Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners
The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Thursday, 12th inst., in Mr. G. Wile's Hall. There was a large attendance, and Mr. J…
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Mining & the mines, 1899
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The Miners' Federation. Advance of Wages Demanded
LONDON, Thursday—At yesterday's sitting of the Miners' Federation Conference it was decided to ask for an advance of wages of 7 1-3 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Meeting of the Hetton Miners. the Proprietors' Proposal Rejected. the Weighing Clause Dilemma
A meeting of the Hetton Lodge was held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, on Saturday morning, to consider the colliery proprietors' proposal submitted to the lodge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Shipments
The coal shipments at the Government cranes for the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 50,894 tons as compared with 42,883 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Mining Industry
Sir,—In your issue of the 14th instant your leading article refers to "The Coal Mining Maze." Now, Sir, there should be no intricacy about it. If I understand the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Coal Laden Ship on Fire
News is in hand from Capetown of the narrow escape from destruction by fire of the ship Sierra Luccna, while bound from the Tyne to Mauritius with coal. All went well until this early morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle's Coal Resources. Mountains of Coal Yet to Be Worked. Prospects of Tapping the Tomago Seam. the Greta Series to Fall Back Upon
Newcastle is a city which should have a greater future than a past. It may never be a city of palatial buildings and stately edifices, but it should more than maintain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cornish Copper Mining Company. the Property to Be Developed
The numerous shareholders in the Cornish Copper Mining Company, Limited, the majority of whom reside in Newcastle and district, will be glad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Co-operative Colliery
The manager of the Co-operative Colliery has now everything prepared to comply with the provisions of the Coal Mines Regulation Act with reference to the weighing clause…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Transvaal Gold Industry
The magnitude of the Transvaal gold-mining industry was emphasised by the figures presented at the annual gathering of the South African…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Mining Situation
Sir,—As the district has so distinctly refused the proprietors' proposals. I venture in the interests of a peaceful solution of the present difficulty to again direct attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Miners and Compensation
The minutes of the executive committee meeting of the Northumberland (England) Miners' Mutual Confident Association for December, contain the following…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sea Pit Miners
The monthly meeting of the above lodge was held last evening in Blackburn's hotel; Mr. E Buxton in the chair. Mr. W. Rennie wrote, thanking the lodge, on behalf of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ventilation of Victorian Mines
The all-absorbing topic amongst the mining community of Victoria is the question of supplying better meals of mine ventilation. However, the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Mining Conference. Miners Opposed to Daily Wages. the Question of Weighing Machines
The conference between the committee of colliery proprietors and the miners, which was adjourned a fortnight ago, in order that the district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Small Coal Question
The coal-mining situation will again be discussed at a conference of representatives of colliery proprietors and miners to be held to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mount Keira Miners' Difficulty. Wollongong
Another development has occurred in connection with the coal-weighing question, which may have a tendency to complicate matters. Recently a vote was taken by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Employees' Federation. Annual Delegate Meeting. Returns of the District Voting
The annual meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. J. Estell, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coal Situation. Opinion in Sydney. Sydney
A great deal of interest is felt in Sydney in the present situation of the coal trade at Newcastle, and the negotiations passing between the employers and the men for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Business at the Delegate Board. Explained in Detail at a Lodge Meeting. Borehole Miners First Under the Weighing Clause
When the business of the monthly meeting of the Sea Pit Miners' Lodge had been disposed of, at Blackburn's hotel, Merewether, last night, as reported elsewhere,…
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