British Coal Discovery
Prospecting in Kent has revealed extensive deposits of coal, described as the best in the world for iron smelting purposes…
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
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Prospecting in Kent has revealed extensive deposits of coal, described as the best in the world for iron smelting purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The United States output of pure benzine and pure toluene has decreased since mixtures of these hydrocarbons were distilled from the tar for use as solvents…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The question of appointing additional local tribunals to deal with mining matters has been engaging the attention of the Commonwealth Government lately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is interesting to recall, in connection with the imposition of the embargo, the conditions under which it was first brought about. In a communication forwarded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →That the embargo placed on certain collieries is having a bad effect locally is the opinion of Mr. A. Lewis (treasurer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The practical value of cement in mine fireproofing and in sealing off water flow and seepage is well established. Whore abundant and cheap, other materials that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A meeting of the Hartley Hill Miners' Lodge was convened for yesterday, but this was not hold owing to the rain. The colliery has been idle for a fortnight,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Almost everyone connected with mining is familiar with the air lift as a pumping device for occasional use under special conditions, such as preliminary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Meanwhile a good many of us dream of gold as something that has ceased to have any use, unless in jewellery, and then it is only habit. Will any of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Johannesburg message states that after a lengthy and inconclusive discussion on the question of wages between the Chamber of Mines and the South African…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When England produced two-thirds of the world's coal it also produced two-thirds of the world's Iron and steel, and two-thirds of the world's cotton goods,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The council of the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation met in Sydney to-day, and after a lengthy sitting adjourned till to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Full time of eleven days was worked at seventeen of the collieries of the South Maitland and Newcastle districts for the fortnight ended on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The hearing of the evidence in connection with the claim of the Newcastle miners operating on the Victoria seam will be commenced before Mr. C. Hibble,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The executive of the Miners' Federation will to-day confer with Sir Robert Garran in regard to the proposed appointment of a second Coal Board in conformity with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fact that the Federal Government is now about to take steps to extend the operation of the Industrial Peace Act is satisfactory from two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The President and members of the Coal Tribunal have returned to Sydney from the South Coast, Where the claims of the local miners were dealt with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judgment, according to "Engineering," has just been given in an action brought on Van Deventer's patent No. 12623/11, relating to engines which are used for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The executive of the Coal and Shale Federation met again this morning. The president was authorised to proceed to Broken Hill, end later to Wonthaggi,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. T. Wilson, of the Hartley Hill Miners' Lodge, on Saturday made the following reply to the statement of Mr. C. M. M'Donald, secretary to the Northern…
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