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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Miners' Meetings. GLEBE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 3

THE quarterly meeting of the members of the above lodge was hold in Simpson's Hall on Tuesday night. Mr. John Lloyd occupied the chair, and…

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The Broken Hill Mines. Report for 1892

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

THE report of the mining at Broken Hill (says the Silver Age) for the year 1892 shows that the yields and dividends have necessarily been materially…

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The Californian Coal Trade. Source of Supply and Demand. Third Decade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 7

THE first Alaska coal came to San Francisco in 1867, consisting of a lot of 218 tons from Saghalien Island. In 1868 there was 204 tons from the same…

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Miners' Meetings. Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 2

THE, regular monthly meeting of the above lodge was held on Thursday night. Mr. John Leitch, local chairman, presiding. After the minutes had been read, a report…

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Coal in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 12

IN consequence of Strong representations which were made to the Victorian Minister of Mines as to the disirability of testing the country in the vicinity…

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The German Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Nine thousand miners who went on strike at Saarbruck, in the German province of Lorraine, as a protest against the new labour rules introduced, have…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 12

MR. ROBERT OLDFIELD, who has come down front the M'Donnell Ranges, has taken to Adelaide a few interesting specimens of precious stones, all…

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Gold Discovery in New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 12

THE newly-discovered goldfield on the Wilson River, New Zealand, promises to prove rich in curiosities, if not in gold. One nugget picked up in the…

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Correspondence. the Coal Trust. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 6

SIR,— On reading your leader some time ago I thought, it very thoughtful and pertinent as regards the proposed Coal Trust or amalgamation of collieries, and it was no doubt…

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Proposed School of Mines. Report on the Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 2

THE Minister for Mines some time ago appointed a board to report on the establishment of a school of mines in Sydney. The report has just been handed to and approyed…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 6

IT was currently reported on Friday (says the Bulli Times) that the diamond drill which has been in operation for the last few months on the…

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Destructiveness of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 3

SOME very tall chimneys of steel lined with fire-brick have been built at Chicago (writes a scientist in a Melbourne contemporary). The lining is…

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Coal-boring in Kent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 3

NOTHING has been heard lately about the coal-boring operations in Kent, and this is one of the cases wherein the proverb which declares that no news…

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A New Zealand Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 7

AN extraordinary general meeting of the Mokihinui Coal Company was held this week in New Zealand, 27,000 shares out of 42,000 being…

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Miners' Meeting. Duckenfield and Back Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 3

THE Duckenfield and Back Cre[?] Lodge of minors held their usu[?] monthly meeting on Thursday even[?] in Mr. T. Sharp's hall. Mr. Jol[?]…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. Gold Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

The gold production of the Northern Territory for 1892 is the highest on record, viz., 31,5000z gold, valued at £108,000. CRICKET…

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Important Mining Discovery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 5

THE Peak Hill Proprietary Company has cut an immense body of highly payable ore in the tunnel which is being driven through its property. Assays made on the mine gave…

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The Californian Coal Trade. Source of Supply and Demand. Fourth Decade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 January 1893 · page 7

THE first receipt of coal from the Seattle mines occurred in 1871. The Bellingham Bay was the name of the first coal mine on the Sound of any…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 7

UNFORTUNATELY the beginning of now year was anything but favourable for the mining industry throughout Illawarra. Commencing on the last day…

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CABLEGRAMS. The German Miners' Strike. Extending Rapidly. Serious Disturbances

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—Advices from Prussia report that the miners' strike, which originated at Saarbruck and Saar-Louis, is rapidly extending, and…

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