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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 89

Stockton Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 8

A MEETING of the above was held last night,. Mr. W. H. Fox in the chair. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…

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Miners' Meetings. Burwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 3

THE above miners hold a special general meeting on Wednesday evening at the Albert Victor Hotel. The attendance was very large. Mr. E. Chappel in the chair. The…

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Description of the Mine

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

The Young Wallsend Coal Company was formed in 1887 with a capital of £67,000 in £1 shares, for the purpose of taking over and mining a large parcel of land then belonging…

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Australian Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 6

BAKER'S CREEK North Gold-mining Company crushed 63 tons a return of 120oz, 13dwt gold. The South Burrargong for four day's…

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The Young Wallsend Colliery. the Formal Opening. a Large Gathering

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

THE Young Wallsend Coal Company's colliery was opened yesterday in the presence of over 200 visitors, some of whom came many miles, at the invitation of the…

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Gold Mining in Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 7

AN extraordinary general meeting of the Morgan Gold Mining Company was held recently in London, when the resolution passed at a meeting held on the 20th…

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Bonang Gold-mining Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 5

Report for week ending March 15th.—Am still stoping above the intermediate level. The reef maintains its character for rich gold, and in that portion which runs with the…

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Australian News. New South Wales. the Coal Cliff Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 2

THE letter from the proprietors of the Coal Cliff mine, refusing to entertain all the proposals for the settlement of the present dispute, was received at Thursday night's…

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Newcastle Gold-mining and Quartz-crushing Co, Limited—No Liability

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 5

Mr. Walter Donnelly, mining manager of the above lately formed company, reports, having completed the cleaning up of the first crushing 120 tone for 228½oz of retorted…

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Coal-digging by Electricity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 11

THE latest coal-digging appliance in the field is the Electric Coal Digger, one of which was tested in Melbourne last week. The right of using the implement has…

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CABLEGRAMS. English Miners' Strike. a Settlement Arrived At. the Miners' Demands Conceded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A conference of colliery owners was held to-day, when it was agreed to concede the demands of the men and grant an increase of 5 per cent. in wages…

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Australian Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 2

No. 1 South Phœnix, Gympie, Q, crushed 2400 tons stone, yielding 2100oz amalgam. A dividend of is was declared. A crushing from Claim No. 12, North…

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Gippsland Brown Coal. Report of the Commission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 7

THE Premier of Victoria has received the report from the Government geologist and the Government analyst upon some recent tests of Gippsland brown coal. It was found…

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Coal at Liverpool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 8

A TELEGRAM was received in Sydney on Saturday morning by Mr. J. Y. Mills that coal had been struck on the Moorbank Estate, near Liverpool, at a depth of 245ft…

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The Miners' Strike at Coalcliff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 7

WITH reference to the offer made by the directors of the Clifton coalmine to the miners recently in their employ, the following letter has been received by Mr. T. J…

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London Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 3

THE Government have not yet come to any final decision as to whether New South Wales shall be represented at the mining exhibition to be held in London in July. It may…

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In Recess. a Mine of Humour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 8

has been unearthed in the usually sedate cable columns of one of the Sydney dailies. For some time past it has been the custom of the journal in question to publish letters…

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The Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Mines' Executive and the Coalowners' Federation are inclined to agree to a proposal that no action should be taken in the future respecting…

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Miners' Meetings. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the Lambton miners was held on Monday evening in Ralph's Druids' hall; Mr. R. Mooney in the chair…

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Dispute at the Wallarah Colliery. Stoppage of Work. a Probable Settlement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 5

ON Saturday the miners in the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, came out on strike, the 14 days' notice given by them having expired. This colliery has only…

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