Electric Coal Cutters
A paper has been read to the Society of Electrical Engineers on the electric transmission of power in coal mines, a subject which is of the greatest importance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1901
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Greta. Anvil Creek Mine
It is reported that this mine has now stopped operations for an indefinite period. It has only worked one day this week, which was on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal at Dover. Unexpected Discovery
LONDON, Friday.—Two seams of coal have been discovered at Dover, on the southern coast of England. This is the first time coal has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carrington Subsidence. Scene of Much Excitement. Miners Resume Work on
That something extraordinary had occurred at Carrington, as announced in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" on Friday, was plainly evident yesterday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Colliery Fatality
David Forrest, a miner, 49 years of age, died in the Wallsend Hospital yesterday morning from the effects of injuries received in the Wallsend Colliery on September 12…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Development. Action by the Wallsend Company
Years ago the Wallsend Coal Company opened what is known as its "C" pit, which lies about half-a-mile from the manager's residence, and about two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal and Coke Shipments
Following are the coal and coke shipments during the week ended at 6 o'clock yesterday morning, by deep sea, inter-state, and coastal vessels at the Government cranes at the dyke, together with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wallsend Colliery Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death
Mr. G. C. Martin, District Coroner, and a jury of twelve, yesterday held an inquest at the Albion Hotel, Wallsend touching the death of the man David…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners and Unionism. Trouble at East Greta. Eleven Unionists Dismissed
Matters have already been brought to a crisis at East Greta in connection with the establishment of an East Greta Branch of the Colliery Employees' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hours of Coal Miners. Forty Hours a Week. SYDNEY
A deputation appointed by the Labour party, and consisting of Messrs. A. Griffith, E. Edden, and J. Estell, Ms.P., waited on the Minister for Mines at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend Colliery. The Proposed Reductions
The notice posted at the pit top of the West Wallsend Colliery on Monday last, stating that from that date the men employed in what is known as the east side…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rand Mines. Resumption of Work
LONDON, Thursday.—As during the war the natives who worked in the Rand mines became widely dispersed, some difficulty has been experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electricity in the Coal Mine
In a recently issued report on the coal trade of the United States reference is made to the increased use of electricity in the coal mines of the union. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tongusan Collieries
LONDON, Thursday.—The daily output from the Tongasan Collieries reaches 1200 tons. The railway workshops are employing 1700 men in constructing rolling stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burwood Miners
A special meeting of Burwood miners was hold last night at Carnley's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. M. Brogdes in the chair, to-deal with a resolution from the delegate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burwood Miners
At a meeting of the Burwood miners last night, after the minutes of the delegate board referring to the difficulty at East Greta mine had been dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"White Coal."
Switzerland lacks coal and other mineral wealth, but she has large natural sources of water power, which have long been used to drive sawmills, and watchmaking,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coal in China
]It is estimated, says "Engineering," that the konwn coalfield, of China cover an area of 400,000 square miles, while the coal wealth of Great Britain, to which we owe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greta. Anvil Creek Mine
Although the miners were informed that work, under the new company, would commence at this mine last Tuesday, nothing has yet been done,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Origin of Coal
The geological world has, says "Engineering," been divided for yearn into two camps upon the subject of coal formation. Advocates of the "growth in place" theory…
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