The Newcastle Crisis. Prospects of a Conference. Mines That Will be Represented. Small Disputes Settled--The Fortnight's Work--The Feeling in the Southern Mining Districts. NEWCASTLE
The Australian Star · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 6
Just at present the chief interest in connection with the Newcastle coal crisis is centred on the question of whether the colliery proprietors will accept the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Cable News. a New Zealand Mining Company
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Saturday Night.--The Hauraki Associated Gold Reefs Company of New Zealand has been formed, with a capital of £100,000, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining in Madagascar. Permits Refused to British. London, March 27
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5
The French authorities in Madagascar have refused to grant British miners permits to prospect fqr minerals in the island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Threatened Crisis in the Coal Trade. Objections to the Forthcoming Conference. Disunion Amongst the Proprietors
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5
Only a few of the colliery proprietors have as yet signified their willingness to meet the miners in conference, as requested by the circular of the secretary of the Miners Association in Newcastle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brunner Mining Disaster. Recovering the Bodies. Fearful Effects of the Explosion. the Bereaved Families. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5
A notable feature of the Brunner mining disaster is its appalling completeness. Not a soul who was in the mine at the time of the explosion was saved. The work of recovering the bodies is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Kalgoorlie
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5
Two inches of rain had fallen up to sunset today, and it was still raining steadily. All the tanks and dams are full and overflowing. The lakes below the Great Boulder are covered with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Disaster in New Zealand. All the Bodies Recovered. Fearful Effects of the Explosion. Remains Terribly Charred and Burned. Pitiful and Distressing Cases. Salvation Army Generosity. Funeral of the Victims
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Saturday.--In response to the Premier's call for help in the work of rescuing the entombed miners, several hundreds volunteered their services. When,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southern Collieries
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 6
CLIFTON, Monday.--The southern coal trade continues slack, the majority of the miners not averaging half time, and some being practically idle. The South Clifton miners…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Braidwood Proprietary Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 7
The Braidwood Proprietary Gold-mining and Sluicing Company, No Liability, has recently been formed to work auriferous drift on the banks of the Shoalhaven River, at Colombo, near Braidwood…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Southern Collieries. Wollongong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
The coal trade last week was, on the whole, somewhat better than has been the case for several weeks past. Nearly 3000 tons were sent from Wollongong, principally to Sydney. The shipments from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 7
A fair amount of business was transacted on the Sydney Exchange yesterday. There was a large turnover in silver stocks, all of which were quoted at advanced rates…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Newcastle Crisis. The Prospects of a Conference. Mines That Will Be Represented. Those Standing Out -- Colliery Proprietors' Opinions -- The Selling Price of Coal -- Strike at the Borehole Pit
The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
Colliery proprietors are not inclined to discuss the situation at Newcastle. There is a general agreement amongst them that any increase in the selling price of coal at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Fields
Evening News · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 3
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A wire from Cobark states that Brockwell, Laurey, and Webeek's claim has turned out in crushing over 2oz of gold to the ton. The claim, which is near Copeland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Borehole Miners. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
The Borehole miners on Saturday adopted the delegates' minutes as a whole. THE STRIKE OF WHEELERS. NEWCASTLE, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Managers' Reports
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 6
The Broken Hill Junction Silver-mining Company Limited, week ended 24th March.—M'Intyre's shaft: S[?] 7ft. in all 109ft. below the 550ft., ground still hard and else. Stepes in back of 550ft. throughout are not looking…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Mining Company
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Monday.--The Associated Southern Gold-mining Company, Hannan's, West Australia, has been formed with a capital of £375,000, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Mining. Company
Evening News · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 6
LONDON, March 30.—The Associated Southern Gold Mines Company, Hannan's, West Australia, has been formed, with a capital of £375,000, of which shares to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Zealand Colliery Disaster. Message From the Mayor of Sydney
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 6
The following cable message was sent by the Mayor of Sydney to the Mayor of Brunnerton on Saturday :--"Citizens deeply sympathise with you in sad catastrophe at Brunner…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crisis in the Coal Trade. Further Developments
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
The Wallsend Coal Company has forwarded a letter to the secretary of the Miners' Association in reply to the request for a conference between the miners' and coalowners' representatives, stating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Mining Companies. London, March 30
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1896 · page 5
The Associated Southern Goldmines Company, Hannan's, Western Australia, has been formed, with a capital of £375,000, of which it is issuing shares to…
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