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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

1,640 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 82

Correspondence. the Miners' Association. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 3

SIR,—Your correspondent "J.R.," of Lambton, is so well known by his shrill trumpet, and pipes so freely on the general balance-sheet, that a brief…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

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

MESSRS. Carmichael and Nicholas, chemist and metallurgist respectively of the Metals Extraction Company, have been recalled to Melbourne to meet the directors and give a…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 8

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held, last evening in Mr. Baker's Druids' Hall, Mr. M. Gray in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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The Coal Mines Bill. The Minister Ready to Go On. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

ON the motion for the adjournment of the Assembly last night, Mr. Cook, M.P. for Hartley, asked when the Coal Mines Regulation Bill would be proceeded with. It was,…

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Miners' Meeting. Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 3

A SPECIAL, meeting of this lodge was held on Thursday night, Mr. John Leitch, local chairman, presiding. The special business to be dealt with was the receiving and…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 12

'MINES and Mining,' says the San Francisco News Letter, is a stock phrase that originated with some verbose legislator, and has somehow fallen into…

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Miners' Risks. Three Accidents at Burwood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

No loss than three accidents occurred at the Burwood Colliery yesterday. A miner named John Reynolds sustained a nasty wound in his head by coming in contact with his mate's…

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The Helensburg Colliery Dispute. Court of Arbitration. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

THE difficulty between the Metropolitan Coal Company and the miners at the Helensburg Colliery is to be referred to [?]bitration under the Trades Disputes Conciliation and…

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English Coal for the German Navy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 11

NOT a little astonishment has been caused in Westphalian coal circles by a statement by the Kolnisch Zeitung that the Imperial naval authorities…

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Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 8

THE Duckenfield and Back Creek lodge of miners held a special meeting on Thursday evening to consider the delegate minutes of February 20th, Mr. J. Gray presiding…

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The New Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 5

NEW LAMBTON pit will resume operations to-day after being idle for some six weeks. While the pit has been idle the miners in the tunnel have been working three or four days…

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Miners' Meeting. Sea Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 6

THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was held on Thursday night. Mr. Joseph Haliday occupied the chair, and there…

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The Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute, on Friday evening, Mr. W, Moss in the chair…

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Prospects of Coal in South Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 7

THE Northern Argue of South Australia says :—The Hill River Coal Prospecting Association began boring for coal on December 24 on their…

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The Miners and the Trades and Labour Council. An Appeal to the Lodges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 6

THE following is the circular letter recently sent by the Trades and Labour Council to all the lodges in the district:…

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Broken Hill Mining. The Metals Extraction Company and Junction North. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 5

MESSRS. Nicholas and Carmichael, metallurgist and chemist respectively for the Metals Extraction Company, Limited, at the Junction North mine, having been summoned…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 4

FOR years past some of the collieries in the southern district have been carrying on a cut-throat competition, which has done their shareholders and their miners little good, and…

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Miners' Meetings. Borehole

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 3

THE regular monthly meeting of the members of the above lodge was hold in Williams' Assembly Rooms, Hamilton, on Saturday night. Mr. John…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 8

THE adjourned meeting of New Lambton miners was held last night at Gray's hotel, Adamstown. Mr. T. Sayers occupied the chair…

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A Co-operative Company of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 8

A MOVEMENT is on foot in this district for the formation of a co-operative company of working miners to take over and work a colliery, and the result of the experiment will be…

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