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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 4

During the past year the number of applications for mineral leases shows a considerable increase over that of the previous year, being respectively— 1887, 2388; 1888, 5806. The number dealt with in…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 7

THE half yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held in Latham's Hall, Wolfe-street, yesterday afternoon,…

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The Yearly Output of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

Tin following is the quantity of coal that has been won from the different collieries in the Northern district during the past year, and has passed along the Great Northern…

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Victorian Mining. Official Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 6

THE report of the Secretary for Mines upon the progress of the, gold-mining industry during the quarter ending September 30 has been published…

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Queensland Gold-mining. Re-forming a Gympie Co. LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

It is proposen to re-form the Great Eastern Gold-Mining Company, Gympie, Queensland, with the object of purchasing the adjoining properties…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 4

BONANG GOLD MINIG COMPANY.—Messrs. James Fletcher and Co. received the following telegram from the mining manager on Saturday night:— "Struck the reef last night at end of the borehole…

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Miraculous Escape of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 7

THE twenty miners who were supposed to have been drowned by the flooding of the Salgo-Tarjan mine in Hungary have, after all, miraculously escaped…

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Victorian Mining Fatality. a Body Recovered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 3

THE body of Richard Grace, one of the victims of the Shaw's Reef mining accident at Maryborough, was recovered on Monday morning at the 325ft level. The body had…

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Gold-mining in Wales. More Australian Enterprise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Samuel Owen of Sydney has secured 500 acres of land adjoining Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan's mine at Dolgelly, in Wales, for gold-mining purposes…

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Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—The mineral exports last week were:—Proprietary, 9900 bars of bullion, 362 tons 11cwt 1qr, value £16,903 18s 5d; Junction, 66 tons, 16cwt 2qr of ore, value £334 2s 6d; South,…

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Mining Disaster in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 3

ONE of the most disastrous colliery explosions ever known in France has occurred at the mines of Campagnac, near Cransac, in the Department of…

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Mining in New South Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 3

As far as the New England mining industry is concerned, the supply of water is rather in excess of the demand. Several claims were…

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The "Forster Firmin" Patent Gold and Silver Amalgamator

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1889 · page 4

The following gives the modus operandi of the process:— "The principle is to subject the dry or mulched ore or debris to a highly-heated blast of vaporised…

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Lambton Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 2

THE quarterly meeting of the above miners' lodge was held in Conn's Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. D. Mason in the chair…

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Miners' Delegate Board. Minutes of Proceedings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 6

MINUTES of quarterly delegate meeting held, on January 3rd, at the Assembly rooms. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative Glebe, New…

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Charlestown. South Waratah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 6

Things were very quiet here during the holidays, and everybody seemed glad when they were over, the finances being so low owing to the long strike that work was…

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Miners' Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 7

THE adjourned meeting of the miners' delegate board was held yesterday at the Assembly Rooms. All the lodges were represented, and the president (Mr. Dix) occupied…

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Latest Mining. Friday evening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 4

SILVER SHARES.—Good market this morning in silver companies, but eased at the close, excepting Centrals, which were in demand from late Melbourne quotations. Silver…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the large hall of the Horticultural Society on Friday evening, Mr. Wm. Hogue in the chair…

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South Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1889 · page 3

THE above minor met at Russell's Hotel. Adamstown, on Saturday night, Mr. Tonicliff in the chair. WEIGHMAN…

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