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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

1,640 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 66 of 82

The Unemployed Miners at Minmi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 5

DURING the present week there has been a great amount of discontent at Minni amongst those miners cavilled out. Reports are common that some at one time prominent…

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The Duckenfield and Back Creek Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 2

THE Duckenfield and Back Creek miners held their quarterly meeting in Mr. T. Sharp's hall on Thursday evening, Mr. P. Curran presiding…

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The Miners' Association. Meeting of the Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 4

THE quarterly meeting of the delegates from the various lodges in the Miners' Association was continued and concluded in the Rouse Assembly Rooms yesterday. Mr. Adam…

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CABLEGRAMS. The British Coal-miners' Strike. Terms of Settlement Rejected by the Men. the Old Rate of Wages Demanded. 200,000 Miners Still Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The terms of settlement of the disastrous strike of coal-miners in England, proposed by the Mayors of six of the principal midland…

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Fall in the Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The price of coal in London has fallen 8s per ton…

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New South Wales Coal. Awards at Chicago

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the Chicago World's Fair New South Wales coal has been accorded 21 awards for exhibits of bituminous coal…

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Mount Lyell Silver-mining Company. Draft Prospectus Issued

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The draft prospectus of the Mount Lyell Silver-mining Company has been privately circulated. The capital of the…

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The English Coal Miners' Strike. the Democracy in Their Thousands

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—A demonstration in support of the miners on strike was made yesterday. A procession numbering 100,000 working men…

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Gold Fossicking. Return of Parties to Greta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 4

FOUR more of those who received railway passes and miners' rights from Mr. Jos. Creer when he was in Greta, and who proceeded to Nundle to prospect for gold, have…

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Miners' Risks. Accident at the A.A. Company's No. 2 Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 5

YESTERDAY morning a young man named George Burohnill, living at the Junction, met with a severe accident whilst following his usual employment as a miner in the A.A…

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Western Australia. Perth, Monday. the Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 5

A water famine is imminent at Coolgardie, as the liquid will have to be carted 50 miles…

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Gold-mining at Copeland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 8

IN connection with the Lady Belmore mine Edwards and party will start crushing this week at the Criterion Mill. They have about 40 tons, which is expected to be one of the…

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The Californian Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 7

OF the prospects of the San Francisco market for Australian coal, Mr. J. W. Harrison states in his San Francisco coal circular:—Since the sailing of…

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The West Australian Goldfields. The Discoverer of Coolgardie. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 October 1893 · page 5

ARTHUR BAYLEY, the discoverer of Coolgardie, who leaves for Melbourne to-morrow, has been interviewed. He gives the following interesting details of the finding of Bayley's…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 8

THE Bulli correspondent to the Illawarra Mercury writes:— It is reported here that the South Clifton miners have entered into an…

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The Coal Strike in England. Rioting in Lancashire. Colliery Employees Assaulted. the Police Beaten Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—A serious disturbance has occurred at St. Helens, in Lanceshire, where a body of miners on strike, aggregating 1000 men,…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. the Proprietary Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 5

The Broken Hill Proprietary Company have decided not to appoint a successor to Mr. Schlapp, the late metallurgist. THE WOOL SALES…

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Correspondence. Miners' Wages at Teralba. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 2

SIR,—A few days ago your local contemporary, upon the alleged authority of the manager of the Pacific, Mr. Jones, paraded the above miners'…

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The West Australian Goldfields. The Water Supply Question. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 October 1893 · page 5

MR. HAMPSON, a well-known miner, returned from Southern Cross yesterday, and brings serious news concerning the water supply at Coolgardie. He met a whole crowd of men…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. Miners Advised of the Scarcity of Water. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 5

RUMOURS have reached Southern Cross to the effect that official notices have been posted at Roaring Gimlet, Ninety-mile, Coolgardie, and Hannan's that on account of the scarcity…

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