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Sir,--I have just finished a perusal or Mr. (Hogue's fair and temperate letter on the above subject. The impression made on my mind is that the facts therein furnished make out a case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mary Ellen Lahiff, aped 36, formerly of Mount Pleasant, near Wollongong, widow of the late Patrick Lahiff, for many years the manager of the Mount Pleasant Coalmine, and formerly Mayor of Wollongon, and of North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the course of a speech delivered here on Wednesday night, the Minister for Mines (Mr. Fegan) referred to the necessity for an early amendment of the mining laws…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Fegan, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, addressed a large audience here last night. The Mayor(Alderman Fisher) presided. The Minister, who was well received, said the Government thought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is reported that by order of President Kruger the British mines on the Rand and the British buildings in Johannesburg have been undermined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boers report that they have destroyed the shafts and the machinery of the Dundee Colliery, and that they intend to destroy all the others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, March 29, 3.41 p.m.—President Kruger, in the course of an interview with a representative of the New York "World," declared that there would be hundreds of thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Joubert, Commander-in-Chief of the Boer forces, died unexpectedly at Pretoria on Tuesday night of an internal complaint…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEENSTOWN (TAS.), Friday. -- The Great Lyell South in the south drive. No. 1 tunnel, on section 1665, had driven 20ft. on ore. When cut, the ore was 2ft. wide, but the average is about 1ft., with scams and bunches…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the half-yearly meeting of the Jumbunna Coal Company this afternoon the directors' report stated that the output of coal for the six months had been 36,651 tons and large…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Block 10 Mine's plant last week treated 2929 tons pf crudes, yielding 515 tons of concentrates, bulking 32.96oz silver, 66.56 per cent. lead, and 7.33 per cent. zinc. The week's dispatches…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →MARULAN, Wednesday.—Mining operations are progressing satisfactorily throughout the district. The latest returns from various centres are most encouraging. The Carrington Iron…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The monthly meeting of the New South Wales Chamber of Mines was held at the Equitable Building, George-street, last evening, Mr. H. E. Farmer in the chair. The monthly report, read…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A deputation representing the coal minera of the colony waited on the Premier on March 21, and urged the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire info the condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →WOLLONGONG, Friday. -- The coal trade of the district has continued brisk during the week, the whole of the collieries having worked well, with the exception of South Bulli, where…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A deputation, representing, the miners of the northern, western, and southern districts, waited on the Minister for Mines on March 21, and asked that he would take up the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Band of Hope, Charters Towers, from a crushing of 345 tons, has obtained 405oz gold. Opal matters at White Cliffs are still quiet, although nearly all old buyers are back on the field…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The quantity of coal exported to foreign and intercolonial ports during the week ended this afternoon totalled 50,759 tons, as compared with 50,555 tons last week, an increase of 204 tons. The distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Just as the large and rapid advance in the market value of copper and tin brought about the re-opening of many disused mines in Cornwall, so, in the case of coal, production seems likely…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The war in the Transvaal (says an English paper) is seriously affecting the deliveries of gold from South Africa, the total which came to hand in December being only £15,920, as compared…
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