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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

1,077 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 54

Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 5

A fresh development occurred at the Central nine to-day, which proves the existence of carbonate ore to a point considerably further west than was ever supposed…

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Latest Mining. Sydney Share Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 5

Tuba market for silver shares was dull to-day. Centrals and Souths fluctuated somewhat. Junction North, Bonanza, and Bonanza Extendeds were rather better. Lubras were…

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Co-operative Coal-mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 8

THE latest attempt at coal-mining on the co-operative principle appears likely to become highly successful. The venture has been undertaken by a number of miners from the…

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West Maitland. Coal Mining in Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 5

The East Greta Coal Company has been successfully floated, with a capital of £50,000, to work the mine known under the title of East Greta. At a preliminary…

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Associated Colliery Proprietors. Meeting in Sydney. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 5

AT a meeting of the Associated Colliery proprietors, held to-day at the Wallsend Coal Company's offices, there was nearly a full attendance of the board. The…

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Broken Hill South Silver-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 5

Weekly progress report:—Main shaft, 425f[?]level, west crosscut; advanced 10ft; north drive advanced 13ft; south drive advanced 20ft; west crosscut, off north…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 5

I visited the Central to-day. Some first-class ore is being obtained from the 400ft level, and some first-class carbonate and o[?]dised ore is being raised. The supply of…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, 21St April. (Before Mr. R. I. Perrott, P.M.) An Important Mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 3

WILLIAM OGLETHORPE, miner, was charged that on the 12th March ult., he neglected to observe special rule No. 16 of the special rules of the…

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The Caledonian Gold-mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 5

A meeting of the syndicate shareholders in the Caledonian Gold-mine, situated at Bear Hill, was held in the offices of the Adelaide Steamship Company yesterday. Owing to…

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The Greta Colliery Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 5

THE dispute between the miners and the Greta Coal Company has now virtually lapsed into a question to be decided by the Colliery Proprietors' Association and the…

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Electricity in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 7

CONSIDERABLE attention is now being devoted to the application of electricity for a variety of purposes connected with mining operations. One…

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Gas in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 4

THE prosecution instituted by Mr. DIXON, Inspector of Collieries, against a workman at the South Burwood Colliery, for a breach of the special rule which provides that no…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 5

The recent unsettled weather has interfered with the dispatch of ore from the South mine during the week, and only 171 tons of ore were sent forward to the smelters…

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Peak Hill Proprietary Gold-mining Co. (No Liability)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 7

Manager's repost, 18th April.—No. 3 shaft sunk 6ft, making depth 102ft. Dyke shaft sunk 5ft; total, 58ft , obtained 7 tone good stone. No. 2 shaft. 130ft level; broke down…

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The Newcastle Coal-trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 4

THE condition of the Newcastle coal-trade for some time past has caused a considerable amount of anxiety to those whose interests are bound up…

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Victoria. Miners on the Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 6

Owing to the number of miners who are leaving Sandhurst for the new mining fields in Gippsland, New South Wales, Tasmania, and elsewhere, it…

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Tasmania. Mining Returns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 6

Mining statistics for the March quarter show an output of gold of 4342oz, compared with 8063oz. for the corresponding period last year; tin,…

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(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) Pennsylvania Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—It is stated that Italian labourers are replacing the men on strike in the Pennsylvanian mines. As a consequence of this latest movement, troubles…

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The Selling Price of Coal. Probable Result of Underselling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Associated Colliery Proprietors held in Sydney on Tuesday last, the present situation of the coal trade in the district was discussed at length. The…

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Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 6

The export of coal to foreign and intercolonial ports for the week ending yesterday amounted to 36,993 tons, which was distributed as follows:—Victoria, 14,450; New…

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