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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

1,077 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 54

Baker's Creek North Gold-mining Company, No Liability

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

Baker's Creek North Gold-mine, March 2nd.—During the past fortnight crosscut at 225ft level extended 18ft, making 82ft from shaft. Here we struck the sandstone which…

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Peak Hill Proprietary Gold Mining Co., No Liability

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

Manager's report, 28th February.—No 1 shaft: Sunk 7ft (total 120ft), obtaining 8 tons of ore similar quality to last; lode 3ft wide, No. 2 shaft : Raised 16 tons of ore…

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

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

But in the night Nat was aroused by the shrill, far-away whisper, to which he was already accustomed. 'Arise, and be quick! Arise!' it…

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Forty Miners Killed

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

A TERRIBLE explosion of fire-damp occurred recently in the Tchevotonoff coal mine, near Jusoveja Railway Station, in Russia. Of 120 miners in the workings at the time about…

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Western Australia. Another Gold Find

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

What is believed to be a rich discovery of gold has been made at Mount Hill, in the Greenough district, about 20 miles east of Geraldton…

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Australian News. New South Wales. the Southern Miners

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

THE secretary of the Southern Coal-owners' Association has written to Mr. Nicholson, the miners' general secretary, stating that the owners cannot…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 10

The old woman instantly laid the insensible form of Miss Dashwood on a rough bench, covered with bearskins, and applied water to her…

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Coal. Hongkong Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 3

Messrs. Russell and Company, writing under date Kongkong, January 31 last, state: "A very quiet feeling has governed the coal market throughout the past month,…

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Strike of German Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The strike movement continues throughout Europe. A general strike of German miners is now feared, owing to the objection raised by the…

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Riding on Coal Trains

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

ONE of the most reprehensible practices indulged in by the juveniles of this community is riding on coal trucks while in motion. The dangerous and fatal accidents…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. the Platinum Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

R. J. W. Pound, the absconding metallurgist, was brought back in custody, and this morning was charged at the police court with stealing £6000 worth of platinum, the…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 3

GEORGE BULLEEWELL, a miner residing at Adamstown, and employed in New Lambton pit, met with an accident on Wednesday morning while following his occupation…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 8

The Australian Broken Hill Consols fortnight's return was 400 tons of ore, containing 32,000 ounces of silver, the rich vein, if anything, looking thicker than it did…

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Lady Carrington Gold-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 5

Mine Manager's Report, March 4— "Cleaned up this morning, after putting 4½ tons calcined concentrates through the arastras, from which I got 20oz 5dwt smelted…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 2

'Not any of that sort,' was the reply; 'but old Isaacs, over there— or no, he's coming this way, by the way—keeps a supply of birds, of a…

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The Threatened Strike in the Coal Trade in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—At a meeting of German mine-owners, it was resolved that the threat of a general strike would not induce them to concede the men's demands for eight…

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Latest Mining. Sydney Share Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 5

THE market was dull to-day, and few investments were made. There were inquiries for Stocktons at 19s and Wallsend coal shares at £42, but no sales were effected…

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Golden Hope Gold Mining Company. No Liability

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 5

The following telegram was received from the manger at Dalmorton, Yesterday:— "Have Elephant ore-crusher erected, and started crushing to-day (Monday)…

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A Great Cargo of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 4

It was mentioned recently that the British India company's steamer Mombassa lifted some 4800 bus of coal from Newcastle as her cargo. The quantity is unquestionably great, but a report of…

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Gold-dust Darrell; OR The Wizard of the Mines. Chapter Xxxii. a Short Chapter Devoted to an Ancient Servitor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 2

The individual who had overheard the conversation between Inez and Griffith which the former fondly imagined revealed a secret to her…

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