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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

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Miners' Delegate Board. Quarterly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 6

MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting held at Newcastle, Thursday, July 4th, 1889. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe, New…

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Mining News. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 4

Pinnacles Tribute Co.—The ore-dressing plant at the Pinnacles tribute mine is now running most satisfactorily, although not yet quite complete. The problem of treating ore to advantage may now…

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English Colliers and Coal-owners. 1885-1889

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 7

THE Engineer, of May 24th, has the following:—"How quickly in the coal industry the whirligig of time brings in its revenges! In February, 1885, the coal-owners of South and…

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Commercial. Coal Exports From the Port of Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 4

THE approximate quantity of coal exported from Newcastle during the month of June, 1880, was 201,773 tons. The following gives a comparison with the exports of previous years:—…

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The Coal Trust Proposal. Views of Sydney Capitalists

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

SYDNEY, Thursday Night—It is said by several persons, who are in what may be called the capitalist "swim," that the idea of the gigantic coal trust, which it is proposed…

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A Mining Expert. Visit to Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 July 1889 · page 2

PROFESSOR BENTON, who is a passenger for Sydney by the Orient steamer Iberia, that arrived at Adelaide on Wednesday, is chief of the coal-mining department in Mason's…

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The Hamilton Pit Disaster. Work Resumed, Only to Be Abandoned. The Mine Again Closing In a Marvellous Discovery. a House Found Alive

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

CONTRARY to predictions the management of the A. A. Company, after due deliberation between themselves and Mr. John Dixon Government Inspector; Mr. Rose, manager…

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Legislative Assembly. The New Loan. Conduct of Mr. Mackenzie. The Glebe Disaster. New Railways. New Mining Bill. Stockton Gas and Electricity. Formal Motions. Mr. B. R. Wise. The Land Bill. SYDNEY, Thursday night

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

In the Assembly this afternoon five questions on the business paper were postponed, The COLONIAL TREASURER, remarking with regard to one in the name of Mr. Dibbs concerning…

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Victory Gold Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 4

The directors of the Victory Gold-mining Company, Charters Towers, have declared an interim dividend of 3s, payable on the 9th instant…

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Bonang Gold-mining Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 4

Manager's report.—Week ending 28th June: I have extended main level on cross course, 33ft for for the week, 20ft cast and 15ft west. The stone looks well in both faces. In the western end there…

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The National Miners' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 10

THE National Miners' Conference, which was attended by dele gates representing upwards of 300,000 miners of the United Kingdom, was brought to a close at the Mechanics'…

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Newcastle New Wallsend Colliery. The Company's Railway

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

YESTERDAY the newly-constructed railway of the Newcastle New Wallsend Coal Company was passed by the Government railway officials. The line, which is two and a-half…

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Discovery of Alluvial Gold

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

Alluvial gold has been found on Neal's River, 200 miles beyond Hergott, and near Great Northern Railway…

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Mining News. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 4

Central Blocks are commencing to attract considerable attention here in consequence of recent extraordinary developments at the Central mine. The Blocks adjoin the northern boundary of the…

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The Romance of a Gold Claim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 10

THE history of one Of the Ballarat claims, called the Blacksmith's Claim because its first owner belonged to that craft, reads like a page of romance. The blacksmith, with…

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Correspondence Fall in the Wallsend Mine. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 7

SIR,—I see by your valuable paper that one of your representatives visited Wallsend on the 1st inst., thinking the colliery was idle on account of a full taking place there in No…

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The Recent Scare in the Linwood Mine. the True Position of Affairs. Twenty-four Men Thrown Out of Work

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

IT will be remembered that on last Monday the miners in the Linwood Colliery ceased work owing to a full occurring in one of the headings, and the men of the adjacent Bullock…

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Queensland. Goldfield Near Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 2

The warden has proclaimed a goldfield at Princhester, consequent on the reported discovery of payable gold. The gold is fine and good. All the stone contains some gold, and…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at the Homeville Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 5

A SERIOUS mining accident occurred at the Homeville Colliery on Friday afternoon. It appears that two miners named Joseph Williams and John Bawdon were engaged in…

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The Colliery Explosion in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The work of attempting to rescue the 200 entombed miners at the St. Etienne colliery, France, is being vigorously proceeded with, but so far none of the men…

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