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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

1,077 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 54

Castle Wellington Silver and Tin Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 6

G. R. Fearby reports, January 17th.—No. 1 tunnel on Battery Mountain now in 31ft; lode, 3ft Gin wide, and making bigger, showing good tin. On 40-acre block got some…

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Worth his Weight in Gold. [PROLOGUE.]

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 2

MANY a wild and true tale has been told of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and the episode which I have called my prologue doubtless falls short of…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5

On visiting the south mine to-day, I found no new developments. The mine is looking very well. They have sent away over 320 tons of ore for the week. The smelting…

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Management of Mining Companies. Sydney against Melbourne. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5

A LARGELY-ATTENDED meeting of the member of the Stock Exchange of New South Wales was held to-day, to protest against the management of the Central mine,…

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Lady Carrington Gold-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

Mine manager's report, January 19th:—During past fortnight operations have been for most part confined to completing the concentrating, amalgamating, and other…

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Australian Mining. Golden Hope Gold-mining Co., No Liability

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 7

THE manager at Dalmorton reports, under heading 17th instant:—For the past week a further distance of 5ft has been driven, making total…

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Chandler's Creek Amalgamated Gold-mining Company, No Liability

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 7

The manager reports from Dalmorton, having crushed at the Golden Hope battery 36 tone of stone from one of the reefs on the above property,…

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Miners' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

THE balance-sheet of the strike fund, and of the general fund, from 1st October to 31st December, 1890, show the total funds to be £1011 13s 9d, made up as follows:—Balance…

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Worth his Weight in Gold. [PROLOGUE.]

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 2

At the first alarm the captive child had disappeared; lights gleamed from every window of the house, and the sound of women's terrified voices…

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The Southern Miners' Strike. Favourable Negotiations. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

THE mining situation in the southern district, which was thrown into a somewhat unsettled condition through the coal-owners suddenly breaking up the conference last…

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(From Sydney and Melbourne Papers.) a Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON , Thursday.—A terrible colliery explosion has taken place at the Jasnovada Colliery, Azov, in the south of Russia. One hundred miners have been killed, and many…

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Worth his Weight in Gold. [PROLOGUE.]

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 10

'Who will believe me if I say that I loved the child too well to leave him to your ferocious training?' he asked. 'What if I had designed the return of…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 5

Visited Block 10 to-day, but found no now development. Campbell's shaft is down 294ft, and sinking is being continued. Water is still coming into Kelly's shaft, which has…

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Gippsland Coal. Railways Refuse to Use It. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 5

THE residents of Coalville waited on the Railway Commissioners to-day, and urged the Government to continue to buy local coal, as hundreds of persons were depending on…

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Latest Mining. Sydney Share Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1891 · page 5

SILVER stocks were weaker and sold lower to-day, with the exception of Block 10 and Block 14, which advanced somewhat, and closed moderately firm. A sale of Block 14…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A terrible colliery explosion occurred in Westphalia yesterday, by which 50 miners were killed, and 30 injured…

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Miners' Meeting. Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1891 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Stockton Lodge was held in the Temperance Hall on Thursday evening, at half past 6. The lodge chairman, Mr. W. H. Fox, being still…

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Queensland. Railway Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1891 · page 6

The agent for the Isis Investment Company, Maryborough, complains that although his principal's tender for 3000 tons of coal for the Northern Queensland railway was 4s…

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Worth his Weight in Gold. CHAPTER I.—(Continued)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1891 · page 2

'He did-he did!' screamed the dwarf violently, 'he called me "the beast boy;"' and his very lips seemed to curl back from the abhorred word…

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Purified Coal and Coke Company. Employees' Picnic to Raymond Terrace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1891 · page 5

THE above picnic took place on January 17, and, despite the heavy rain, a number of the employees, with their wives and children, numbering in all about 100, took part. The…

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