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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 85 of 89

Great Britannia Gold Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 5

Manager reports:—Got the battery re-erected and running with 5lbs lees steam than before, but have very little faith in its being a success, and am sure half the gold…

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English Coal at Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 4

The steamer Morayshire, Captain Coull, which arrived at Melbourne on Tuesday from London, benefited to some extent by the recent labour strike, for she was chartered to bring out over…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, November 27Th, 1890. Coal-Mines Regulation Bill. Mr. Curley Urges its Importance. Strikes Commission. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 5

ON the motion for adjournment moved by Mr. M'Millan at the conclusion of Thursday's sitting, Mr. CURLEY drew the attention of the…

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Hunter River Miners and Their Rules. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 3

Sir,—After a period of three months striking the leaders of the various organisations differed among themselves, and parted enemies, leaving heaps of mangled ruins in…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1890 · page 5

Block 10 mine looks better than ever. The carbonate ore at the stope on the 240ft level is opening up well, and continuing in high grade ore. The kaolin stope on the…

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Colonial Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 December 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Council of the Imperial Institute are strongly in favour of the establishment of a permanent Colonial Mining Exhibition in connection with the…

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South Australia. Shale Not Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1890 · page 6

Mr. James Parkinson, of the Museum of Practical Geology, London, in reporting on the Leigh's Creek district, says that the prospect…

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Broken Hill South Silver Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1890 · page 5

Copy of telegram received from the mine manager, 1st December, 1890:—Weekly progress report.—Main shaft: Timbering completed, ready to sink by about to-morrow…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1890 · page 5

At the Central mine the pump for raising water from the winze at the 400ft level is now in working order, and it is expected that smelting will be begun in the course of a few…

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A Mining Transaction. The Postmaster-General and the Boy Politician. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1890 · page 5

IN the No. 2 Jury Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Stephen, a case of the buying and selling of some shares was tried. This was wherein Mr. J. P. T. Caulfield, once…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill. Called before the Curtain. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1890 · page 5

AN unusual incident took place in the Assembly this evening. A message was read from the Legislative Council, stating that the Coal Mines Regulation Bill having been…

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Miners' Risks. Fatality at the Glebe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1890 · page 6

An inquest was held at the Terminus Hotel, Merewether, before Mr. G. C. Martin, District Coroner, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, on the body of a…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1890 · page 5

The 300 and 350ft levels from the South Central shaft of South mine are looking exceedingly well as the mine becomes further opened. It is proved that large bodies of…

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Mining Affairs. Election of a Member of Committee. Relief to the Southern Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1890 · page 5

THE returns of the balloting for a member of committee of the Miners' Association, and also for the position of district auditor, are nearly all to hand. Mr. J. L. Fegan heads…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill. Newcastle Miners Should Assert Their Influence. SYDNEY

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

THERE seems to be some misapprehension among the officials of the Newcastle Miners' Association as to the progress of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill in the Select…

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Coal From England

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

The steamer Gulf of Lyons, of the Gulf line, arrived at Melbourne on Wednesday, from Newcastle (England), with a cargo of cal, ordered during the recent strike. Upon discharge she…

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Gold in Africa

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

LONDON, Wednesday.—Intelligence has been received that a rich gold reef has been struck in many places at Mashonaland, in South Africa…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 December 1890 · page 8

YESTERDAY two men named Richard and Benjamin Ward, father and son, were severely crushed and bruised about the body by a fall of coal in the Lambton mine. It…

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Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 6

All the coal mines in the district have been in full work during the week, and, as a consequence, the output has been large. The export for the week to foreign and…

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Golden Crown Gold Mining Company. a Good Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 5

THE manager of the Golden Crown gold-mine, at Bear Hill, under date November 22nd, reports: "During the week the north drive has been put in a further distance of 7ft…

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