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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

1,641 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 83

Hunter River Miners' Protective Association. Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 6

MINUTES of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Wednesday, February 6th, 1889. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend,…

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Latest Mining. Sydney, Wednesday Night. SILVER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

A BETTER and firmer tone was observable in silver stocks to-day. Block 14 shares were firm, and closed with buyers at 90s. Sunny Corners exhibited a slight improvement; and…

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Lambton Miners

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

A MEETING of the above miners was held on, Wednesday evening in Ralph's Druids Hall, Mr. D. Mason in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting, were…

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Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 4

Mr. P. C. Du Bois who was commissioned report upon the prospects of the "Lewis Pond" mine, states that he had no difficulty in locating and estimating the quantity and value of large…

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Co-operative Miners. Quarterly Meeting

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

THE quarterly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute, on Wednesday evening, Mr. Cuthbert Richardson in the chair…

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Latest Mining. Sydney, Thursday Night. SILVER

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 5

THE Silver market today opened firm, Block 14 and Norths being in request. Owing, however, to a rumour of some hitch having occurred in the smelting operations…

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The Anti-chinese League. Gone Bung. Melville's Gold Star

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 5

AT a meeting of the Sydney Wharf Labourers' Union held on Wednesday night, Mr. Rose stated that he would have spoken on the anti-Chinese League question before but had not…

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Local Mining Dispute. Before the Referee's Court. Meeting To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 5

THE REFEREE'S COURT, established under the General Agreement, lately come to between the Associated Colliery Proprietors, and the Miners' Association, will assemble this…

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Young Wallsend Coal Co. Coal Specimens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 6

THERE are now on view at Mr. J. C. Bonarius' auction room, Wolfe-street, several samples of coal taken from the Young Wallsend mine at a depth of 518ft. The…

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Mining News

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

The Broken Hill people are surprised to find that shares is Block 14 are going lower. They say that the mine is in a better state than ever. Central Broken Hill Silver-mining Company,…

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Wallsend Mining Dispute. The Referee's Court. Yesterday's Proceedings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 7

YESTERDAY morning at the Newcastle Court-house the first case submitted to the Referee's Court, under the new miners general agreement, came on for hearing before Mr…

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Mining News

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

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—The week's run at Broken Hill Proprietary Company, eight furnaces running, was:—Ore treated, 2592 tons, yielding 366 tons of bullion, containing 96,547oz of silver…

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Wallsend Mining Dispute. The Referee's Court. Saturday's Proceedings

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

THE sittings of the Referee's Court, to inquire into the dispute, existing between the employees of the Wallsend colliery and the management,…

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Mining News

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

New Lewis Ponds Gold and Silver Mining Company Limited, February 2.—"Levels north and south at 132ft are being extended preparatery to commencing stopes on the sulphide ore. At 158ft…

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Broken Hill Miners. The Unemployed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1889 · page 2

SAYs the Silver Age of the 8th inst:—" In response to an advertisement in the local papers, about from 150 to 250 men met to hear the remarks from some of the…

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The Coal Trade in 'Frisco

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

J. W. Harrison, in his weekly review of the market published in the San Francisco Chronicle of January 15, says:— "Since the sailing of the last Australian steamer,…

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Latest Mining. Sydney, Monday Night. SILVER

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

The silver market to-day was very depressed. Block 14 stock was weaker owing to the reports of poor meeting returns having been received from the mine…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Fall Down a Shaft

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

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A fatal accident occurred at Block 14 Mine on Sunday morning. A young man named Thomas Bagwell, aged 22, employed as a trucker, was starting…

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Tasmania. Strike of Coal-miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1889 · page 3

The coal-miners at Mount Nicholas have struck work in consequence of a misunderstanding with the manager. THE SORELL ELECTION…

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Mining News

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

The Sunny Corner Silver-mining Company, Limited, February 9.—Three Pacific and seven reverberatory furnaces have worked full time, reducing the following material—viz., 150 tons first…

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