The Queensland Coal Trade
Some adverse comment, says the Brisbane "Courier," was recently made upon the alleged neglect of the Railway Department to provide sufficient…
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Mining & the mines, 1901
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The Californian Coal Market Interesting Comparisons
Mr. J. W. Harrison, one of the leading coal importers of San Francisco, writes as follows in his annual report for 1900:— This has proved itself the banner year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend. Miners' Matters
Operations at the Wallsend Colliery were interfered with yesterday to some material extent by the number of the wheelers declining to work as usual…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend. Miners' Matters
The average weekly net earnings for miners employed in the various districts of the Wallsend Colliery for the pay drawn on Friday last were as follows:—Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rand Mine Payments
LONDON, Tuesday.—The owners of the Rand mines are paying £30,000 a month to 1200 guards at the mines. The damage done to the mines during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cockle Creek District Proposed Extension of the Sulphide Works. a Working Profit of Over £200,000 Per Annum. the Development of New Coal Measures
The Sulphide Works are Identified field with the rise and progress of the townships around Cockle Creek. When they were established three years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Stockton Colliery Stoppage
The local colliery was idle yesterday and on Tuesday, owing to the wheelers, trappers, and drivers ceasing work. It is understood that those dissatisfied are the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Fire Coal Question. Action by the Proprietors' Committeee
The miners' general secretary has received a letter from Mr. Wheeler, the secretary of Proprietors' Committee, portion of which reads as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockton. the Colliery Difficulty
The result of the combined meeting of miners and wheelers, held yesterday, which the stoppage of work for four days, from Tuesday to Friday inclusive, caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Teralba. the Pacific Colliery
A good many of the men in connection with this colliery have been idle for a few days during the last fortnight, owing to the breaking of a drum on one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Stockton Colliery Trouble. a Settlement Arrived At
A special meeting of the Stockton miners was held yesterday morning to consider the bearings of the stoppage at the colliery, caused by the cessation from work of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work at the Collieries
The continuance of an excessive demand for coal is keeping the mines up to their maximum output. Not an hour was lost during the fortnight for want of trade, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Coal From Chinese Fields
Robert C. Hoover, chief engineer of the Department of Mines of the Chinese Government for the two years preceding the Boxer outbreak, recently passed through San…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strike of Coal Trimmers
Much confusion, loss of lines and delay has arisen consequent upon the determination to work the cranes on Saturday last. The greatest uncertainty seemed to prevail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton Miners. a Weighing Difficulty
The Stockton Miners' Lodge held a special meeting last night, Mr. J. Houston, chairman, presiding. The chairman explained the difficulty, which was connected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brown's Collieries. Chec[?]inspectors' Report
As the result of their [?]heek-in[?]rection of Brown collieries, made on 24th and 25th January. Messrs. Cornelius Pugh and James Callaghan report having found the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Glebe Miners
The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. The attendance was very good. Mr. R. Powell was in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Trimmers' Strike. All Fines Remitted. Work to Be Resumed
The coal-trimmers' strike was brought to a conclusion yesterday morning, as a result of a conference between delegates from the union and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gippsland Collieries
The labour trouble at She Cool Creek mine (Vic.) was satisfactorily adjusted last Friday, when delegates from the employees waited on the managing director, Mr. Mackay and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dudley Colliery
No settlement has been effected with respect to the prices to be paid for the miners filling all away together. For some time the miners have been filling "shandy" for 2s…
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