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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

1,640 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 82

Failure of Colliery Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Messrs. Day, Rylands, and Co, of Barnsley, Yorkshire, colliery-owners, have failed for a quarter of a million sterling…

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District News. Stockton. Colliery Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 3

The regular meeting of the employees of the Stockton Colliery was held last night in the Temperance Hall; Mr. James Leitch, miners' lodge chairman, presiding. There…

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Superstitions of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 12

IN an article in the Leisure Hour on the 'Superstitions of the Black Country,' it is said that, besides the association of the presence of the evil…

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The Western Collieries. a General Strike Ordered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 8

MR. JAMES CURLEY, the general secretary of the Miners' Association has received a communication from Mr. J. Owen, the secretary of the Lithgow district of the A.M.A., stating…

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The Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 6

THE usual monthly meeting of the above minors was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute last evening. Mr. W. Moss was in the chair…

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The Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 2

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

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 11

DURING the week the various mines in the district have, with few exceptions, worked well, the output of coal being larger than for any previous six days…

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Southern Coal at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 4

For some time past the Purified Coke Company have been importing coal from the south. Yesterday the steam collier Saxonia arrived with 320 tons of southern small coal. The vessel berthed at the dyke…

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Gold From New Zealand. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 5

A box of gold arrived from New Zealand by the steamship Hauroto this morning for the Bank of New South Wales…

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A Mine Manager Charged. Withholding Call Money. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 8

ALFRED AUSTIN GALLAGHER, a mining manager, appeared this morning at the Water Police Court, on a charge of having a cheque for the payment of £248 8s, belonging to…

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London Chartered Bank Gold for Notes. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 5

The manager of the Sydney branch of the London Chartered Bank has received instructions to cash the notes of the bank in gold…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1893 · page 7

THE Government diamond drill, which has been engaged for many months in testing the coal measures and the capacity of future operations on the…

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The Western Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1893 · page 3

LAST Saturday week a mooting of the miners' committee was hold, when correspondence was road from some of the proprietors, declining to meet…

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Broken Hill Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—British Broken Hill shares are quoted at 6s 3d. LONDON, Saturday.—Speaking at a meeting of the British Broken Hill…

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Mr. A. Brown and Miners' Strikes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1893 · page 7

THE following letter has been sent by Mr. B. W. Binney to the Sydney press:— "Sir,—I have to ask you to find…

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The Seaham Colliery. Notices for the Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 5

THE miners at the Seaham Colliery have been served with the following notice:— "As the coal is not so Clean as it should be, any miner who does not fill up to the average…

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Greta. the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 7

Greta Colliery worked 10 days for the fortnight ending on Saturday. Owing to the suspension of the Commercial Bank the New Anvil Creek…

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Reports of Payable Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 4

SOME time ago we stated that it was probable a payable goldfield would soon be discovered in Australia. It is now reported that such a field has been found at Burra Burra, some…

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The Victorian Coal Industry. The Unsuccessful Trial of Briquettes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 3

A BOARD, consisting of Messrs. J. Cosmo Newbery, W. Stone, and W. Conyers, was appointed by the late Minister of Mines (says the Argus) for…

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The Northern Colliery. Miners and Co-operation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1893 · page 4

THE miners of the Northern Colliery have decided on the advice of the district officers of the Miners' Association not to enter into the proposed co-operation which was recently…

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