Wallsend Miners
The monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. C. Richardson presiding. The chairman, in opening the…
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Mining & the mines, 1902
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Safety in Mines
Sir,—As the fearful catastrophe at Mount Kembla is by all who have any knowledge of coal mining ascribed to the use of the naked light, the question that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Work at the Collieries. Pits and Cranes Idle To-day
Nine collieries worked full time for the fortnight which ended on Saturday, and some of the other pits did slightly better than during the preceding fortnight, but…
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Sir,—In your last Wednesday's issue appears the Commissioners finding, and I think it would be interesting to many miners, and a few managers in this State if…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mine Disaster. Work of Rescue. More Deaths Feared. Kembla
The work of rescue was resumed at Mount Kembla Colliery this morning, and was persisted in all day, but without result. No bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Miners' Accident Fund and Its Moral.—the Increase in Oil Launches in Sydney Harbour.—have the Darlington Murderers Escaped?—all Flags Half-mast for Mount Kembla.—mr. Spence Becomes One-sided.—petty Rogues Cheat the Railway Revenue.—that Packed Troopship, the Drayton Grange. Sydney
The Miners' Accident Fund is contributed to by employers and employees. So far so good; but it is also contributed to by the country, by all people alike, by…
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Sir,—Now that the Kembla disaster has come to our view, I hope that the public will not let the Greta disaster slip from their minds, as we have three victims of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →How Colliery Explosions Are Caused
Professor Liversidge, Sydney University, furnishes some, interesting information in regard to colliery explosions. He says that the most common causes are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Output. Mineral Exports. Sydney
The return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of New South Wales for the month of July was 24,136 crude ounces, equal to 29,279 fine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mine Disaster. Another Death. Practical Sympathy. Mount Kembla
Another death has occurred to-day, bringing the death roll up to 88. Young Richard Lane, who, with his father, was taken to the Wollongong Hospital on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Miners
The monthly meeting of the Glebe miners was held on Tuesday evening, and largely attended. Mr. R. Powell occupied the chair…
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A special meeting of the Lambton Miners' Lodge was held in O'Hea's Hall on Wednesday night. Mr. W. Jenkins presided, and explained that the meeting had…
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Most people still express doubts as to whether the State coal mine will be a success. A West Coast paper says it will be some considerable time before the…
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The demand for Nova Scotia coal in the maritime and interior markets of Canada itself, and in the more contiguous markets of the United States, has been…
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The Mines Statement, which has just been presented to Parliament gives some interesting particulars of New Zealand coal mining…
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There is no more lucrative branch of mining than mining for quicksilver, but workable deposits of cinnabar are few and far between. Peru was at one time…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Up-to-date Mine
No doubt a very large number of your readers will be interested in reading some account of our best and most up-to-date mine. It is the mine at Westport,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COAL v. Oil As Fuel
Ttrials were recently made by Mr. M. D. Stewart, master mechanic of the Rio Grand Sierre Madre and Pacific, with a view to determining the relative economy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining Manager's Views. Cause of the Explosion
The colliery managers of the Newcastle district, who visited Mount Kembla on receipt of the news of the explosion, have now returned. They hold different theories…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A disastrous explosion has occurred in a mine at Trinidad Colorado (U.S.). The power-house, which contained 1000lb of explosive…
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