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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

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Tasmania. Hobart, Wednesday. Alluvial Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1891 · page 5

Reports from the Rising River announce a steady yield of alluvial gold. DISCOVERY OF BISMUTH. The discovery of bismuth at Mount Reid…

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The Miners' Association. Special Meeting of the Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1891 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the delegate board of the Miners' Association was commenced in the Rouse Assembly rooms yesterday. Nearly all the lodges were represented, the…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1891 · page 7

REPORT of joint inspection with Mr. Humble, Government Inspector of Coal Mines, at the Wallsend Colliery:— "To the chairman and members of the…

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The Miners' Association. Meeting of the Delegates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1891 · page 3

THE Special meeting of the delegates from the various miners' lodges in the district was resumed yesterday in the Rouse Assembly Rooms. Owing to the resignation of the…

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Correspondence the Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1891 · page 7

SIR,—I am much concerned at the present uneasy and unsettled condition of the collier population of Newcastle. With the depressive reaction of the…

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Wallsend Miners. Rejection of the Motion from Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1891 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Wallsend School of Arts at 2 p.m. yesterday. There was a large attendance…

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Mine Managers' Reports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1891 · page 6

PEAK HILL Proprietary Gold-mining Co. (No Liability), 24th December:—Cleaned up 110oz from 200 tons mixed lots, also 18oz from 90 tons old…

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Riot of Malay Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Malay miners at Patang, Malay Peninsula, have revolted. Daring the conflict with the officials the overseer was shot, several being injured and…

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West Australia. Rich Gold Discovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1891 · page 6

A rich reef yielding 10oz stone has been struck in the Home Rule claim at the Murchison goldfields. An expert named Cruickshank, who came…

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Working Miners as Colliery Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 5

A DEPUTATION from the working miners' syndicate which has just acquired a concession of the Monthieu (Loire) mine was introduced to the Minister of the Interior by…

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Boys in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Northumberland miners have decided by a majority of four to one against boys working eight hours in the mines instead of ten…

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Our Coal Trade. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 7

SIR,—When the human system, through indiscreet excesses, or negligence in not resorting to those hygienic remedies necessary at…

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Correspondence Wallsend Colliery Dispute. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1891 · page 5

SIR,—I wish to have a few words on the above subject, and therefore crave a small space in your columns to do so. The dispute at the above colliery is the lifting up the…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company. Half-yearly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1891 · page 3

THE tenth half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Young Wallsend Coalmining Company, Limited, was held in the company's office,…

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Latest Mining. Adelaide Share Market. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 December 1891 · page 5

The stock exchanges are still closed, but on Tuesday morning a number of brokers assembled in the vicinity of the exchange and made attempts to do business. In the…

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Miners' Troubles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Times stats that the colliers and mineowners of South Wales have quarrelled relative to the basis of the sliding scale. Unless a compromise is arrived…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Report of a Silver Mine Panning Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1891 · page 5

REPORT OF A SILVER MINE PANNING OUT. It is reported that the Running Biver silver mines, Kangaroo Hills, which up to December 22 were under offer to a Broken…

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