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NEWCASTLE, Friday.-The danger in the Stockton coal mine, caused apparently by what the misers called a "fecreep." or siding settlement of strata, was reported on at a meeting of miners on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great dissatisfaction is felt by many White Rock shareholders at the discrepancy between the present state of affairs as shown by Mr. Dubois' report and recommendations when…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Great uneasiness prevails amongst the Stockton miners on account of rumors to the effect that the workings of the colliery are unsafe. Unpleasant noises…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LAMBTON, This Day.--A man named Davies narrowly escaped being blown to pieces yesterday in the Lambton mine. It appears that Davies had prepared a shot in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WOLLONGONG, This Day,--The miners of the Illawarra District intend taking a ballot as to whether the Kembla shall continue to work nine hours or give 14…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Business in the mining market yesterday was rather quiet, buyers being somowhat limited and sellers apparently being inclined to hold on in the face of a declining market. Early in the day prices remained…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Webb's Central Proprietary Co., Limited --Report from mining manager, June 1:--"Shaft further sunk 4½ft during past week; total depth, 144½ft. The character…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Stockton miners held a meeting in the Temperance Hall to-night. There was a large attendance. Two miners who had been told off to watch the mine last night reported having heard rumbling noises in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The proceedings at the half-yearly meeting of the Mount Morgan Company were purely of a formal nature. About 30 shareholders attended, Mr. James Stewart occupying the chair. The chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation from the Glen Innes Coppor-mining Company was introduced to the Minister for Mines this morning by the Hon. W. H. Groom, who explained that the company had three selections…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--On the 20th of last month, whilst at work in the Wallsend colliery, a miner named Sydney Hancock was badly injured through a charge of powder which had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The relations between the management and men at the Mount Kembla Colliery are very strained, the difference being over the hours of labor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The hon. secretary of the Sydney Stock Exchange reports the crushing of the Band and Albion Gold-mining Company, Ballarat, to be 300 tons of stone for a yield of 159ozs. of gold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IT is reported from London that the Rothschilds are about to organise a company to work the great ruby mines of Burmah. This little parch of earth,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, June 7.-It is expected that the prospectus of the Wyong Coal Company, New South Wales, will be issued in July. The nominal capital will be fixed at £500,000; but the working…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- A friend of Mr. J. Y. Nielsen, manager of the Wallsend Colliery, received intelligence last night that he died on board the Chinese steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In mining circles yesterday business was fairly brisk particularly during the afternoon. In silver, prices receded somewhat during the early part of the day, but a reaction afterwards set in, and values increased…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A cablegram was received from Port Darwin last night to the effect that Mr. John Y. Neilsen, manager of the Wallsend colliery had died at sea between that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The marvellous progress made in industrial and political development by Japan is one of the most important events in recent history (said a San Francisco paper). It is not morely that one of the oldest…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A serious blasting accident occurred yesterday in the Lambton mine to a man named David Davis. He was standing in the Act of fighting a shot, when he stooped to lo[?]sen the canch, and the shot immediately exploded…
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