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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 8

A MEETING of the above miners was held on Tuesday night, at Gray's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. R. Graig in the chair. There were only 14 members present…

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Wangat Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 8

SAXBY and party, of the Wanga Wanga gold mine, Wangat, near Dungog, report as follows, under date July 9th:—"We broke through to the soft level with No. 2 winze…

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The English Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 4

IT is not in New South Wales alone that the condition of the coal trade is such as to lead to threatenings of most drastic reductions in the rates of…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at Du[?]kenfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

A YOUNG miner named John Speers met with a serious accidents yesterday in the Duckenfield Colliery. It appears that while he was at work in the No. 3 heading he prepared a…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Rich Gold Crushing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

A bar of gold weighing 156oz has been obtained from crushing 36 tons of quartz from the Bonnie Doon claim at Mansfield. THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION…

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Western Australia. Perth, Tuesday. the Gold Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

Heavy rains have fallen at Coolgardie, and made the track impassable. Rich stone has been struck at Centrals, Southern Cross. The rush is still proceeding…

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The West Wallsend Unemployed Miners. An Offer from Seaham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 5

ON Saturday Mr. Turnbull, manager of the Seaham Colliery, made an offer to those seeking work from West Wallsend. He said that if the miners employed at Seaham would…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at Lambton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 4

IT is with regret we report another accident at Lambton Colliery. Early yesterday morning Mr. Richard Mooney, an old resident of the place, had his leg broken by a fall of top…

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The Collieries of the North Pacific

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 7

THE following, is the continuation of the article from the Colliery Guardian, commenced in yesterday's issue:— Work and Wages in the Pacific…

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The Californian Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 3

MR. J. W. HARRISON reports as follows regarding the San Francisco coal market:—"Since the departure of the last Australian mail there have…

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The Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 5

THE treasurer of the Co-operative miners has received the sum of £10 from the Stockton Miners' Lodge, £10 from the Wickham and Bullock Island Lodge, and 10s from Mr…

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The Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 3

THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Baker's hall. Mr. D. Mason presided…

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The Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the above lodge was held last night, Mr. John Leitch, local chairman, presiding. The minutes of a special committee…

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Mining at Broken Hill. The Question of Smelting the Ore. A Border Tax Asked For. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 5

GREAT indignation prevails here at the action of the directors of Block 14 mine in closing two of the smelters, they having avowed their intention of doing all the smelting at the…

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Unemployed As Gold-miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 6

THE board which has under consideration the finding of work for the unemployed on the goldfields of the colony met at the Mines Department, Sydney, on Thursday. It was…

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The Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 7

A SPECIAL meeting of the Greta miners was held on Wednesday night, Mr. W. Jackson in the chair. Correspondence was read from the…

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Dispute in the English Coal Trade. the Miners' Federation Call Out Their Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Miners' Federation has decided not to accept the reductions in wages proposed by the colliery owners, and have called…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 11

MINING affairs continue to be quiet in the district, and as the coal trade remains in almost a stagnant condition the miners as a whole are making…

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Forthcoming Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 5

THE Associated Colliery Proprietors have appointed a sub-committee to confer with the miners as to the best means of averting further reductions in the coal trade at the end…

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Miners' Meeting. Duckenfield and Back Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 6

THE Duckenfield and Back Creek Lodge of miners held their quarterly meeting on Thursday evening in T. Sharp's Hall. There was an excellent attendance, Mr. J. M. Gray…

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