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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

1,106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 56

Barrier Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 5

There is every probability that we will soon see a boom in tin again, inasmuch as the Eurowie Tin Company has been successfully floated in London, and the work will…

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The Miners' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 5

THE Miners' Demonstration will take place on the Wallsend Racecourse to-day. Having once postponed it on account of the elements, the committee have decided that it must…

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The Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At a turbulent meeting of 6000 Durham minors it was resolved to continue the strike…

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Miners' Meeting. Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 6

THE ordinary monthly meeting of this lodge was held on Friday night, Mr. W. McDonald, lodge chairman, presiding. The minutes having been confirmed in the…

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The Miners' Federation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Miners' Federation have decided after the general resumption of work on Monday next to limit the work to five days weekly…

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Miners' Meeting. West Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held in Wilson's Hall on Tuesday evening, the 15th Instant. Mr. Roderick M'Arthur was in the chair, and…

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Miners' Meeting. Duckenfield and Back Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Thursday evening, in Mr. T. Sharp's hall, and as the business was of an extraordinary nature, a very large and attentive…

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Tasmania. Hobart, Sunday. Gold Discovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 5

There is great excitement at Zeehan at the discovery of rough nuggety gold three miles away. POSTAL CONFERENCE…

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West Australia. Perth, Saturday. Discovery of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 5

A man named Perryman has come into Geraldton with a 100oz nugget, from Murchison goldfields…

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Miners' Demonstration. Affairs of the Association. An Official Statement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 6

THE annual demonstration of the miners of this district took place on the Wallsend racecourse on Saturday. It is now three years since the last one was held, the miners…

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Correspondence Price of Coal in Newcastle. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 7

SIR,—On every hand just now we hear the complaint of bad times and slackness of work, the miners especially being affected by the limited output of the various…

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Scottish-Australian and Redhead Coal Companies at Law. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 5

JUDGEMENT was delivered this morning by the Chief Justice on the appeal made in the case of the Scottish-Australian Mining Co. v. the Redhead Coal-mining Co. His Honor…

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Work Resumed at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The miners resumed work at the collieries to-day. Everything is quiet…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 5

Mr. Brandon, secretary of Block 10, notifies that surveys and measurements show that there are 13,000 tons of knolin ore exposed in the mine, this being, of course,…

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Miners' Meeting. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 6

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Tuesday morning on the park. Mr. H. Hanlon in the chair…

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The Coal Trust. Progress of the Arrangements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 5

THE valuators appointed by a number of coal companies to value the collieries in this district have now completed their work, and all the mines, with the exception of…

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Miners' Meeting. Burwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 3

THE quarterly meeting of the above lodge was hold at the Albert Victor Hotel en Wednesday night last. Mr. C. Woollett occupied the chair…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Miners' Eight Hours' Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons this afternoon the Miners' Eight Hours' Bill was introduced by Mr. Robert Leake, member for Radcliffe. Mr…

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English Coal Miners. The Labour Commission

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 12

ON behalf of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners' Association, Mr. Edward Jones stated, in evidence before the section on the iron and…

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Merewether. Glebe Miners' Ambulance Class

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 6

The usual weekly meeting took place last Thursday evening, at Simpson's Hall, when there was a fair attendance. Mr. Monter was ix the chair. The lecturer to the class,…

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