Coal Waste
Professor John Penry, in one of his righly instructive scientific essays, gives some very instructive and significant warnings regarding the "Misuse of Coal."…
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Mining & the mines, 1902
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The De Beers Diamond Mines
Diamonds were first discovered in South Africa in 1867 and 1869. It was not until 1870 that the rush set in to Griqualand West. Ten thousand miners encamped in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-operative Miners
A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held on Monday evening, at the Orderly Room. There was an excellent attendance. Mr. R. Wardle occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal in New Caledonia
Investigations extending over a series of years have been made as to the value of the coal obtainable in New Caledonia. It has been said that if the local mines…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A disastrous mining catastrophe has occurred in the United States, which has resulted in an appalling loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Where Pioneers Sleep. St. Andrew's, Waratah. Mr. James Corlette. Mining Accidents
Many years ago the late Mr. Simon Kemp gave a piece of land to the church authorities, upon which a school, church, and parsonage were to be built at…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The international congress of miners now sitting at Dusseldorf, Germany, has voted in favour of the eight-hour day for…
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The monthly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was hold on Thursday evening, in Blackburn's Hotel. Mr. T. G. Wilson was in the chair, and the attendance was…
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A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the School of Arts on Thursday evening, Mr. C. Richardson presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Division. Colliery Rule Infringed
Alexander Mathieson, manager of Hetton Colliery, summoned Joseph Henry Ambler, a wheeler, for passing through a door in the colliery and not closing it after him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work at the Collieries
Thirteen collieries worked full time for the fortnight which ended on Saturday, and seven other pits did well. At other places broken time was to be recorded…
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A special meeting of the Stockton miners CTS was held at the Temperance Hall, Stockton, on Friday evening, Mr. James Robson, the president, being in the chair…
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The chairman of the Cornwall Coal Company, Tasmania, addressing the half-yearly meeting on Friday, said that the profits during the last six months were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sulphur in Gold Ores
Sulphur in gold ores has long been one of the banes of the mining engineer, since, with the usual methods of gold extraction, it has been necessary to…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A terrible explosion occurred in the Crows' Nest Colliery, Fernie, British Columbia yesterday, 123 of the miners being killed…
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For stealing coal from the railway line at Carrington, Nancy Turnbull, James Cousins, Margaret Jordan, and Thomas Simpson were fined 2s 6d each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →W. and B. I. Colliery. Report of Check Inspectors
The district check-inspector (Mr. W. Bower) and the local check-inspector (Mr. George Little) made a check-inspection of the Wickham and Bullock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Industry. Outlook for the Winter Seamen's Wages Question
Just at the moment there is a rush foe coal, and to meet the extraordinary demand the pits are likely to be kept at high pressure for the next few days at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Miners
A special meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. Mr. Rees Powell occupied the chair, A letter from Mr. Curley advising the…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The coal miners in Pennsylvania threaten to stop pumping in the pits. Senator Hanna, the head of the coal…
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