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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

1,106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 56

The East Lambton Colliery. An Injunction Granted. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 5

An application was made to the Judge in Bankruptcy to-day for an injunction restraining the sheriff from proceeding with an execution issued on a judgment obtained against…

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The Young Wife and the Gold Casket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 12

THE Germans have a story which the home-loving people love to repeat. A father, when his daughter became a bride, gave her a golden…

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The South Mine. Another New Smelter. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 5

IT has been decided to erect another 80-ton smelter at South Mine, and Mr. Collins, consulting engineer to the mine, has accepted the tender. He says it is quite probable…

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Greta. COLLIERY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 5

The above colliery has worked two days during the past week, and as there are two large vessels now in port awaiting to load Greta coal, six more days are expected for…

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Royalties in British Collieries. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 7

Sir,—Having read the report of the "Labour Commission on English coal mines" in Saturday's issue of the Herald, March 26th, I am pleased to…

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Mining Managers' Reports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 3

BLOCK 10 Mine, Broken Hill, March 26.—During week Campbell's shaft sunk 5ft, total 630ft. Bottom continues in sulphides, assaying 22oz silver and 17…

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Miners' Meeting. Duckenfield and Back Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 5

THE usual monthly meeting of the Duckenfield and Back Crock minors was hold in Mr. T. Sharp's hall on Thursday evening, Mr. Thomas Wright presiding…

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Strike of Miners in Durham. Unemployed Ships in the Tyne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—Owing to the strike of County Durham miners, over 200 ships and 4000 sailors are idle on the River Tyne…

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East Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 4

THINGS have not been very satisfactory at the above pit since the commencement of the year. At the commencement of the new year the company wanted the miners to go…

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Miners' Meeting. Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 8

THE adjourned meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Baker's hall, Mr. H. Hanlon in the chair. CORRESPONDENCE…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 4

THE statistics contained in another column regarding the coal trade of this port convey unmistakably the unwelcome intelligence that the…

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The Proprietary Mine. Mr. Win Wilson's Statement. ADELAIDE

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

MR. WM. WILSON, the chairman of the Proprietary mine, made a statement at a large meeting of shareholders in the Town Hall to-day. He said it was intended to…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

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

At Junction North the shaft is down 511ft. It is still going through a mixture of garnet sandstone, sulphide, cubical galena, and a little quartz. The material assays…

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The Coal Strike in the North of England. Starving People Attack Grocers' Shops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.—Owing to the continuance of the strike amongst the coal miners in the North of England there is an appalling amount of distress amongst those…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1892 · page 5

The wells at Acacia belonging to the Proprietary Company, from which the principal supply of that company has been drawn for some months, are beginning to show some…

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Accident at the West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1892 · page 8

YESTERDAY morning the steel rope attached to the cages in the West Wallsend Colliery parted while two skips of coal were being drawn up. The ascending, cage was more…

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The South Mine. Cheering Prospects. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1892 · page 5

To-DAY was visiting day at the South Mine, and everything was found in good order. The stopes from and below the 350ft level were four sets down and in good carbonate…

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Brake Vans on Coal Trains. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1892 · page 3

Sir,—I now wish to draw the attention of the public to the manner in which the coal guards on the northern coal traffic are treated in respect to…

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Miners' Risks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1892 · page 5

A MINER named John Andrews, residing at Broadmeadow, met with an accident at New Lambton Pit yesterday, by which his thigh was broken, in addition to other injuries…

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The Durham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The strike of the miners at Durham continues. At Westwood the strikers wrecked the houses occupied by the blacklegs, and the police were stoned. The…

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