sympathetic to the miner. I do not think that there is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trade
That important industry, the coal trade of New South Wales is far front being in a satisfactory condition. For years past both miners and colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Station for America
LONDON, Thursday.—The United States Senate has directed the Naval Committee to inquire into the question of obtaining suitable coaling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Situation. an Unpromising Outlook
A colliery manager seen yesterday in reference to the situation of the coal trade, concurred in the prevailing belief that the weighing question would yet result to a block in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Greta Colliery
There was no work at this mine yesterday, but it is stated on reliable authority that an early start will be made, and three or four weeks' regular work will be put…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Coal Trade
So [?]r there has been no local advance in the price of coal, although English advices to hand state that coal values on the Tyne have advanced from 7s to 9s per ton. Up to the…
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