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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

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Tasmania. a Mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1889 · page 6

At Launceston on Tuesday a case was brought into court under the Mining Companies Regulation Act by the Government Inspector of Mines against the mining…

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Visit of Lord Carrington. Sympathy with the Sufferers Inspection of the Mine. Encouraging the Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1889 · page 3

YESTERDAY His Excellency the Governor performed another of the many acts of kindness which have endeared him to the people of New South Wales. In any…

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The Hamilton Pit Disaster. Meeting of Borehole Miners. The Visit to the Families. Thanking the Mayor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1889 · page 3

AMONGST other business brought up at the adjourned meeting of the Borehole miners, yesterday morning, was the report of Messrs. George Jones and Andrew Currie, who were…

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Miners' Meetings. Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Ralph's Druids Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. D. Mason being in the chair…

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New Lewis Ponds Gold and Silver Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 4

The manger reported on the 18th instant: "Have repaired cistern below the 232ft plat, and commenced to sink main shaft with three shifts. There are three seams of sulphide ore on the…

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The Metropolitan Coal Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The chairman on the Metropolitan Coal Company of Sydney, at their annual meeting, stated that the company's shares had not been quoted on the…

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The Stockton Mine. Scarcity of Air. to Be Remedied. a New Mining Bill. Wanting Another Shaft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 8

A MEETING Of the Stockton miners' lodge was held at the Temperance-hall, Stockton yesterday evening, when several matters of very considerable importance to the miners and the…

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Mining News. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 4

Central Broken Hill Silver-mining Company, Limited.—Messrs. Leonard Dodds and Co. have received the following:—"June 24. Improvement in bottom. No. 1 winze 180ft north of main shaft…

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Singleton News. Thursday. the Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 2

CREATED a painful feeling everywhere here, and genuine sympathy is in all quarters expressed at the fate of the poor fellows whose lives have been suddenly cat short. The…

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Broken-hill South Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday Night.—A meeting of the Adelaide shareholders of the Broken hill South mine was held to-day, to consider the question of the better management of the…

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The Minister for Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 5

Mr. Sydney Smith, who leaves the metropolis this morning for Newcastle, will pay another visit to the scene this afternoon…

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Mining News. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 4

At the British Blocks the main shaft is now 422ft deep, and at the 412ft level a station has been cut; and when the shaft has been sunk another 6ft, cross-cutting will be commenced westward. It is…

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Dearly Bought Mining Experience

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 4

THE meeting of the Stockton miners on Thursday last shows that the miners of the district are determined that the lessons read by the…

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Miners' Risks. a Man Seriously Injured at the Glebe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 5

A MINER named Hughes, while working in Readhead's colliery at the Glebe, yesterday afternoon, was seriously injured by a fall of coal. He was taken out in an insensible…

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Parliament. Friday, June 28, 1889. Legislative Assembly. On the Voices. The Colliery Disaster. Parliamentary Etiquette. Irrigation and Conservation. Sale of Fuel Bill. City of Redfern. SYDNEY, Friday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 2.30 p.m. FORMAL MOTIONS. The following motions were agreed to on the voices:—…

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Gold-mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1889 · page 4

Several visitors from Armidale witnessed recently the operations in connection with the crushing at the Clarendon Gold-mining Company, Tilbuster. The machinery is working splendidly,…

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Steady-going Versus "Fast" Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1889 · page 4

COAL-MINING in the Newcastle district of New South Wales has, in many instances of late, and is continuing to be, very much of a scramble after the…

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The Proposed Coal Trust

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

IN a leader on the coal trust proposed to be established in this district, the Australia Star considers the scheme preferable to a war of competition. After stating so much…

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Western Australia. Gold Discoveries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1889 · page 6

Excellent news has been received at Perth as to the prospects of the Yuilgarn goldfields Many experienced miners consider them equal to some of the best fields in the…

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Mining News. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1889 · page 4

Junction Mine.—At the Junction mine the main shaft has been sunk 27ft below the 300ft level. The main north drive is 15ft beyond No. 2 winze, and now in a mass of galena. In taking up carbonate…

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