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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

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Broken Hill Mining. Baker's Creek. The Silver Boom Collapsed. ADELAIDE, Tuesday. Silver Stocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 5

Latest Sales.—Broken Hill Proprietary, £88; British, £6 17s; Norths, 51s; Block 14, £11 10s; Junction, £6 12s 6d; Block 10, £6 11s; Central (paid), £11 17s; ditto…

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The Newcastle Collieries. Mines Being Developed. [No. XIII.] The Maitland Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 6

As stated in a previous article, there are at the present time eighteen new collieries being opened out in the Northern district, and having already reviewed those in actual work,…

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Bonang Gold-Mining Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 5

Mine manager's report, November 16th:—"I have the honour to report that during the week the chamber at No. 3 level has been finished and securely timbered. The new…

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Black Mountain Gold-Mining Co. BARRABA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 5

The mine manager reports having "sunk the winze in the 140ft level, 8ft for the week, and raised one ton of quartz from same, in sinking, showing good…

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The East Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 6

During the early part of the present year Messrs. H. J. Adams, R. A. Young, O. K. Young, and P. W. Waddy purchased 250 acres of coal-bearing land, due south of the…

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The National Conference of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 6

THIS conference, which was adjourned from Manchester in July, was resumed in Birmingham on October 8. Mr. B. Pickard, M.P., presided, and delegates were present from…

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The South Greta Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 6

Within half a mile of the Maitland Colliery, and adjoining the estate on the north and west, is the land of the South Greta Coal Company. It was formed last…

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The Richmond Vale Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 6

Last year a Melbourne syndicate purchased the Richmond Vale estate of some 4500 acres, about nine miles south of Maitland. In October the same year they commenced…

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Banquetting a Mining Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 7

THE occasion of the departure of Mr. R. Pettigrew, late manager of the Webb Silvermining Company, to take charge of one of the Castle mines at Deepwater, was marked…

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Creep at Thomson's Tunnel. Miners Sent Back

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 7

YESTERDAY morning a number of the miners employed at what is generally known as Thomson's tribute colliery, near the Newcastle Colliery, were prevented by the deputy…

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The Gold Rush at Tamworth. TAMWORTH

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 5

The new gold rush still continues. The ground has been taken up for miles around, and pegs are now within a mile of Tamworth boundary…

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Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 6

THE exports for the week are:—Umberumberka Silver-mining, Company 90 tons, £2000; the Day Dream Slag Dump Syndicate, 5 tons 17cwt., £117; Pioner Silver-mining…

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Gartree Colliery Junction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 6

Mr. Sneddon and Mr. Alex. Sneddon waited upon the Commissioners to ask if their application for the junction of the Gartree coal pit line to be made at Teralba…

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The Raub Gold-field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 7

The Malay Poninsula Syndicate for working the Raub Gold-field has been formed in Brisbane into a registered company with a capital of £1,000,000, of which 700,000 shares, paid…

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The Southern Collieries. Introduction of American Capital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 7

WE (Bulli Times) are informed from a reliable source that a 'Frisco firm is negotiating for the purchase of the South Metropo[?] coal syndicate, or Hamilton's property, at,…

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Victorian Coal Resources

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 8

An unwonted stimulus has been given of late to the development of the coal resources of the colony. New discoveries of exten[?] carboniferous d[?]posits [?] reported almost…

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Hiring Coal Hopper Waggons

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 6

Mr. SNEDDON said another matter he would like to ask about was the engaging of coal trucks. He saw that tenders were being called by the Railway Department for a…

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A New Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Westport. Wallsend Mining Company has been floated in London…

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Another Coal Seam. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 5

The Secretary of Mines this morning rev a telegram from the Warden of South Gippsland, stating that the best coal seam yet discovered in Victoria has been struck in…

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Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 6

THE dispatch of ore from the Central mine to the Dry Creek smelting works is still proceeding at the rote of about 35 tons daily. Over 800 tons of the 1000 tons contracted…

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