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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

1,641 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 83

Mining News. Queensland Telegrams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 4

Croydon Crushings.—Golden Spur, 45 tons, yielding 138oz of gold; Golden Gate, 110 tons, 104oz; Richmond P.C., 140 tons, 233 oz; King of Croydon, No. 7, 58 tons, 234oz. The bullock drivers…

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Latest Mining. Sydney, Monday Night. SILVER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 8

IN the silver market to-day Block 10, Centrals, and Costigans were all taken at rising rates, Costigans being in special favour, owing to satisfactory smelting operations. From…

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South Waratah Award. Meeting of the Miners. Referee's Decision Criticised. Great Dissatisfaction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1889 · page 2

A SPECIALLY convened meeting of the South Waratah miners took place yesterday morning at Russell's Royal Crown Hotel, Adamstown. There was a fair master of members,…

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The Extraordinary Swindle. Great Northern Gold Mine. Probable Meeting of Shareholders. ADELAIDE, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 5

The committee of the Great Northern Gold mining Syndicate met to-day to discuss the glue swindle, and want to get back to the colony an expert named Dalton, who…

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Miners' Meetings. Lambton Lodge. Quarterly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 7

THE quarterly meeting of the above lodge was held on Monday evening in Ralph's Druids Hall, Mr. D. Mason being in the chair…

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Mining News. Mount Morgan Shares

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 4

The Brisbane Telegraph published, on Monday, a strongly-worded article on the subject of Mount Morgan shares. Referring to the nominal capital of the mine of £1,000,000, the article says: "At its…

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Broken Hill South Mine. Very Rich Discovery. ADELAIDE, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1889 · page 5

A very rich chloride are has been struck in Broken Hill-South mine, near the 170ft level…

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Mining News. Broken Hill Central Mine. Manager's Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1889 · page 4

Central Broken Hill Silver-mining Company, Limited, March 21.—Since last week the main shaft has been sunk 4ft, and now has a depth of 294ft Gin, and we have commenced widening the…

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Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 4

TAMWORTH.—The manager of the Centenary Coal Company, Curlewis, reports that another splendid outerop has been discovered at the Curlewis end of the property—a splendid solid face of coal, there…

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Victoria's Coal Measures. Workable Coal Deposits. A Hundred Feet Seam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 3

MR. GILLIES, speaking at Kew last Monday evening, credited his Government (says the Melbourne Age) with having adopted means to settle the question whether there are any…

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The Mining Referee's Position. (Communicated.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 4

IT was thought by some people when the general agreement between the miners of this district and the associated proprietors was entered into and duly signed, that perfect…

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Mining News. Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 4

Great Northern Coal Company, Limited.—The manager of the Great Northern Coal Company reports as follows :—"Struck a seam of coal it a depth of 200ft at the shaft, being sunk about…

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Miners Dissatisfied

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6

Mr. CURLEY Said : Mr. Oliver, so far as I am concerned as the representative of the miners in this case, I do not know whether I am in the position to say that the miners are…

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Miners' Meetings. The Borehole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the Borehole Lodge was held on Thursday evening in the Mechanics' Institute. Mr. R. Jury occupied the chair, the attendance being very small…

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The Mining Referee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 4

As everybody knows by this time, a temporary deadlock has occurred in the business of the Mining Referee's Court. The hitch which has taken…

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Mining Referee's Court. the Referee Resigns. the Proprietors Satisfied. the Miners Dissatisfied. The Referee's Functions. Mr. Oliver's View: Mr. Curley's View. A Conflict of Opinion. The Court Breaks Up. Temporary Deadlock

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6

THE Referee's Court met yesterday to open the case of the A.A. Company, but proceedings were brought to an abrupt and somewhat unexpected termination owing to the…

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The Mining Referee. Who will Succeed Mr. Oliver? The New Lambton Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

DESPITE the fact that the resignation of Mr. Alexander Oliver from the position of Referee under the agreement between the colliery proprietors and the miners of this…

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The Bulli Colliery. a Diabolical Deed. Attempt to Explode the Mine. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 5

WHAT appears to have been a deliberate and diabolical attempt to explode the Bulli mine was fortunately discovered and frustrated on Friday night last, and probably prevented on…

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Wallsend Miners. Quarterly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 7

THE quarterly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Agricultural Society on Friday evening. There was a very large attendance. In fact, this was by far…

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English Miners and Eight Hours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A miner's conference which his been sitting at Birmingham, recommends that work should the limited to eight hours on five days of the week. Three…

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