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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

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Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 4

On Thursday the escort arrived at Normanton with 11,208oz of gold Croydon, 355oz from Georgetown, and 900oz from Cumberland. The Swedenborg P.C., Charters Towers, partially…

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Ode to Labour. Written for the Hunter River District Miners' Demonstration, to be held To-day (Saturday), March 9, 1889

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 9

Liberty ! Name of warning ! Did ye feel your pulses beat As ye marching, moved this morning All adown the cheering street ?…

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Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—Week's run at the Broken Hill Proprietary:—Eight furnaces treated 2515 tons of ore, yielding 505 tons of bullion, containing 106,691oz of silver, the highest yet…

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Latest Mining. Sydney, Saturday evening. SILVER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 5

VERY little further change has been observable in silver stocks to-day, and those in which any change at all is visible are Broken Hill shares, which however, have not much…

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The Hunter River Miners. Their Annual Demonstration. Unbending from Labour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 March 1889 · page 7

"Sweet recreation barr'd, what doth ensue But moody and deep melancholy, Kinsman to grim and comfortless despair, And at their heels a huge infectious troop…

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South Mine, Broken Hill. 100 Miners Discharged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 5

Startling intelligence comes from Broken Hill re the South mine. Nasty rumours have been afloat for some time, but the worst expectations have been more than…

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Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 4

New Lewis Ponds Gold and Silver Mining Company, Limited, March 5.—At the 232ft the south level has been driven 10ft., total 78ft. from crosscut. The galena oro is still rising, and widening to…

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Miners' Risks. Fatality at Leamington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1889 · page 8

ABOUT 3 o'clock on Monday morning a man named William Reichert, employed by the South Wallsend Coal-mining Company as a sinker at their shaft at Leamington, was the…

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Durham Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 8

The public accountants appointed under the sliding-scale arrangement between the coalowners and the miners of the county of Durham to regulate the wages of the miners…

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The Coal Ring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 8

A vigorous attempt is to be made to break through the coal "ring" which is causing more than the usual amount of suffering in London this winter. The power of this…

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The Miners and Centralization

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 5

IN a letter which will be found in another column a local tradesman, who for obvious reasons desires to preserve his anonymity, makes what would appear to be a…

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English Labour Notes. Miners' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 8

AN important conference of miners was recently sitting at Leeds, when the Employers' Liability Bill was under discussion, and a series of resolutions were agreed to. The…

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Mining News. Barrier Chief Silver-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 4

It will be remembered that a short time ago, at a meeting of shareholders in the Barrier Chief Silver-mining Company, it was resolved to wind-up the company and cease operations, on account of…

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The Junction Mine. Mount Torrens Gold Mine. ADELAIDE, Wednesday Night. Bad Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 5

News from Junction Mine is again bad, and the lode seems dwindling away to nothing. It is now only 12 inches wide in one space. The shares have sunk to 8s 6d…

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Mining News. the Broken Hill South Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—An article was published in the Silver Age this morning, relating to the South Broken Hill mine. It stated that the 102 hands discharged by Mr. Piper in accordance with…

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Miners' Risks. Fatality at Lymington. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1889 · page 8

MR. G. C. MARTIN, J.P., district coroner, held an inquest at Lymington on Tuesday on the body of William Reichert, who was killed on Monday morning in the shaft of the…

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A Colliery Explosion. Twenty Miners Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A colliery explosion took place yesterday at Brynnaly, near Wrekham, North Wales. Twenty miners were killed…

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Sale of a Tin and Gold Mine. LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 5

The Glen and Otto Tin and Gold Mine has been sold for £26,000, subject to the report of English experts…

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Miners in Council

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 4

THE following trenchant leading article, which appeared in a recent issue of Reynolds' Weekly Newspaper, is reprinted here for the special…

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Hamilton Miners. Quarterly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 6

THE quarterly meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held in the Mechanics' Institute last evening. The attendance was good, and Mr. R. Jury presided…

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