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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Mine Managers' Reports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 5

Broken Hill South Silver-mining Company Limited.—Report for week ending 24th December: Two furnaces in continuous blast. Water supply received from Block 5…

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CABLEGRAMS. Strike of Coal Miners. Men Violently Inclined. Gendarmes Ordered to the Scene

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 4

BERLIN, Friday.—An extensive strike of men employed at the German coal-mines the Saar Louis and Saarbruck districts on the borders of Lorrain,…

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Dudley Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 5

AN extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Dudley Coal Company, Limited, was held at the company's office, Sydney, on Friday, for the purpose of considering the…

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Wallsend District Mining Hospital

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 5

On Saturday the hon. secretary of the Wallsend District Mining Hospital received the following letter from Mfr. James Hewit, of Newcastle:— " December 30. To the…

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Co-operative Miners. a Return to Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the Co-operative miners was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Saturday evening; Mr. W. Moss in the chair…

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Coal Mining in South Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 2

IN a recent circular on behalf of the Miners' Federation to the South Wales Colliery workmen, Messrs. William Brace and Samuel Mills, who invited…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held at the Merewether Hotel on Friday night. Mr. John Harvey occupied the chair, and there was a fair,…

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The Wellington Gold Find. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 4

A REPORT has been received by the Minister for Mines from the warden at Wellington respecting the rumour that payable gold had been discovered at Jawbone, nine miles from…

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The Newcastle Coal Company. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 3

Sir,—The involvement obtaining in the coal trade of the Newcastle district is such that all persons honestly interested therein cannot but…

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Correspondence. the Coal Trust. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 5

SIR,—Your lucid, thoughtful, and carefully-balanced article on the Coal Trust in your issue of December 7tth should be earnestly studied by all whose interests will be affected…

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The Practical Working of Coal-cutting Machines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 8

AT a meeting of the Manchester Geological Society, Mr. Richard Sutcliffe read a paper on the "Practical Working of Coal-cutting Machines," in the…

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The Californian Coal Trade. Sources of Supply and Demand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 7

THE coal wants of California were quite limited up to the discovery of gold in 1848, and for a year or two afterwards. Prior to 1850 the…

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The Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 5

THE miners in the Co-operative Colliery resumed work yesterday, but the output was scarcely up to the usual standard, as neither men nor horses were fit for work after such a…

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Correspondence. the Collieries Amalgamation. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 8

SIR,—You have been favoured with two letters from correspondents in condemnation of the above, but neither of them know much of what…

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West Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the West Wallsend miners was held in Sharp's Hall on Tuesday evening; Mr. Crompton in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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Miners' Meetings. New Lambton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 3

THE New Lambton miners met on Tuesday night, Mr. T. Gray in the chair. Mr. Curley, general secretary was present…

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The German Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—There are now about 26,000 miners out on strike in the neighbour-hood of Saarbruck, in the German province of Lorraine. Much disorder marks the course…

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The Californian Coal Trade. Source of Supply and Demand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 6

ONE of the earliest dealers in coal in San Francisco was Alexander Ramsdell. He was in business there in 1850, and for some years afterward,…

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Miners' Convention

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The delegates of The Miners' Federation of Great Britain, representing 300,000 miners, will meet at Birmingham on Monday to discuss the question of…

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The Collieries Amalgamation. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 8

Sir,—Your correspondent "Onlooker" asks—Are eight years insufficient to prove the profitableness or otherwise of a coal mine with coal at…

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