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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Southern Collieries. Dispute at Helensburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 4

THE notice given by the proprietor of the above mine expired on Saturday. A deputation of the men had an interview with the manager last week, but no arrangement could…

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Coal-mining Dispute in South Wales. a Settlement Arrived At

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The difficulty between the miners of South Wales and their employers has been satisfactory settled. The miners agreed to…

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Mine Managers' Reports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 6

THE Broken Hill Proprietary Co. (Limited).—Report for week ending 8th February: New shaft east of M'Cullock's sunk 2ft, and timbered to…

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State of the Stockton Colliery. The Water Decreasing. The Overman Injured by Gas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 5

THE inrush of water which followed the small fall of roof in the Stockton Colliery on Friday morning had not ceased yesterday, but it was greatly reduced in volume. Fortunately,…

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Mining Disaster in Spain. 29 Men Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. — A shocking calamity is reported from Spain. The men working, in a lead mine at Mezzaron, Spain, were assailed with…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Gold at Gundagai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1893 · page 5

CONSIDERABLE excitement prevails at Gundagai owing to the discovery of a very rich reef impregnated with gold to such an extent that 11oz of stone just exhibited…

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Eight-hour Demonstration at Lithgow. The Regulation of Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 6

THE Lithgow miners' annual eight-hour demonstration took place on Saturday. Owing to the dampness of the weather the usual sports meeting…

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Gold Standard in America. Resisting British Interference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—With reference to the proposal to issue Treasury bonds to maintain the gold standard in the United Sates, President…

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Correspondence. Balance - Sheet of the Miners' General Fund. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 7

SIR,—I have in my possession the balance-sheet of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, of the No. 2 district, ending December 31st, 1892,…

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State of the Stockton Pit. Water Still Rushing In. Statement of the Examiner of Coal Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 4

THE Stockton Colliery will not work to-day, as anticipated, as the inrush of water which followed the fall on Friday still continues. Yesterday morning Mr. Mackenzie, the…

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The Southern Collieries. The Strike at Helensburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 7

AN important mooting of the Helens-burg miners now on strike was held on Monday, when a majority favoured referring the question of taking off the…

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Broken Hill Mining. Cleaning up at Junction North. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 5

THE cleaning up at the Junction North Mine to-day resulted in a yield of about 1600oz silver. No reliable data is available as to the exact quantity of ore treated. A…

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Mining Disaster in Austria. an Explosion Kills 15 MINERS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—Telegrams from Austria give particulars of a terrible mining disaster which has occurred at Skalitz. The miners were at work at…

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Miners' Meeting. Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 8

A MINERS' meeting was held on Tuesday night, Mr. J. Spinks in the chair. The deputation appciated to interview the manager re the suspension of Mr. Dunn, and…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Carriage of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 5

The Government have decided to carry Leigh's Creek coal temporarily, at ½d per ton per mile. FATHER AND SON…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 5

THE two bars of silver obtained from a parcel of Junction North garnet sandstone were purified in the crucible to-day, and the cake upon being weighed turned the scales at…

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The Southern Collieries. Reduction at Corrimal Colliery. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

NEWS from Wollongong states that a notice has been posted at Corrimal Colliery, intimating that the employees are to be discharged and re-engaged at a reduction of the…

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The Stockton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

THE work of damming off the bord in which the fall of roof took place on Friday in the Stockton Colliery is making good progress. As already mentioned the dams are being…

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The Gartlee Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

THE motion passed at the recent special meeting of the delegate board to appeal to the Supreme Court against the decision of the Wallsend Beach, in the Gartlee minors' case,…

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The Metropolitan Coal Company's Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

MR. CURLEY, miners' general secretary here, has received a communication from Mr. G. Henderson, secretary of the Illawarra miners, stating that the men at the Metropolitan Coal…

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