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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 86 of 89

Gold

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

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The influx of gold from abroad continues. £750,000 was received to-day by the Bank of England from South America…

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The Southern Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 2

MR COOK, who is acting for Mr. Dix during the letter's absence in Melbourne, received a letter yesterday from Mr. Nicholson, secretary of the southern miners, acknowledging…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

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

The week's run for the Broken Hill Proprietary was: Ore treated, 5495 tons, producing 980 tons of bullion, containing 192,225 oz of silver. The approximate…

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Australian News. New South Wales. New Coal Lumpers' Rules

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1890 · page 2

THE Sydney coal-lumpers, it is said, have accepted and resumed work on the revised working rules issued by circular by the colliery proprietors and stevedores, with the…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1890 · page 4

IT was recently stated in our columns that the Legislative Council, after having glanced over the Coal Mines Regulation Bill as sent to them from…

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Greta. Colliery News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1890 · page 3

The colliery has worked 10¾ days during the past fortnight, and during that time a large output has been raised. The record was completely…

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Miners' Meetings. Hamilton

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

THE first general meeting of the Borchole Lodge since the resumption of work was hold on Saturday evening at the Mechanics' Institute. The chairman (Mr. Wm. Rouse),…

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Miners' Meeting. Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1890 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the School of Arts on Friday evening. Mr. R. Punton was in the chair…

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Coal at Coraki

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

A TELEGRAM from Maclean says:—The operations which have been carried on at Mooneebar, near Coraki, Richmond River, in an endeavour to find a payable seam of coal…

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Newcastle District Court. Saturday, December 6. Sixth Day. (Before His Honor Judge Wilkinson). The Wickham Subsidences. HOGUE V. the Ferndale Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1890 · page 6

THE Wickham subsidence case, which was heard on Thursday, when his Honor decided to view the property, came up for judgment. It was an…

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Strezlecki Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1890 · page 8

THE Minister of Railways (says the Melbourne Age of Saturday) received a deputation yesterday from the Strezlecki Coal-mining Company, who asked that a short…

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Amalgamated Miners' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1890 · page 7

THE half-yearly meeting of the Amalgamated Miners' Association was on Thursday last, at Creswick (Vic), submitted to the various branches of…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1890 · page 5

There was a rumour current to-day in connection with the South mine, to the effect that gold had been struck in the lower level, but on making inquiry I found there was no…

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The Woolshed Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1890 · page 5

THE Gulgong correspondent of the Mudgee Post has the following:—The Newcastle syndicate in Mr. Rouse's woolshed paddock is progressing satisfactorily under the…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1890 · page 5

At the Central Mine the smelters are not yet started, but it is generally believed they will be in blast towards the end of the week. The smelters are three in number, with a…

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Latest Mining. Sydney Share Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1890 · page 5

AT the close of the market, silver shares generally showed an advance upon opening sales, especially Block 10, but the market remained dull. Sunny Corners closed…

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Miners' Meeting. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1890 · page 8

THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Mrs. Ralph's Hall, Mr. R. Mooney in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at North Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1890 · page 5

JOHN LISHMAN, an assistant banksman, employed at the North Stockton Coal Company's now shaft at Hexham, fell down the pit at midnight on Tuesday while working…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1890 · page 5

The South mine is looking uncommonly well. No. 5 east crosscut, from the 300ft level, is 30ft in the ore, which is coarse stuff, averaging 120oz of silver to the ton…

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Miners' Association. Committee of Management Meeting. Relief to the Southern Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 December 1890 · page 5

THE committee of management of the Miners' Association held a meeting in the offices, Hunter-street, yesterday. Mr. James Thomson, the president, occupied the chair,…

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