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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 89

The Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday,—Mr. Oscar Moyer, who is acting on behalf of the Government of New South Wales at the Mining Exhibition to be held at Sydenham, expresses himself as…

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Australian Mining Notes. Hill End

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 6

THE following report upon the mines situated in the Pyramul, Hargraves, and Windeyer districts has been forwarded to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture by Mr. W. H. J…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 5

It is reported on good authority that the upper levels of Block 10 are looking fairly well. Yesterday a rumour was widely circulated…

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Latest Mining. Sydney Share Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 5

BUSINESS in the silver market to-day has been of a limited extent, but leading stocks show advances upon last night's quotations. Since change the market has become rather…

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Northumberland Coal Mine

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

LONDON, Thursday.—A committee of the shareholders of the Northumberland Coalmining Company (New South Wales) has been appointed to confer with the directors…

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Superstition Amongst Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 10

DURING the resumed inquiry at Aberavery into the cause of the disaster at the Morfa Colliery, by which 87 lives were lost, some curious evidence (says the Ross Gazette)…

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Miners' Meeting. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 8

THE quarterly meeting of the above miners was held in Ralph's Druids'-hall on Friday evening, Mr. R. Mooney in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Lambton. the Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 7

The Lambton Colliery has only worked two days for the next pay, which ends to-day, and naturally the miners are much disappointed, as they have been buoyed up with…

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Coal and Coke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 4

The following are the prices of coal and coke at Newcastle:—Best screened coal, 1ts; unscreened, 10s 6d; small, 5s 6d to 6s; washed blacksmiths', 8s; best Wallsend washed coke, 35s; best…

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Japanese Coal in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 11

WHATEVER may have been the developments of the Japan coalfields in competition with the Newcastle coal trade in the past, it would appear that they are small as compared with…

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Boring for Coal in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 11

EXPERIENCE has shown (says the Melbourne Age) that the system under which the money allocated to carry on boring operations for coal during the financial year which…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

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

I visited Block 10 to-day. The second level is going through kaolin which assayed about 90oz. The whole of the level looked exceedingly well. The third level is looking as well…

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Colliery Engine Drivers' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 4

THE usual weekly meeting of the Colliery Engine Drivers' Protective Association was held at Tattersall's Hotel, on Saturday night. A letter was received from Mr. A. Ross,…

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Victoria. Boring for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 6

The Mining Department, anticipating the annual vote of £15,000 for boring for gold, and £10,000 for coal, has made arrangements for starting drills, some of which had been…

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Shipping Coal in Sydney. Railway Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 8

THE Railway Commissioners on Friday received a deputation from the Metropolitan Coal Company, who asked that the department would as early as possible make…

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Subsidences in the Mining Districts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 July 1890 · page 2

AMONG many interesting things in Sir Charles Wilson's report on the progress of the ordnance survey, it is stated that a singular and somewhat alarming discovery has been…

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The Northumberland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Northumberland miners have obtained another advance in wages, making an increase of 30 per cent. lately…

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Australian Mining Notes. HILLGROVE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 6

MR. W. H. J. SLEE, chief inspector of mines, has furnished the following report to the department concerning the Earl of Hopetoun, Lady Carrington, and other mines…

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Gippsland Coal Country. Railway Line Wanted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 8

AT a meeting of the Jumbunna (Gippsland) Coal Company, held in Melbourne on Friday to discuss the question of obtaining a line of railway from Korumburra to Anderson's…

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South African Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The British South Africa Company has dispatched a strong expedition under the command of Frederick Carrington to the Lobengulas country, to…

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