Fire in a Colliery
LONDON, Saturday.--A fire has broken out in a colliery at Cumberland, Vancouver, with the result that 60 workers are imprisoned in the mine…
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Mining
The market on the Sydney Exchange on Saturday wag absolutely stagnant. Quotations remained practically at Friday's closing levels and only three transactions were recorded. Sales of Block 10 indicated a further weakening…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lithgow Coal Trade
LITHGOW, Saturday.--The coal trade this week has been spoiled by the scarcity of trucks, the pits having lost from a day to two and a half days within the week' through this cause…
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BULLI, Friday.--The question of discontinuing the front and back shift system of working has again been revived by the Corrimal branch of the Miners' Union,…
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Very little business was done in mining speculations on the Stock Exchange on Saturday. Only two stocks were dealt in—B. H. Block, £5 2s and £5 1s; and Mount Drysdale, 21s. There was a limited…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Coal Export Trade
The quantity of coal exported to places beyond the colony during the week ended at noon yesterday was 55,435 tons. Of this amount 28,443 tons were shipped to inter-stat[?] ports, and 26,992 tons to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Coal Trimmers' Demands
In accordance with a resolution carried at a recent meeting of the newly formed Coal Trimmers' Union double rates of wages were demanded for working between 6 p.m. and midnight on…
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The new regulation of the Coal Trimmers' Union, permitting work on Saturday nights at double rates of pay, came into operation on Saturday last, and the results showed that there was a…
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At Waverley green on Saturday, W. C. Upton, Annandale (18), played Captain Jenkins, St. Leonards (21). Mr. Upton was not well, and only played to prevent disappointment…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Australian Gold Yield
The exact date upon which it was first discovered that gold existed in Australia has furnished subject matter for a good deal of historical controversy, but gold-mining as an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hillgrove Mining. Hillgrove
The Baker's Creck G. M. Company's battery is running full time and power, with a plentiful supply of water for all purposes. In the mine No. 13 level broke through to No. 2 winze from No. 12 level…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie
At Boulder Consols the well has been completed at bottom of the main shaft, and driving has been resumed on the lode at the 500ft. level. The Boulder Main Roef main [?]haft is down below…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining. Braidwood District. an Important Development
BRAIDWOOD, Monday.-Perhaps the most important development in mining matters in this district is the fact that the mining properties at Major's Creek, known as the Dargue's and United…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Mining Market. London, Feb. 16
Associated, £2 12s 6d. Laka View Consols, £7 5s. Mount Lyells, £4 l8s 9d. North Lyell, £2 17s 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Disaster in Vancouver. Sixty Men Imprisoned in a Mine. London, Feb. 16
A fire has broken out in a colliery in Cumberland, Vancouver. Sixty miners had their escape cut off, and they are imprisoned in the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Mining. Mount Lyell Mines
HOBART, Monday.--The south drive from No. 7 level of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway in being extended in ore, which is of a satisfactory value along the line of contact. Owing to the damage to their minus of transit…
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NEWCASTLE, .Monday-The return from, the collieries for the fortnight ended on Saturday show the time lost at each through the coal-trimmer and other labor troubles seaham lost 1 day…
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COROWA, Tuesday.-Work at the Corowa Deep Lead Gold Mining Company's mine is now in full swing again. The machinery has been replaced, the water pumped out of the shaft, and work in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cumberland Colliery Fire. Sixty-five Victims
LONDON, Monday,--The minors who were imprisoned by the fire which broke out in a colliery at Cumberland, near Vancouver, British Columbia, have been suffocated…
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