Colliery Disaster in Scotland. One Hundred Miners Reported Entombed. London, Jan. 18
A fire has broken out in the colliery at Baillieston, near Glasgow. It is reported that 100 miners are entombed…
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Chinese Coal
LONDON, Monday. -- The Standard expresses an opinion that China coal will shortly monopolise the Eastern markets…
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A fine collection of silver ores from the Wallah Wallah silvermine is on view at Mr. R. L. Thomas', 106 Pitt-street, and will repay inspection…
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LONDON, January 18.—The Standard, in an article on the British coal trade, says that the high wages paid in Australia will prevent New South Wales being a serious…
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We are requested to call attention to the intimation given in another column that the scrip of the North Contral Broken Hill Silver-mining Company is now ready for being issued…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Difficulty in the Coal Trade. Meeting of Non-associated Colliery-owners. an Agreement to Reduce the Hewing Rate
Matters in connection with the coal trade are still unsettled, but the latest development shows that the masters are coming together in the way of agreement, For some time past an endeavour has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cause of Coking in Coal
At the first glance it would seem strange, but it is nevertheless true, that the physical cause of the coking or fusing of bituminous coal into the form of coke, under a distilling heat, is by…
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The STANDARD, in an article dealing with the coal trade, expresses the opinion that China coal will shortly monopolise the Eastern markets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barrier Mines. -- the Scarcity of Water
BROKEN-HILL, Monday. -- The new smelter at the British Blocks mine, according to official information, will be started to-morrow without fail. The delay has been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Troubles. Feeling in the District. the Wallsend Difficulty
Newcastle, Tuesday.—The result of the conference between the miners' delegates and non-associated representatives on Saturday is not looked upon as successful by the miners…
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A representative meeting of the non-associated northern collieries was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday to consider important matters connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Geological Staff. Its Uselesness Foe the Development of Mines. Its Inconclusive Vague Reports
By the death of Mr. Wilkinson, the late Government geologist, the Mining Department has lost the services of an able man, and one of its best officers, and it will be difficult to find a person…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mining Trouble. an Alleged Lock Out. Are the Men on Strike? NEWCASTLE
The mining situation is unaltered. The Wallsend miners maintain they are not out on strike, but are to all intents and purposes locked out by the management…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Charters Towers Goldfield. (From Our Correspondent.) Charters Towers, Jan. 8
Business in the Share market here has been brisk since the beginning of the new year, and most stocks show a very decided upward tendency, so much so that while there is not an actual boom on there is…
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ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Mr. R. N. Cruickshank, who has just returned from a trip to the Murchison goldfield, in the course of an interview to-day with a representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bailieston Colliery. the Entombed Miners Believed to Be Safe. London, Jan. 18
It is believed that the miners entombed in the Bailieston Colliery, near Glasgow, in which a fire has occurred, are safe, and that they will be rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Northumberland Coal Mines. [From Our Special Reporter.] (Week ended January 16.)
The action of the miners' delegates in deciding to resist the reduction in the hewing rate, by a majority of 3352 to 621, has caused general consternation. To this must now be added the fact that they have…
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LONDON, January 18.—It is believed that the miners entombed by the fire at the colliery at Baillieston, near Glasgow, will all be rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Endorsing a Strike. the Coal Trade Difficulty. Miners' Meeting at Islington. NEWCASTLE
A specially-convened meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners was held last night at Islington. The men unanimously adopted the minute from the…
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ALTHOUGH no definite action has been taken one way or the other beyond the decision of the N.A. mines to reduce their prices for selling and getting coal to those recently…
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