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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

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The German Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A number of the colliery owners in Westphalia, where 100,000 miners are out on strike, have offered a partial advance of wages to the men; but it is…

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Mining News. Carcoar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1889 · page 4

On the Belabula River, Hunt and party, whilst prospecting, discovered a gold-bearing reef, which was traced from the surface a depth of 20ft., situated about a mile from the Mandurama railway…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at the Glebe Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1889 · page 5

A MINER named John Hughes, residing on the Broadmeadow, was seriously injured by a fall of coal in the A. A. Company's Glebe pit on Monday morning. The unfortunate…

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Victoria. Bailing Out a Flooded Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 6

Interest has been again excited in Castlemaine in connection with the flooding of the Francis Ormond mine. On New Year's Day the mine was flooded, and two men named…

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Mining News. Charters Towers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 4

The total crushings at Charters Towers for the month of April were 8171 tons, yielding 11,828oz a smelted gold. The full returns are only just in…

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The German Miners' Strike. the Emperor's Advice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 5

BERLIN, Wednesday.—The strike of coalminers continues to extend. Yesterday 3000 miners in Brettna struck work. In receiving a deputation from the Dortmund miners…

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Wallsend Miners. Special Lodge Meeting. the Shooting Question. Strike or No Strike? Conflicting Counsels. Thomson Temporises. Referred to the District. Sensible Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1889 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Mr. Thomas' hall on Tuesday night for the purpose of considering the all-important shooting question. There was a large…

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Mining News. Broken Hill. the Junction Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 4

At the half-yearly meeting, held on Tuesday last, the report read stated that the mine was being worker in a satisfactory and economical manner, and that the total nett result from ore smelted was…

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German Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Prince Bismarck is much concerned at the serious spread of the colliery strikes in Westphalia, and their results on the country. It has become…

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Miners' Risks. Blasting Accident at Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 8

Yesterday, about mid-day, a miner named John Smith, at Teralba, met with an ac[?]t while blasting in the mine. He was putting in a charge, when it suddenly exploded, and…

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Amalgamated Miners' Association. the Moonta Dispute. Labour Covenants. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 6

The Amalgamated Miners' Association having been called upon by the men employed at the Moonta mines, South Australia, to take action regarding the trouble at that…

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Mining News. Coal at Windsor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 4

Coal has been discovered on the property of Mr. John Hardie, junr., at Clydesdale, near Windsor, by Messrs. A. Smith, G. Father and W. Melville. The vein at present is thin, but the coal is good…

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Bonang Gold Mine. A Good Crushing. SYDNEY, Friday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 5

MR. JAMES FLETCHER, legal manager of this mine, has received following telegram from mining manager:—"Delegate, May 16. Just finished crushing 120 tons stone…

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The German Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.—The strike among the coal-miners in Prussia is rapidly extending from Westphalia to the mines at Waldenburg and Chapelle…

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The Gold Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—It is stated that the discovery of the robbery of the £5000 in gold from the Orient R.M.S. Iberia, on her passage from Sydney to England, was first…

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The German Coal Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 5

BERLIN, Friday.—There are some indications of an early termination of the strike of the coal-miners in Westphalia. The Emperor William received a deputation from the…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company. Manager's Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 6

MR. ARCHIBALD FAIRLEY, colliery manager of the Young Wallsend Coal Company, reports:—"Since my last report I have completed the main bottom of pit. It is opened…

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The Western Miners. Impending Strike. LITHGOW, Friday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 6

A DISPUTE has taken place at the Vale of Clwydd Colliery, between the management and miners. It appears that the miners are only working two or three days a week, on…

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English Coal-miners. Impending Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—At a meeting of the coal-miners of Newcastle last night, a resolution was passed that the men should demand an increase 10 per cent. on their…

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The German Colliery Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Emperor William of Germany has advised a deputation of colliery owners in Westphalia to keep in close touch with the workmen, and to use…

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