Colliery Employees
A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held at the Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. P. Bowling, president of the…
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Mining & the mines, 1906
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The Co-operative Colliery
Sir,—No one can read the account of the condition of affairs at Co-operative Colliery without seeing behind the deadlock the grim spectacle of 174 miners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Price of Coal. Nine Shillings for Best
The result of the meeting of proprietors held in Sydney on Friday, although information was then withheld from the press, is that it has been decided to ask 9s per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Mining Industry Report for Last Year. Record Production. Sydney
The report for the year 1905 of the Mines Department was made available to-day. In it the Under-Secretary states that the year for production constitutes a record…
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A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held on Tuesday evening. There was a large attendance, amongst those present being Mr. P. Bowling,…
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The increase of the price of best coal in the northern district to 9 per ton is satisfactory, to the extent that it is an improvement upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Price of Coal. Further Increase Probable. Sydney
The announcement of the colliery proprietors regarding the decision to make the declared belling price of coal in the northern district too actual selling price…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Employees
At the adjourned meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation, Mr. P. Bowling, the president, being in the chair, Mr…
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The Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company is taking steps to develop their new property, near Cessnock, on the South Maitland coalfield. Tenders have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carrington. Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery
The opinion expressed by Mr. Ramsay, the company's engineer, was verified yesterday, the remaining screens going into the shaft on Wednesday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Jumbunna Coal Company. Melbourne
At the general meeting of shareholders of the Jumbunna Coalmining Company, to-day, a report was submitted showing that the output for the half year was 25,235…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Gold Yield. Sydney
The return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for the month of March is 16,539 ounces crude, equal to 14,262 ounces fine,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Collapse of Wickham Shaft
Some excitement was caused in Carrington Wednesday by the collapse of the winding-shaft of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. For some time past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enormous Coal Deposits
The "Stahl and Eison" has recently published some figures bearing upon a portion of the world's coal deposits, of which the paper seems to take a more optimistic…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Coal in New Zealand
From time to time there in a kind of half-hearted agitation in New Zealand against the importation of your coal into New Zealand; but the coal is cheap, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Matters. Increase of Coal Prices
Another meeting of colliery proprietors of the northern district will be held in Sydney to-morrow, to further consider the terms of the vend for raising and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work at the Collieries
The fortnight ended on Saturday was busier than the preceding one, both in the Newcastle and Maitland districts, and the average of days worked was higher…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
The ordinary meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. C. Richardson presiding. Among the correspondence dealt…
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The monthly meeting of the Co-operative miners was held on Friday evening, Mr. T. Pratten being in the chair. Mr. P. Bowling, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Safety-lamps in Mines. Prejudice Dying Out
In the report of the inspection of coalmines for 1905, Mr. A. A. Atkinson, Chief Inspector, speaking of fire-damp and the use of safety lamps, says:—It has…
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