The Northern Collieries. the Threatened Strike. Conference of Miners and Mineowners. the Majority of the Employers Holding Aloof. an Abortive Meeting. Further Efforts at a Settlement
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A conference held at the invitation of the miners' delegate board, between that body and the colliery proprietors of the district, met to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. General Notes. M'Arthur-Forrest Patent. A Case in America -- The Patent Upheld -- The Gligrunnia Field -- Braidwood Proprietary S.M. Co. -- Reports From the Mines
The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 5
During last week the dividends from the mining companies of Bendigo amounted to £9703, which is the largest dividend paid during one week for some years past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Crisis. Conference of Miners and Owners. The Deliberations To-Day. An Interesting Discussion -- Nothing Accomplished -- Expressions of Goodwill. NEWCASTLE
The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 6
The conference between the colliery proprietors and the miners was held at the Imperial Hotel this morning. There were present Mr. T. Croudace, Lambton and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Crisis in the Coal Trade. an Interview with Dr. Garran. the Desirability of a Conference. Difficulties in Settling the Question
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 3
Last night Dr. Garran, Vice-President of the Executive Council, was waited on by a member of our staff, to whom he made a statement with regard to the difficulties in the way of placing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth, March 31
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1896 · page 5
Eight tons of stone from the Young Colonial mine, Cne, have given a return of 32oz 5dwt. The erection of extensive mining machinery on the Bed, White, and Blue Mine, Cue, is rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crœsus Proprietary Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 10
The first general meeting of shareholders of the Cr[?]sus Proprietary Gold-mining Company was held at Adelaide on Monday last., Mr.V.L. Solomon, chairman of directors, presiding. In moving the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hannan's Consols Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 10
On Monday last the ordinary meeting of shareholders of H[?]an's Consolsin Gold-mining Company was held at Adelaide, Mr.G.E.Ind presiding. The chairman stated that Mr. W. Darwin had been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mount Pleasant Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 10
The second half-yearly meeting of the "Mount Pleasant Gold-mining Company, No Liability, was held at the company's office, Cobar, on Tuesday evening last, when 3955 out of 5000 shares were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Braidwood Proprietary Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 728
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 728 →Moon's Coolgardie Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 10
On Monday last the ordinary meeting of shareholders in Moon's Coolgardie Gold-mining Company was held at Adelaide. Mr.A.Simms, chairman of directors presided, and stated that during the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Appalling Colliery Disaster. Explosion in the Brunner Coal Mine. New Zealand. Sixty Four Miners Tolled. Heartrending Scenes at the Pit's Mouth. Auckland, March 26
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 727
The little mining township of Brunnerton, situated about seven miles from Greymouth, on the vest coast of the South Island, was the scene to-day of an appalling catastrophe in the Brunner…
Continued on Trove, page 727 →Newcastle and Stockton Gold-mining Company
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 728
The prospectus of the Newcastle and Stockton Gold-mining Company, No Liability, Sofala district, will be found in another column. The company is being formed with the moderate capital of…
Continued on Trove, page 728 →A Colliery Accident
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 13
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday— To-day a fall of coal occurred in the East Greta Colliery, by which a man named Murphy, a wheeler, received injury. He was cut through the eyebrow, cheek,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mining
The Catholic Press · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 11
A report from Tumberumbah states that an extraordinary rich reef was discovered at Back Creole, about seven miles from the town, by Mr. Heinecke. Forty-four pounds of stone gave 372oz. gold, and 4lb…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australasian Gold
Evening News · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 11
An exhibit, of great Interest from the scientific point of view, was on show yesterday at the Imperial Institute, consisting of Mr. J. C. F. Johnson's collection of Australasian auriferous…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Coal Crisis
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 687
There is no denying the critical position of affairs at Newcastle. As it stands at present, the miners have decided to give 14 days' notice, commencing from the 6th April, of a general…
Continued on Trove, page 687 →Developments at the Mines
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 5
KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--The battery and winding plants for the Boulder Peresverance mine are on the road from the head of the railway, and as soon as they arrive a start…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gold Fields
Evening News · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 3
REEFTON, Thursday.—Lander ana party (Pioneer claim) cleaned up at the Reefton battery on Tuesday evening, from 48 tons of stone for a yield of 109oz of smelted gold; the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Notes
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 728
New Bushman's Hill Gold-mining Company No Liability, Parkes, cleaned up on Saturday for 433oz. 15dwt. retorted gold from 620 tons of stone. Though the yield is below the average it is a…
Continued on Trove, page 728 →Fearful Colliery Disaster. Explosion in the Brunner Coal Mine, Nuw Zealand. Great Loss of Life. Heaetrending Scenes at the Pit's Mouth. All the Bodies Recovered. (See illustrations on page 28.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 April 1896 · page 11
Happily it is but seldom that the press is called upon to record such a fearful disaster as that which occurred at Brunnerton, New Zealand, on the morning of March 26. The town is about…
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