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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

1,106 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 45 of 56

Improvement in Mining Methods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 11

AT a recent meeting of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, President J. B. Simpson, in an address on…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Discovery of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 5

An important discovery of coal, the outcrop of which is 4ft 6in, has been made at Korrumbuna. THE CONFIDENCE GAME…

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Broken Hill Strike. Work at the Mines. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 October 1892 · page 5

A FIVE more men wont to work at the Proprietary mine, and blasting and smelting operations are proceeding without interruption. The number of men on the…

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Dudley Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 October 1892 · page 3

THE quarterly meeting of the above was held on October 5th. The minutes of the last monthly and other meetings were adopted…

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The New Mining Bill for South Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 5

THE Adelaide Observer, in an article on the now Mining Bill for South Australia , has the following:—"Another important part of the bill is that…

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Fatal Accident on a Steamer. Two Coal-trimmers Killed. Inquests To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 5

AT 7.15 p.m. yesterday an accident occurred on board the steamer Barrier, whilst loading at the dyke, resulting in the death of two coal-trimmers named Oscar Peterson and…

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The Monetary Conference. President Harrison's Instructions. a Ratio Between Gold and Silver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The Times, this, morning, publishes a telegram from Washington, stating the general purport of President Harrison's…

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Durham Miners' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 7

AT a meeting of the Rynope Lodge of the above association, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:—"That this meeting is strongly of…

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Coal in British India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 5

ACCORDING to the "Annual statement exhibiting the moral and material progress and condition of India" during the year 1890-91, the total yield…

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West Australia. Perth, Tuesday. the New Gold Find

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1892 · page 5

The Perth warden reports favourably of the Gnarbine rush as a reefing country…

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Mine Accident at Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 October 1892 · page 4

YESTERDAY morning a miner named William Ward was injured in the Lambton mine by a fall of coal. It appears he was holing a "back end,'' which was apparently well…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 8

THE regular monthly meeting of the above lodge was held last night, Mr. John Leitch, local chairman, presiding. Minutes of the quarterly meeting, of a…

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District News. Wallsend. Colliery Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 8

TO-DAY, for the first time for very nearly four weeks, the Wallsend Colliery will resume work. This will make three and a half day's work for five weeks, and it will readily…

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Miners' Meetings. LAMBTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 6

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners' lodge was held on Wednesday evening in Ralph's Druids' Hall, Mr. Gray in the chair…

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The Miners' Delegate Board Quarterly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held yesterday in the Rouse Assembly Rooms. Mr. Adam Cook, the president of the association, occupied the…

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West Australia. the New Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 6

The Warden's report on Bailey's find at Gnarthine is extremely favourable. He say that gold has been picked up on the surface a…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 12

THREE men were rescued alive after being entombed in mine in Bohemia for 17 days without food or water. The Miners' Association of Nevada…

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The Miners' Delegate Board. The Quarterly Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the delegates from the various lodges in the Miners' Association was continued yesterday in the Rouse Assembly Rooms, Hunter-street. Mr. Adam…

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Miners' Meetings. MINMI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 October 1892 · page 6

THE quarterly-meeting of the Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners was held on Thursday evening in Mr. T. Sharp's hall, Mr. J. Bothwell presiding. The…

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Another Gold-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Black Horse Extended Mining Syndicate, Ballarat, with a capital of £60,000, has been registered…

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