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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 89

Miners' Risks. a Miner Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 5

JOHN CARR, of Adamstown, a miner employed in the Newcastle pit, got his arm broken last week. It appears that a fall of coal took place, which struck a prop, knocking it out…

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Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 6

ABOUT 125 tons of ore is being dispatched daily from the British Blocks to the smelting works at Port Pirie, and the material now carries a higher percentage of silver than…

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Miners' Meetings. Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 6

THE above miners held their quarterly general meeting on Monday evening in Simpson's-hall. Mr. John Lloyd in the chair…

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Morfa Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON Monday.—The Morfa colliery, near Cardiff, South Wales, in which so many lives were recently lost through an explosion, has been flooded in order to extinguish the…

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The Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The colliery owners in the Bristol district and parts of Warwick. shire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, have conceded the demands of the…

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Miners' Association. Committee of Management

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 6

MINUTRS of committee of management meeting held March 18, 1890. Present: Messrs. J. Thomson (president) in the chair, A. Cook, J. Duke, W. Blakey, J. Hunter, W…

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Australian Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 6

MAJORS CREEK Proprietary Gold-mining Company crushed 130 tons of stone for 22 tons concentrates, and 32oz amalgam. The Tributors of the Band of Hope and…

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The Miners' Strike. Proprietors Suggest a Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Federated Association of Colliery Owners held a conference to day to further consider the demands of the men who struck work on Saturday last for an…

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A Gold-lined Pair of Stays

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 3

A SINGULAR story comes from Macclesafield, England. At the police court, a hawker named Fryer, was committed for trial at the Sessions charged with stealing £16. The…

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Labour Troubles. the Coal-miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—In consequence of the great advance in the price of coal caused by the miners' strike several large factories and mills have been closed at Bradford, Bolton,…

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CABLEGRAMS. Coal-miners' Strike. Troops at the Docks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The strike of coalminers is causing widespread mischief. Many factories and mills have already stopped working, and some of the factories…

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Reported Coal Find

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 5

THE following telegram has been received (says the S. A. Advertiser) by the South Australian Inspector of Mines, from Mr. T. Smith, foreman in charge of No. 3 diamond…

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Australian Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 6

BAKER'S CREEK on Tuesday banked 192oz of gold, crushed from 190 tons quartz. Kohinoor treated 279 tons for a yield of 50oz retorted gold…

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Henry George and Coal Lands

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 7

AT Newcastle yesterday Mr. Henry George had a great deal to say on the question of the ownership of coal lands. There was some sense (says the Star) but a great deal of the…

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Miners' Meetings. Wickham and Bullock Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the members of the Wickham and Bullock Island Miners' Lodge was held in the Criterion Hotel, Wickham, last evening. Mr. William…

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Australian News. New South Wales. Coalcliff Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 6

WITH reference to the miners' strike at the Coalcliff Colliery, Mr. J. Thompson Paxton, the secretary of the Coalcliff Land and Mining Company, Limited, has sent the following…

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M. and P. Tin-mining Syndicate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 5

THE prospectus of the abovenamed syndicate appears in our advertising columns to-day. The land now under offer to the public comprises 80 acres of proved valuable…

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The Coal-miners' Strike. Several Owners Yielding

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A settlement has been agreed to in the Warwick collieries. The men have accepted an offer made by the mineowners of an advance of 5…

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The Morfa Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The work of searching for the miners who were entombed in the Morfa Colliery, Glamorganshire, and who are still missing, has now been abandoned, all…

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Monkwearmouth Colliery. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 7

SIR,—I see in your issue of yesterday a letter from James Barr, colliery manager, Monkwearmouth, contradicting a statement that appeared in your issue of the 13th inst,…

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