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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

1,077 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 54

Miners' Meeting. Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 6

THE Borehole Lodge held their monthly meeting on Saturday evening at the Mechanics' Institute. Mr. Wm. Rouse presided, and the…

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Gold-dust Darrell; OR The Wizard of the Mines. Chapter Xxiii. the Tiger-cat Finds a Tamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 2

The placers which had been purchased by Mr. Dashwood at Red Diggings, embraced a number of bars and flats in the river, nearest to…

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Miners' Risks. Fatal Accident at Minmi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

ON Saturday afternoon a minor named Ephraim Homer was killed in the new tunnel at Brown's collieries, Minmi. The unfortunate man was making his way out of…

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Western Australia. Perth, Sunday. Arrivals of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

Two thousand six hundred pounds worth of gold arrived here from Yilgairn mines yesterday, the stone averaging upwards of 1oz to the ton…

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Gold-dust Darrell; OR The Wizard of the Mines. CHAPTER XIII.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 2

'Very good—only he didn't. You therefore undertook this wild mission yourself in pursuit of the same object. You knew that La Muerte,…

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District News. Wallsend. Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 3

WITH regard to the recent stoppage of the above colliery by the boy-wheelers and drivers, it appears that the manager, Mr. James Fletcher, junr., intended taking legal…

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Narrow Escape of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 8

THE Welsh newspapers report an extraordinary accident at the Eliot Colliery, New Tredegar Railway, by which 16 miners narrowly escaped with their lives. The men…

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Latest Mining. Sydney Share Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 5

BUSINESS in Broken Hill stocks has not been of a very large extent to-day, and quotations were lower than those of Saturday. Block 10 and Centrals were moderately firm at…

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Bonang Gold-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 5

Our progress during the week has not been so encouraging as I would like. We have passed through a very hard and ugly floor of sandstone during the week. The dyke has…

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Gold-dust Darrell; OR The Wizard of the Mines. CHAPTER XXIV.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 2

'Well, I thought the fair girl a greater fool than she really is,' said Inez, somewhat nettled. And then she went on to state the particulars of…

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Stockton Notes. Colliery Employee Benefit Society met

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of this lodge was Igony last night, Mr. W. H Fox in the chand off, consider a letter from Dr. Bonnefin, no teething his desire to absent himself from Steel give…

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The Pride of Ferndale Colliery. Stevens and others v. Myers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 7

This was an action in which Thomas Stevens and Daniel Maher sued James Myers, as the Mayor of the municipality of Wickham, to recover the sum of £200, for damages…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 5

At the Central mine the shipment of ore to Dry Creek has ceased, now that the three furnaces are running. The output will now be about 900 to 1000 tons per week. The…

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Gold-dust Darrell; OR The Wizard of the Mines. CHAPTER XXV.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 2

They pierced the rocky wall, as it were. They stood upon the narrow platform of smooth, slippery rock overlooking the grand landscape…

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Miners' Meeting. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening. Mr. H. Hanlon presided. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Check-inspectors' Report. Greta Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 3

MAIN intake, south side B Pit, 52,080 feet. No. 1 split, 24,525 feet, for 56 men, boys, and horses, allowing each 438 feet. Main return, 13,860 feet. No. 2 split intake,…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 5

At the South mine, the stopes are looking remarkably well, and 375 tons of ore were dispatched during the week. A splendid face of ore has been left at the 350-feet level…

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Latest Mining. Sydney Share Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 5

As indicated last night, Centrals and Souths opened in good request this morning, and advanced, but towards the close stocks receded slightly, with the exception of Proprietary…

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Newcastle District Court. Third Day. Wednesday, March 4Th. (Before his Honor Judge Wilkinson.) the Pride of Ferndale Colliery. Stevens and others v. Myers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 6

THIS was an action (part heard on the previous day to which Thomas Stevens and Daniel Maher sued James Myers, as the Mayor of the municipality of…

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Lady Carrington Gold-mining Company, No Liability

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 5

Lady Carrington Gold Mine, 2nd March.— During the past fortnight the amalgamating machinery has been completed, and started. Everything works well, and I find the gold…

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