Northern Coal Trade. the Miners Fortinight
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Nine days constituted full time for the collieries during the fortnight ended on Saturday, and no lower than Lwenty-four worked that number, the average…
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Decreased Coal Output. Northern Mines. Newcastle
Although the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts during the month of December have naen exceptionally busy, the exports of coal show a falling-off of 30 per…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Robberies. Gold Watch Snatched
While in Hay-street shortly before 6 o'clock on Friday night, William James Dewe, of Fernhill-street, Huristone Park, had a gold watch, a silver match-box, and a gold emblem…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining. Silver-lead and Zinc
The output from the silver-lead mines of New South Wales has been on an augmented scale, the returns for the first nine months of the year showing an incrcase of £407,038…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blackheath (Q.) Mines Deal
BRISBANE. Monday.--Macdonald, Hamilton, and Co. have purchased from W. E. Black and Co, Ltd., all shares in Black heath Collieries, Ltd., representing one of the miggest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian State Coal Mine
The Victorian State coalmine showed a profit for the year after making allowance for depreciation of £30,954, and contributing £10,760 to the sinking fund, of £10,392. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Big Mine Purchase. The Blackheath (Q.) Collieries
Messrs, Macdonald, [?]aml[?]ton and C[?] have purchased from W. E. Black and Co. Ltd. all shares in Blackheath (Q.) Collieries, Ltd., representing one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. in and About the Mines
Contrary to a very general anticipation, comparatively few of the Sydney sharebrokers opened their offices for the transaction of business yesterday. Here and there a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Discovering Gold
I have discovered a sample of gold-bearing stone and desire to know what benefit I will derive if the mine should turn out a payable one and also what I shall do in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Increases for Mine Mechanics
As a result of the conference between the colliery proprietors and the representatives of the mechanics last week, the eight-hour system has been conceded and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining. Tin
During the first nine months of the year the quantity and value of the tin produced in New South Wales shows a satisfactory advance on the corresponding period last year…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MINING. At Emmaville
There is a good deal of mining going on at the Gulf, and Torrington is also looking up. When the Butters? reef gets properly working it will be a big lift to mining in these parts…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Coal Gas As Motor Fuel
Experiments in England, brought about by the limitation of petrol to motorists have proved that it is possible to obtain at least 85 per cent of the maximum,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Hour Late Miners Decline to Save Daylight
The secretary of the Federated Miners, Mr. Buckland, stated this morning that the miners at Cobar had refused to fall into line with the daylight saving scheme, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Desert Gold Still on Top Downs Sasanof and the Toff
The form shown by Sasanof in Australia, and The Toff at the New Zealand Cup meeting, lent additional interest to their meeting with Desert Gold in the Islington Plate, the mile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. Mining Law The Prospector and the Land State Assistance to the Miner
I think that there are some valuable minerals on my land and intend doing a little [?]cking. What steps ought [?] to take in the first place to protect my rights in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Board
The Coal Board will resume its sittings on Monday next, probably at Bu[?]lI, to consider the claim of the Scarborough miners for a reduction in the number of afternoon shift…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Old Gold Fund
Gifts of old jewellery, gold, and silver articles, or scraps, are wanted by the Old Gold Fund, City Mutualchambers, 62 Hunter-street. The depot has re-opened after the Christmas recess, and the donations…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining. Notes
A cable message received from Taiping by the Larut Tin-dredging Company, Ltd., Btates that during the second half of December the dr[?]dge worked 296 hours, and treated 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Notes
Another change has occurred in the face of the north drive from the main shaft of the Mount. Lyell Blocks mine, Tasmania, which on December 29 had been extended…
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