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A national conference of miners is now being held in London. The question being discussed is that of the necessity of arranging a general strike in order to lessen the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, May 4.—The Bank of Australasia and the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney are each forwarding £250,000 in gold to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is considered probable that £500,000 in gold will be shipped from London to Sydney for the Union Bank of Australia. A meeting of the proprietors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The repairs to the shaft of the South Waratah Coal mine are progressing very rapidly, and it is expected that the pit will resume work in a shorter time than was at first anticipated. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The work of repairing South Waratah shaft, which partly collapsed three weeks ago is progressing in a highly satisfactory manner, and it is expected that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited, announce that dividend cheques, drawn on the New Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited, George-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The annual report of the Mines Department was presented to Parliament Thursday night, and amongst other things it stated that the value of the output of mineral from the colony during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Baker's Creek Gold Mine the main shaft was sunk 4ft for the week ended April 26. On the reef at the bottom good gold is showing. The 80ft level below Murphy's tunnel has been…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--At Block 10 in a week or two the crosscut will be put in east and west through the intrusion of country in the bottom of Campbell's shaft to reach the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday Night.--The shipments of gold to Australia are as follow : --By the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, £200,000 : by the Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The principal feature in the Mining market yesterday was a rise in the price of Broken Hill Proprietary shares. On Thursday they closed at 75s, but at the noon call of the Sydney Stock Ex…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A new development has taken place in the New Paxton's claim, Hill End, a reef having been cut in the western drive. In Carver and Riley's tunnel the influx of water continues. They expect to…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →LITHGOW, Friday,--What the local paper describes as a "reduction boom" appears to have now set in here. Last week the Vale Colliery Company gave 14 days' notice of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our correspondent at Perth writes under date April 22: The field of Coolgardie (Bayley's find) is the one claiming the most attention now. The latest intelligence brought into Southern Cross,…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →The reductions in wages and rates have now become widespread here. Following the example of the Vale Colliery, notice of 6d per ten reduction in the hewing rate into has been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Californian correspondent writes, under date March 30: In the state of Nevada silver mining is at a very low ebb—is, in fact, practically suspended. Most of the big mines in Utah,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Government commenced work to-day on the railway to connect Korumburra and Jumbunna, where large coal seams are being worked. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LITHGOW, Saturday.—The reduction in Wages and rates have now become widespread. Last week the Yale Colliery Company gave 14 days' notice of a 6d per ton reduction in the hewing rates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It has transpired that an offer has been made by a private syndicate to purchase from the Junction North Company 2000 tons of their argentiferous garnet sandstone delivered at the mouth of the shaft…
Continued on Trove, page 940 →With respect to the ventilation of a cargo of coal, with the idea of removing inflammable gases, Professor Clowes, of Nottingham (Eng.), has pointed out that this might itself be a source…
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