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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 89

Miners' Meetings. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Mr. Thomas' hall on Monday evening, Mr. R. Punton in the chair. There was a large attendance, and Mr. Thomson, district…

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Creep at Wallsend Colliery. 200 Men Withdrawn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 5

ANOTHER of those unfortunate distubances has occurred one of the Wallsend Colliery tunnels; whereby something like 200 men have been thrown out of work for a few…

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Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 6

BLOCK 10 MINE continues to attract a very large amount of attention. The north drive is now in about 25ft from the crosscut, and though the kaolin body has not yet been…

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Oakey Creek Gold-mining Syndicate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 5

The mining manager reports under date 19th April: "Have been working on surface most of the time, making paddock for quartz and laying road in the tunnel. Stone raised…

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Miners' Meetings. Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Greta miners was held on Wednesday evening last. There was. a good attendance, and Mr. T. Dix, the general secretary, was present…

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Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 3

A special meeting of the above miners was held on Tuesday evening, in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, when the attendance was very poor. 'Mr. C. Richardson occupied…

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Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Western Collieries Stopped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 5

ALL the Lithgow collieries were idle to-day in consequence of the scarcity of Government trucks. Both owners and miners are complaining bitterly of the management. This…

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District News. Wallsend. Late Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 7

AT the Wallsend miners' meeting, the district chairman, speaking in reference to the Wallarah case, said that he had inspected the Wallarah coal seam and the stack of coal…

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Miners' Meeting. Wickham and Bullock Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 5

THE adjourned meeting of the members of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners' lodge took place in the Criterion Hotel, Wickham, last evening. Mr. William…

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Victoria. the London Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 6

Mr. Gillies has decided that owing to the shortness of notice Victoria cannot be represented at the forthcoming Mining Exhibition to be held at the Crystal Palace in London…

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Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 April 1890 · page 6

THE crosscut at the 600ft level Junction mine is being vigorously pushed on and it is expected to very shortly tap the rich carbonate ore body exposed at the level above…

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Miners' Meetings. Glebe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 7

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Simpson's hall. The attendance was very poor. Mr. R. Lloyd occupied the chair. The district…

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Coal in Borneo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 6

THE report of the recent annual meeting of the Central Borneo Coal Company has reached us. The chairman referred to the work done since the last meeting as highly…

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Miners' Meeting. Stockton. Adjourned Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 8

THE meeting adjourned from last Thursday evening was continued last night; Mr. W. H. Fox in the chair. The secretary explained that the local…

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Western Australia. New Coal Find

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 6

Good coal is reported to have been discovered on the Collie River. It is said that it strongly resembles Bulli coal. CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLRMENT…

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Australian Mining Notes. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 6

AT the British Broken Hill the crosscut west, 400ft level, is now in a distance of 292ft, of which 132ft is in lode stuff. The ore in the face of the crosscut continues in silcions…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1890 · page 5

The week's run at the Junction mine was 254 tone ore treated, yielding 13,460ez of silver. One hundred and eighteen tons of ore from…

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Colliery Enginemen's Protective Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 8

THE secretary of the above has received from Mr. Alex. Ross, secretary to the Associated Colliery Managers, a reply to his letter of the 21st inst. The communication contains a…

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Miners' Meetings. A.a. Sea Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 3

THE above miners hold their monthly general meeting on Thursday evening last in the Temperance-hall. Mr. James Aspinall, lodge delegate, occupied the chair. Mr. J…

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The Coal Consumption of the Colony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 4

IN his speech at the Globe Town-hall on Thursday, Mr. BRUCE SMITH, Minister for Works, made special reference to that portion of the speech recently delivered here by…

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