Admiralty Coal Tenders a Year's Supply of Coal
LONDON, Friday.—The Admiralty have invited tenders for a year's supply of coal on ordinary conditions. It is possible that the supply in a[?]case…
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Mining & the mines, 1900
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Electricity Direct From Coal
Mr. E. F. Bamber, writing to "Nature," says:—With reference to the announcement made that Thomas A. Edison had completed a machine for the generation of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kruger's Stolen Gold. Restored to Its Owners
LONDON, Friday.—The gold carried by the steamer Bundesrath has been confiscated at the instance of a syndicate interested in the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Collieries
At the conference held in Sydney of representatives of the southern colliery proprietors and miners, Mr. C. J. Byrnes. chairman of the Southern Colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Popular Colliery Manager
Mr. A. Thomas, manager of the East Greta Colliers, and Mrs. Thomas, who recently returned to Maitland after a trip to the old country, were entertained in the School of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Glebe Mining Accident. How Samuel Dawson Was Treated
The death of the miner Samuel Dawson, of Merewether, who succumbed at the Newcastle Hospital on 2nd September last, following upon injuries received by a fall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Working Overtime
Sir,—After reading Mr. Ed. Charlton's letter in Saturday's "Herald" I find that I was not far out when I stated that he was in a fog, as he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gold in Salt Water
Mr. James Stirling, the Victorian mining expert in London, has been lecturing in Devon and Cornwall (says our London correspondent), and was pleased to find an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Electricity for Lighting Coal Mines
In the early days of coal mining the only light available was that of the candle, and this is the case in Cornish mines at present. Old colliers will tell you that they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Millionaire' Gold
"Wealth is a hill which a man, climbs laboriously, and his children often descend precipitately." People were reminded of the truth of the saying by reading on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Coal Trade
[?]t has been decided to refer the proposed advance on the hewing rate to ballot of the whole Southern district. The ballot will probably be taken next week. The Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →France's Gold Reserve
France has been piling up a great gold reserve for the last few years, and as all the sovereigns are not needed for peace the operation is ominous. Her principal reserve—that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The American Coal Question
Upon the larger coal question—that is, where the world at large will get coal and at what price—Americans offer some interesting facts, says a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The United States' Coal Production
In the world's coal production the United States hold the leading place. They increased their output from 30,000,000 tons in 1870 to 218,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Miners
The above lodge held its monthly meeting last night. Mr. J. Houston, chairman, presided. In dealing with the minutes the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Outtrim Miners
Matters in connection with the disagreement at the Outtrim (Vic.) mine are not reassuring. Mr. Mackenzie, the mine manager, has not yet returned from Melbourne;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belgian Coal Mining
The total production of coal in the Hainaut last year was 15,581,380 tons, as compared with 15,861,160 tons in 1898, showing a falling off of 274,780 tons. or 1¾ per cent.,…
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The strike of the Pennsylvanian coal miners, by which 140,000 men ceased working, could not, says "The Mining Journal" of September 22,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work at the Collieries
Lambton and Greta lost half a day for the fortnight which ended on Saturday—though not for the want of trade, and Burwood was idle a week, consequent upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burwood Colliery Weighbridge
Mr. Stephen Syme, secretary of the Burwood Miners' Lodge, received through Mr. Edden, M.P., on Saturday, the report of Mr. Jonathan Dixon, Inspector of Mines,…
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