The Southern Collieries
CLIFTON, Thursday.--The coal trade in this district geuerally has been rather brisk for some time past. Metropolitan, Kernbla, and South Buill are amongst…
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The Coal Trade. Strike at the West Walls- End Colliery. a Settlement Arrived At
NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- A dispute which arose at the "West Wallsend coliery between the wheelers aud the management caused the pit to be laid idle yesterday…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--It is proposed to re-open the Seaham colliery, which has boon hermetically closed for some months in order to extinguish the firs which broke…
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A rise in silver was reported from London yesterday, and this was sufficient to give a general impetus to silver shares on the principal Australian stock Exchanges…
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WHEN Mr. Reid, the Treasurer of New South Wales, expressed his determination to remodel the public accounts, it was hoped that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mining Matters. The "Kaffir Circus." Broken Hill Proprietary. Half-Yearly Report--The South African Gold Boom
Nothing more romantic and dramatic is to be found in finance than the history of the South African market--the "Kaffir Circus," as it is termed--during the past…
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The new development which affairs in the Transvaal now seem to have taken is startling, and if the President's threats be carried out. It is difficult to foresee how…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gilgunnia Gold Field. a Want of Water
GILGUNNIA, Friday.—The heat of late has been excessive, 112deg in the shade being about the average register since Wednesday last. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harrington succumbed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. the Alleged Salting of the Angipena Mine
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The trial of William Rogers, charged with false pretences in connection with the alleged salting of the Angipena Treasure goldmine, again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The West Australian Goldfields. the Supposed Mercury Find
KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--There is a diversity of opinion about the recent quicksilver discovery. Some experts aver that globules of mercury were never found in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Esperance
News arrived this morning that good rains had fallen on the Dundas road. Dundas had 33 points; Hundred Miles, 38 points; Norsemen, 25 points; M'Pherson's Rocks, 33 points; Seventy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murhcison and Coolgardie Goldfields
Mr. F. B. Trude, who has been associated for some years with the Western Australian goldfields, and who is at present on a visit to Sydney, was seen yesterday by a representative of the Herald, and…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The miners of the district drew their pay to-day for the fortnight, which ended on Saturday last. As New Year's Day was included in that…
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WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade has been rather dull this week, and very few collieries worked full time…
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LITHGOW, Friday.--In coal-mining operations quietness prevails generally. A slight dispute at the Cullen Bullen pit a few days ago was quickly settled…
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The position and outlook of gold-mining are worthy of attention from the community beyond the ranks of miners. This is an industry which has employed, and still…
Continued on Trove, page 115 →Mining Notes
A cablegram dated 9th January has been received in Brisbane from the manager of the Raub Australian Gold-mining Company, limited. He says:—"Rough clean-up of battery yielded…
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DRAKE, Saturday.—Mr. John B. Jacquet, geological surveyor from the Mines Department, has been visiting this district, for the purpose of making an inspection of the old Lunatic reefs,…
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Neither miners nor mine-owners at Newcastle are satisfied with the present price of coal, which outs down wages and profits alike; yet the recent conference of delegates from both sides does not…
Continued on Trove, page 115 →How Coal was Formed
We know what coal is, and even many of the plants which made it; but we have no little difficulty in picturing how exactly it was formed. The seam is often of considerable thickness, it is often…
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