Work Resumed at the Collieries
WOLLONGONG, Friday, 7.10 p.m.--The weather to-day has been beautifully fine and the roads are drying up. The different borough councils are engaged in having repairs effected…
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Monk-Wearmouth Colliery. Opening Ceremony
In response to an invitation from the directors of the Monkwearmouth Colliery Company a number of gentlemen interested in coal-mining assembled on Saturday at the company's works, at…
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FORBES.—The Britannia Gold-mining Company struck a reef at the 200ft. level, 3ft. wide, heavily charged with pyrites, and showing gold freely. HILL END.—News has been received from the…
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Some remarks of significance to our coal proprietors appear in Mr. Harrison's weekly circular, published in San Francisco on February 7. The decline in the number of arrivals of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 574 →Opening of the Monk-Wearmouth Colliery
The official opening of the Monkwearmouth Colliery took place on Saturday with great success. At 11.15 a.m, a special train conveyed a large number of gentlemen interested in the coal trade from the…
Continued on Trove, page 608 →Terrible Colliery Disaster. London, March 10
An explosion has taken place in the Aorfa Colliery, Cardiff, and hundreds of miners are entombed. The debris prevents immediate help…
Continued on Trove, page 576 →The Gippsland Tin Mines
LONDON, March 14.—In consequence of the adverse comments of the financial papers on the Gippsland Proprietary Tin-mining Company, which was formed with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Inspectorships
In order to get the largest possible number of candidates to compete for the two inspectorships of metallic mines, the Minister for Mines has decided that all candidates from country…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Labor Troubles. the Coalcliff Miners
At a special meeting of the Coalcliff Miners Lodge held during the week a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the officers and members of the Trades and Labor Council for the…
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Our London correspondent telegraphs :—"The Mining World, in referring to the registration of the Gippsland Proprietary Tin-mining Company, with a capital of £100,000, to work the Gippsland…
Continued on Trove, page 608 →South African Gold Trust
LONDON, March 14.—The South African Gold Trust has declared a dividend of 100 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capital Value of Leading Silver-mines
The course of the mining sharemarket during the week has been discouraging. The improvement noted last week was not maintained but in its place has followed a heavy downward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gympie Under Water. the Mines Flooded
GYMPIE, Monday.--Continuous rain has fallen since Friday. The river is again far above its banks and the town is flooded. The waters are rising and the residents in the low grounds have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Difficulty at the Monkwear-mouth. Colliery. (By Telegraph.)
NEWCASTLE, Friday.--With regard to the difficulty at the Monk-Wearmouth colliery, it appears that the manager of the collier wanted to fix the yardage rate at what the miners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Opinions and Assays
A. F. M. H.—The result of assay of your sample is : Gold or silver, nil. E. E. H. (Cobar).—The samples forwarded are iron gossans, but not of a character to indicate gold or…
Continued on Trove, page 593 →literary Entertainment at Katoomba. the Distressed Miners
A most interesting lecture, comprising extracts from various writers, both of prose and poetry, was delivered in the Oddfellow's Hall, Katoomba, on Monday evening last by Canon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, March 6
On visiting Block 14 to-day, I found that a change had occurred in the 400ft. levels. After passing through 18ft. of galena, the crosscut entered an intrusion of country rock. This will probably be passed…
Continued on Trove, page 609 →The Monkwearmouth Colliery Difficulty. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
The miners at Monkwearmouth Colliery ceased work on Monday, but resumed again yesterday for another fortnight, pending an arrangement for something definite. The bone of contention is the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Intelligence. Broken Hill
The week's smelting returns were declared at 2 o'clock to-day. At the Proprietary mine 3185 tons of ore were treated, returning 599 tons of bullion, containing…
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