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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

1,777 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 89

Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1890 · page 6

THE new development in the Junction mine consists of splendid native silver in a compact body of carbonate of lead met with in the winze at the 150ft level in the north drive…

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Newcastle Coal Mining Company. Half-yearly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 6

THE twenty-sixth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle Coal Mining Company was held in the company' office, Scott-street, Newcastle, yesterday. Mr…

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A Colliery Fleet Essential

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 4

FOR some time past the colliery interests of Newcastle have severely suffered from the want of shipping to take the orders in hand away. The…

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Miners' Meeting. Wickham and Bullock Island. Special General Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 3

A SPECIAL general meeting of the members of the above lodge was held at the Criterion Hotel, Wickham, last night. Mr. Johnson in the chair…

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Australian Mining News. the Barrier Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 6

AT Block 10 the water in shaft at the mine is still steadily decreasing, and if it continues to lower at the present rate sinking will probably be resumed on Thursday or Friday…

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Coal-mine Lighted by Electricity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 3

GREAT progress has been made with the Cowpen Coal Company's new colliery at Crofton, near Blyth, England. The owners have aimed at a pit of the most modern kind,…

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Conference of Welsh Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 8

A CONFERENCE of delegates from most of the collieries in South Wales and Monmouthshire was held at Aberdare on Tuesday and Wednesday, 17th and 18th December, for the…

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West Wallsend Coal Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 5

THE ninth half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the West Wallsend Coal Company, Limited, was held at the Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday, when the…

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Murder of a Mine Manager

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 5

MR. WEBSTER, the English manager of the Le Blanca mine at Pachuca, Mexico, has been murdered by unknown persons on a public highway near Pachuca. It is…

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Australian Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 6

THE Sunlight Gold-mining Company last year crushed 874 tone of quartz, producing 1836oz of gold of the gross value of £6440. The name of Mr. A. H. Prince is…

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Broken Hill Mining. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 5

Sinking has been resumed at Block 10, the water having been pumped out. The lode has not been struck in Round Hill mine as was reported…

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Correspondence Big Profits on Small Coal. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 5

SIR.—Some months since, through your kindness, I presented to the public a set of figures dealing with the work performed and the wages earned, together with the accidents…

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The Stockton Coal Company, Limited. Half-yearly Meeting. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 5

THE fourteenth half-yearly meeting of the Stockton Coal Company was held this afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Thomas Cowlishaw presided, and there was a…

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Redhead Coal Mining Company. Half-Yearly Meeting. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 5

THE fourth half-yearly meeting of the Redhead Coal-mining Company was held to-day, Mr. M. C. Cowlishaw presiding. The report stated that the construction of the railway is…

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The German Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 8

TELEGRAMS from Bochum, Essen, Dortmund and other centres of the miners' agitation show that the results of meetings promise the avoidance of a general strike in Germany…

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Miners' Meetings. Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 5

THE usual monthly meeting was held in the Temperance Hall, last night. Mr. W. H. Fox was in the chair. There was a very large attendance…

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The Bonang Gold-mining Company, Linited. Annual Meeting. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 5

THE annual meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held this afternoon at Tattersall's chambers. Mr. W. B. Walford occupied the chair. The following…

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The West Wallsend Colliery. Work Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 5

WORK was resumed in the West Wallsend Colliery yesterday morning, some thirty miners putting in an appearance. In consequence of the satisfactory termination…

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Rise in English Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 7

OWING to the rapid rise in coal, it is believed (says an English paper), that the North-Eastern Railway Company's contracts for fuel will cost that company close on to…

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Australian Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 6

IT is estimated that 600 tons of tin, valued at £31,000, were raised in the Stanthorpe (Q.) district last year. A meeting of the New Reform…

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