Colliery Disaster in Belgium. Fifteen Miners Killed
LONDON, Sunday Night.--A shocking colliery disaster occurred yesterday at Wasmes, in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. A cage in one of the mines was being…
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Coal Shipments
During the week which ended at 6 a.m. yesterday there were loaded by the Government cranes at the Newcastle dyke 56,306 tons of coal and 15 tons of coke, as compared with 55,315 tons…
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WYALONG, Saturday.-Operations are being carried on with vigor on the principal lines of reef, and the batteries and other reduction plants-blessed with abundant supplies of water-have…
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Ivanhoe Gold Corporation, Limited, Kalgoorlie (two weeks), 790 tons 1426oz. SILVER. B. H. Proprietary Block 14 Company, 17,948oz…
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The quantity of coal shipped at the Government cranes and wharfs for home, intercolonial, and foreign consumption during the week ended this morning totalled 56,306 tons, as compared with…
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A very moderate extent of business was transacted in the Mining Market yesterday. Prices of Stockton coal hardened somewhat. Copper stocks had more attention, Girilambone fetching as high as 22s 9d,…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.-The establishment [?] life brigades for the saving of life and property in the event of explosion or fire in mines has occupied the attention of the Mines Department…
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LONDON, January 24, 4.15 p.m.-The Mount Lyell (Tasmania) Proprietary Mines Company has been registered. The capital is fixed at £500,000, of which it is proposed to…
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Acting on the advice of Mr. A. A. Atkinson, the Chief Inspector of Coalmines, the Government some time since ordered from England half-a-dozen pneumatophores, contrivances which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Disaster in Belgium. Fifteen Minees Billed. London, Jan. 23
A shocking colliery accident ia reported from Belgium. A cable cage at the Wasmos colliery was being wound up when the rope broke, and the cage fell to…
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KALGOORLIE, Monday.--The return from a parcel of telluride ore from the Associated Mines treated at "Wallaroo is as follows:--Stone treated, 159 tons, yielding 586oz. of fine gold, an average…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Notes. Coal and Coke Shipments. NEWCASTLE
The coal and coke shipments from the Government wharves for the week ended today were:--Coal, 56.306 tons; coke, 15 tons. For the corresponding period of last year the…
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The Mount Lyell Proprietary Mines Company has been formed with a capital of £500,000. Shares to the value of £400,000 are being issued for public subscription…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Return of Autumn, Winter and Spring Lambings for Year 1897. Department of Mines and Agriculture, Stock and Brands, Sydney, January 20. 1898
The following comparative state-ment of the autumn, winter and spring lambings for the years 1896 and 1897 shows that the total…
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The fiftieth half-yearly meeting of the Vale of Clwydd Coal-mining Comapny, Limited, was held in the School of Arts yesterday. afternoon Mr. William Briggs, chairman of directors, occupied the chair…
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Examinations for certificates of competency under the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1896 were held in Sydney on the 19th, 20th, and 21st insts., before Messrs. W. Humble, F.G.S., H…
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Messrs. W. Humble, F.G.S., H. Osborne, M'Cabe, and T. Kater held examinations in Sydney on January 19, 20, and 21 for certificates of competency, under the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1896. The…
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The market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was very sick; West Australian stocks in particular being very weak, every line showing a decline. Queensland stocks were not dealt in owing to an interruption…
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Associated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie (treated at Wallaroo), 159 tons, 536oz. Lindsay's Consoldated mine, W.A., 260 tons, 64oz. Mount Burgess, W.A., 202 tons, 103oz. 10dwt…
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