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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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

An Englishman's Colliery Enterprise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 8

THE Prague Daily News announces the death of Mr. William, Refeen, whose name is largely connected with colliery enterprise in Bohemia By rare ability, intelligence, and energy he…

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Coal for the P. and O. Steamers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 5

THE annual contract for shipping the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company with steam coals always' excites interest in the coal trade. The supplies for next year,…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 7

THE quarterly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held at the Merewether Hotel on Thursday night. Mr. Joseph Halliday occupied the chair, and there was a…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 12

EXTENSIVE searching operations are shortly to be carried out amongst the nickel deposits in the Dagestan (Caucasus) district, with a view to…

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Searching for Sunken Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 12

FOR several weeks a dredging company organised in Gloucester, Mass., has been endeavouring to locate a great quantity of British gold. This gold…

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The World's Output of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 12

THE yearly output of coal in the whole world is estimated at 488,500,000 tons in round numbers (says the Colliery Guardian.) In Great Britain and…

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Co-operative Miners. The Men to Resume Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1892 · page 8

AT a meeting of the above miners held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute last night, there was a very large attendance. A number of motions were put, some…

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