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LITHGOW, Tuesday.—An inquest into the colliery disaster was opened to-day by Mr. T. H. Neale, district coroner, in the Royal Hotel assembly room. A jury of twelve having been sworn, they proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The seventh half-yearly meeting of the Ravenswood Silver-mining Company was held on Tuesday, February 16—Mr. Russell Barton presided. The report and the balance-sheet were adopted. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A general meeting of the Silver King Mining Co. was held on Monday in Tattersall's-buildings. Mr. F. C. Griffiths presided. The report and balance-sheet, which were adopted, showed £9496 at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →La Perouse Mundio Company, February 7:—We have got a, start on good-lookin stone in the face." Pinnacle Group Silver-mining Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquest was resumed at 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Wm. Martin, engine-driver, said that on Sunday evening, at a quarter to 7 o'clock, he was passing by Mrs. Younger's place, when he was informed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following statement was made to our reporter by a miner well acquainted with the Lithgow Valley Collery. The facts contained in the statement have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The reports of the mining registrars of the work done on the various goldfields throughout the colony during the quarter ending December 31,1885,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The fortnightly general meeting of the members of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers Provident Union was held on Monday night in the All Nations Hotel, Bullock Island, where the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation representing the Trades and Labour Council waited yesterday morning on Mr. Archibald Shannon, manager of the Lambton Colliery Company, with reference to submitting the present strike to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The death of the three men, Doig, Rowe, and Younger, has cast a gloom over the whole district. The efforts of the rescuing party, and their pluck in carrying out their work, are highly praised. Doig was a married man with a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The erection of new crushing plant has just been completed for the Soudan Mining Company, Splinter's Creek. The machine was formally christened and started to-day in the presence of a large gathering of visitors…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →LITHGOW, Monday.--The fatal fire still smoulders in the Lithgow colliery, and in all probability it is likely to smoulder on for several days and perhaps weeks to come. There…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On December 28 a meeting of miners' delegates was held in Hamilton. Mr. Chisholm Robertson presided. Reports showed that throughout the country the men were prepared to resist the proposed reduction. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cannel coal or "candle coal," so named because some varieties are so highly bituminous that a tapered piece may be lighted at its angle and will continue for awhile to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The efforts to reach the fire in the Lithgow Colliery Company's pit have proved unavailing. The idea has now been abandoned, and the alternative of closing up the ventilation of the mine is being resorted to. Messrs. Mackenzie,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Silver King Mining Company, Limited, Sunny Corner, February 17.—The mining manager reports that for the past week he has been raising ore from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire in the Lithgow Valley Colliery has not been checked as yet, but Mr. J. B. Turnbull, the mining engineer of the Vale of Clwydd Colliery, is confident of being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The business people are jubilant as o the possible cancellation of portion of the eastern mining reserve. The ground will then be open for selection in blocks not exceeding 200 acres. The ground, it is expected, will be promptly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--You are doubtless aware that we have in this colony some of the largest coalfields in the world, in seams of various thicknesses and quality, from 80ft. to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Durham coal trade of the north was exceptionally dull during last year. Only coals such as are drawn at the South Hetton pit—the best house coals—are in demand; but this has kept some of the collieries…
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