Miners' Accident Fund. Actuarial Report. Sydney
The Minister for Mines laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the actuarial report of the conditions of the Miners, Accident Fund, asked…
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Mining & the mines, 1904
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The Discovery of Mines
Old and experienced prospectors have often, in giving advice to tenderfeet, caused them to sink holes and run tunnels in places where, to the experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Coal Contracts. Melbourne
The Railway Commissioners have accepted the joint tenders of Messrs. [?] Parker, and Company and the Howard Smith, and Company Limited for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Gold Yield. Sydney
A return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for the month of September was 21,289 ounces crude, equal to 19,136 ounces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Trade. Nine Months' Returns. Increase in Coal Export
The Sub-collector of Customs at Newcastle has furnished the following returns of the trade of Newcastle for the nine months ended 30th September. The coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Meetings. Stockton Miners' Lodge
A special meeting of the Stockton Miners' Lodge was held last night, when Mr. J. Hurst, in the absence of lodge president, Mr. W. Donnelly occupied the chair…
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The Burwood miners held their quarterly meeting last night at Carnley's Hotel. Adamstown, when Mr. A. Hallewell was in the chair. The quarterly balance-sheet,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal for the Russian Fleet
LONDON, Thursday.—Several steamers of the Hamburg-American line, in which the Kaiser is a large shareholder, are conveying coal to Aden,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Distress at the Coal Mines
A deputation from a miners' union on the West Coatst waited on the Premier the other day, and made strong assertions regarding the distress amongst their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A New Colliery
Mr. Ross, of Wallsend is expected at Cessnock on Wednesday to survey the site of the new shaft which will be sunk on the estate of the Newcastle-Cessnock Coal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Trains
Representatives of the Lambton B and Burwood Miners' Lodges, accompanied by Messrs. J. L. Fegan, A. Edden, J. Estell, and M. Charlton, Ms.P., and Mr. James…
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It is understood that the contract secured by the Howard Smith and Huddart, Parker Shipping Companies for supplying coal to the Victorian railways next year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yambulla Goldfield
Tice Yambulla Goldfield is situated on the lower extremity of the south coast of New South Wales, distant from Sydney by water to Eden 210 miles and thence 40…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Work at the Collieries
The pay to be drawn on Friday next for work done at the collieries during the fortnight which ended on Saturday will be far from satisfactory, except in a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi. Miners' Meeting
A special meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge was held in Simmonds' hall on Thursday, Mr. G. Wood occupied the chair. The delegate,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Banner and Lorry
Prior to 1884 the mining lodges in this district mustered in large numbers, and made an imposing procession, as with bands playing they marched behind their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Duckenfield Colliery. Employees to Be Discharged
The miners, and others employed in and about the Duckenfield Colliery at Minmi, and several men working at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's shops there, have received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Increase in Lunacy and What Has Caused It.—our Judges' Salaries—should They Be Cut Down?—that Thursday Island War Scare.—the Negro Problem of America a Warning to Australia.—the Public Debt and a Sinking Fund.—a Better Local Market and the Coal Trade. Sydney
The increase in lunacy must be due to something, and expert authorities attempt to give this something a name. One, whose opinion demands respect,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duckenfield Miners
A deputation representing the Duckenfield miners, along with the district officers, waited upon Mr. George Durie, the superintendent for Messrs. J. and A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Entombed. Buried Under Tons of Rock. Heartrending Scenes
A coal pit in the new mining village of Ynysddu, in the Sirhowy Valley, Monmouthshire, recently became the tomb of seven men. They lie buried beneath an…
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