Gold and Salt
As gold producers the British possessions take the first place, and, thanks to the increased output of Canada and of West Australia, the British Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1901
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The United States As Coal Producers
The Tact that the production of coal in the United States has exceeded that of Great Britain, says the "Coal Merchant and Shipper," 'has set American…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spontaneous Combustion. Paper Read to the Adamstown Mining Class
At a recent meeting of the Adamstown Mutual Mining Class a lengthy paper dealing with spontaneous combustion was read by "A. E. S.," of Adamstown. The writer,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria's Brown Coal
Mr. James Stirling the representative of the Victorian Department of Mines in London, has furnished his Government with an elaborate report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal and Coke Shipments
The coal shipped during the week ended at 6 o'clock yesterday morning by foreign, intercolonial and coastal vessels at the Government cranes at the dyke totalled 68,107 tons and the coke 16 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heddon Greta Coal Company
In our advertisement columns will be seen the prospectus of the Heddon Greta Coal Mining Company. The company has been floated with a capital of £50,000 (with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Cargo on Fire
From San Francisco has been received a report which states that the Jane Guilon, French barque, from Newcastle, with 2987 tons coal, caught fire in her cargo after only 80 tons had been discharged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heddon Greta Coal Company
In our advertisement columns will be seen the prospectus of the Heddon Greta Coal Mining Company. The company has been floated with a capital of £50,000 (with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Improvements at Cockle Creek. Additional Coal and Passenger Sidings
The Cockle Creek railway station is now an important junction in the conduct of the coal trade of the port. All the traffic from the Seaham, West…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stockton Miners
The quarterly meeting or the above lodge was held last night; Mr. J. Houston, retiring president, in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shale Miners' Strike
The strike among the shale miners at Hartley Vale remains unsettled. The diffculty arose through the men, who were Working on shift work at 9s per shift,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Dust As Fuel
Many experiments have been made of late in Germany to fire furnaces with coal dust, principally with apparatus ,having some form of fan blower to introduce the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sea Pit Miners
The quarterly meeting of the above miners was held in Blackburn's Hotel Thursday evening. Mr. T. G. Wilson occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heddon Greta Coal Company
In our advertisement co. [?] will be seen the prospectus of the Heddon Greta Coal Mining Company. The company has been floated with a capital of £50,000 (with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Work at the Collieries
Very few of the pits lent time for the fortnight which ended on Saturday, the trade, generally speaking; being more than equal to the appliances and facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FRENCH v. Italian Miners
LONDON, Friday.—As the result of a publichouse brawl, the French miners, at Lamure, in the Department of [?]ere, France, demanded the dismissal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Conference. Five Days a Week Proposal Rejected. Safety Lamps and Night-shift Work
A private conference between representatives of the colliery proprietors and the miners, to discuss various matters of importance to those connected with the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Affray on Board a Ship. Coal Trimmer Fatally Shot. Melbourne
At an early hour this morning a quarrel took place on board the Ger- man steamer Asia, now lying at, the Australian Wharf in the River Yarra,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glebe Miners
The quarterly meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening In Simpson's Hall, Mr. J. Powell in the chair. Messrs. J. Stoops and J. Lloyd were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Imperial Coal Duty
LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons, the Government slowly defeated repeated amendments on the coal duty. In one division the…
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