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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 49 of 89

San Francisco Coal Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 7

FURTHER advices to hand by the San Francisco mail state the coal market to have been us follows:— June 14.—The arrivals of coal this week…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

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

I visited Block 10 this morning but found no particular change since last week. Good ore is being mined out of the winze below the 400ft level, and a large parcel of ore is…

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Western Australia. Perth, Friday. the Mullagine Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 5

A telegram has been received from Mullagine this morning stating that 500oz of gold had been brought in, including one nugget of 833oz, found by Bankster and Pride at…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. Forest Range Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 5

The warden's report from the Forest Range goldfield shows that it is so far a comparative failure. Many men have bottomed without getting colour and have left. Other…

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Merewether. Burwood Colliery Benefit Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the above society was held on Thursday evening, at Mr. Walker's Albert Victor Hotel. Very few members were present, In the absence of…

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The Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The opening ceremony in connection with the Mining Exhibition, to be held at Sydenham, will be performed by Lord Thurlow. The day decided upon is…

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South Australia. the Leigh Creek Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 6

The following telegram has been received by Mr. Osman from Mr. H. Y. L. Brown, Government geologist:—" Alice Springs, July 19. Just returned from Hale River and…

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[Our Special Messages.] International Exhibition of Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The International Exhibition of mining implements, metallurgical specimens, &c., will be opened at the Crystal Palace on Monday. The Australian courts…

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A New Gold Mine. a Promising Venture

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 5

THE prospectus of the Chandler's Creek Amalgamated Gold-mining Company is placed before the public to-day, the promoters having determined to float it in…

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Miners' Insurance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 4

Ox various occasions, while advocating the establishment of a Permanent Relief Fund for miners, we have laid stress upon the fact that a scheme of…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 8

The work of demolisning the old 30 ton smelters at the Proprietary mine has begun Two of the now smelters will be blown in on Friday, and others will follow soon after…

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Australian Mining Notes. the Nine-mile

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 7

THE Deepwater Miner says:—"It is pleasing to state that mining matters are going ahead in this district at present. The manager and engineer of the Castle Wellington…

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The Coal Mines Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 5

IT is probable that consideration in committee of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill will be resumed in the Assembly tomorrow night. It had been intended to take the…

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Colliery Surfacemen's Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 4

A SPECIAL delegate meeting of the Colliery Surfacemen's Association was held on Saturday night at Tattersall's Hotel. There were present:—Delegates from the Wallsend, the…

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Coal in Belgium

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 8

A PARISIAN writer is responsible for the following:— Messrs. Chemin et Verdier call coal black amber, as did the ancients. They relate that in England coal so stifles the air…

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A Mining Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A mining association is in course of formation in London. Colonists will be eligible as members…

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Australian News. New South Wales. Accident in a Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 6

A MAN named Edmund Ward met with an accident at Mount Pleasant colliery, Wollongong, on Monday morning, a large portion of his scalp being nearly turn off through his…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 5

I VISITED the Central mine to-day, and found that the stopes in the 300ft level were not looking quite so well as they worked upward, but below, in the immediate level, there is a…

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The Mining Exhibition. the Opening Ceremony

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Mining Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, was formally opened today by Lord Thurlow, who specially referred to the excellence of…

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West Wallsend Coal Company, Limited. Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1890 · page 5

THE tenth half-yearly meeting of the share-holders of the West Wallsend Coal Company, Limited, was held to day at the Chamber of Commerce. The report and balance-sheet…

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