Rich Find of Coal
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--This morning the Wost Wallsend Coalmining Company struck a splendid seam of bituminous coal in the main shaft at a depth of 150ft…
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Newcastle Coal Regulations. Newcastle, This Day
A meeting of shipmarters, held yesterday, in the office of Messrs. J. and A. Brown, to discuss the regulations prohibiting vessels taking in stiffening coal under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Discovery in Western Australia. Letter From O'donnell the Explorer
A well-known resident of Melbourne, who is interested in pastorial pursuits in the Kimberley district, Western Australia, has received a letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Croydon Goldfield
A long report on the Croydon goldfield has been forwarded to the Under Secretary for Mines, Queensland, by Warden Samwell, who writes from the Mountain Maid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damp in Coal Mines
At the present time, when the subject of the prevention of explosions in mines is oocupying a large measure of public attention, a perusal of the subjoined article, taken from the English Mechanic of March 26, will…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mining. the New Queensland Gold Rush
THE following letter from a miner is published in the Cootarmundra HERALD. Under date March 16 he writes from Croydon, Queensland, to a friend in Cootaraundra:—I have been here a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Lithgow Colliery Disaster
On Wednesday week the Hon. James Fletcher, Minister for Mines, arrived at Lithgow by special train. He was accompanied by the Hon. G. R. Dibbs, Admiral Tryon, Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Lithgow Valley Colliery Disaster
A meeting of persons willing to not as a committee. to raise subscriptions in aid of the widows and orpbans of the victims of the Lithgow Colliery disaster, was held at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton Miners Strike
LONDON, Thursday, April 29.—The directors of the Scottish Australian Association express their, willingness to send out labor to work the Lambton coal mines if, desired…
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EMMAVILLE.—Rose of the Valley, Bailey and party sold on Friday 17 tons of tin which they got for 13 days' washing. The price in the local market was £58 per ton. Mr. Swyney was the purchaser…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Colliery Disaster at Lithgow.—
1. View of the Lithgow Valley Colliery where the Accident occurred. 2. Scone at the Pit's Mouth after the Accident. 3. Funeral Preparations…
Continued on Trove, page 903 →The Lithgow Colliery Disaster. the Inquest. (By Telegraph.)
LITHGOW, Friday.--The inquest on the recent catastrophe in the Lithgow Valley Company's mine was resumed at the Company's offices this morning before Mr. Neale, District…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining in Tasmania
After more than a quarter of a century of practical experience (says the Tasmanian, of April 17), our mining industries are in a transition state, and possess neither the confidence of the public nor of the Government. For its…
Continued on Trove, page 927 →Latest Mining News
DALMORTON.—The mining manager of the Union G. M. Co., Dalmorton, Grafton, wrote on April 21:— I got down about 10ft on Monday on the new reef. and on Tuesday I put a shot in the reef 20in which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gold at Bowling Alley Point
The Minster for Mines has received the following telegram from Mr. E. Jones, Warden at Nuadle:— "401b. of stone, hand-crushed from the Lord Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Mining. Gundagai
J. O'Brien and Shearer have just finished a crushing at Harford's battery of nine tons of quartz, yielding 10dwt. to the ton. The stone was taken from a new reef recently found on Kimo Hill. The machine is now putting through…
Continued on Trove, page 923 →New Seam of Coal at Wallsend
The editor of the Newcastle Herald (Mr. T. Corrigan) has forwarded a telegram to the effect that a fine seam of coal has been struck in the West Wallsend Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Department of Mines, Stock Branch, Sydney, 28th April, 1886
Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 20th inst., requesting that hares be included in the list of noxious animals, and that the area embrace the whole of the County of Cumberland, I have the…
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