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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

1,640 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 48 of 82

Miners' Meetings. Sea Pit

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

A SPECIAL meeting of the Sea Pit miners was hold at the Merewether Hotel, on Thursday evening. Mr. Joseph Halliday presided. The meeting was called to deal with the…

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[From Metropolitan Papers.] American Miners in Distress

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

LONDON, Thursday.—Telegrams from New York report that the closing of the silver mines in Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., has resulted in…

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Correspondence. Relief to Miners. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 8

SIR,—I see that the delegate board, in recommending that £100 be voted to Greta miners, have decided it be given out in provisions to the most distressed cases. Is that how they…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill

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

AT the Junction North to the present date over 700 tons of argentiferous garnet sandstone have been treated by contractors, with such satisfactory results that the directors…

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The Bonang Gold-mining Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 6

IN Equity on Friday, before Mr. Justice Manning, the case of the Bonang Gold-mining Company and the Companies Act (part heard) came…

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New Lambton Colliery. The Miners to Make an Offer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 5

THE minors recently in the employ of the Now Lambton Coal and Land Company held a meeting at Gray's Hotel, Adamstown, on Saturday, for the purpose of hearing the…

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The Southern Collieries

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

WORK at the Metropolitan coal mine (says the Bulli Times) has been very slack for the last fortnight, the men not putting in half time. Business in…

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Cardiff Colliery. to the Editor

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

Sir,—Being one of the deputation who interviewed Mr. Johnston as to the future working of the above colliery, I would ask you to grant me…

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The Centenary Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 2

A GENERAL meeting of the shareholders of the Centenary Coal and Coke Company, Limited, was held at Tamworth last week. The report…

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East Lambton Colliery. Interview with the Company's Representative

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 5

THE employees of East Lambton company who did not receive the money due to them on Friday, held a meeting at Adamstown at noon on Saturday, for the purpose of hearing…

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Mining in Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 4

IN our issue of Saturday appeared an extract from the London mining Journal, regarding the labour question in Australia, and its relation to the…

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The Miners' Association. to the Editor

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

Sir,—Your correspondent in Saturday's issue, who styles himself "Old Billy Patrick," makes a wild and most erroneous statement when he states…

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Correspondence. the Coal Trade. to the Editor

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

SIR,—At the present time when relief societies are being formed in the Lower Hunter, and subscriptions collected from an impoverished public to…

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Gold for the United States. Another Large Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Another large shipment of gold, amounting to £300,000, has been made to the United States…

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Labour Settlements and "Fossicking" on Goldfields. Mr. Creer to Visit Newcastle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1893 · page 5

IN consequence of the Government having received numerous applications from the Newcastle district from persons desirous of taking up land under the Labour Settlements…

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New Lambton Colliery

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

THE tender from persons desirous of taking New Lambton Colliery on tribute close to-day. It is stated that several tenders have been received, including one from a number…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Perth

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

A LETTER was published here this morning from a digger at Coolgardie giving some very interesting particulars. It states that Mr. Hannon made…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 7

FOR the fortnight ended on Saturday last, the miners engaged at the various collieries in the Clifton district have worked as follows:—South Clifton 6¼…

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The Strike of British Coal Miners. Its Area Extending

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—In connection with the present coal strike the demand of the Durham minors for an advance of 15 per cent on the wages…

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The Southern Collieries. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 5

THE question of the preferential treatment of the Helensburg Colliery with regard to the haulage of coal to Darling Harbour was discussed at a meeting at Wollongong last…

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