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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Coolgardie Goldfield. Death of Men From Thirst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1893 · page 5

FULLER particulars regarding the experience of Mr. Walter Bezzant, of Merewether, who, with his father, left Newcastle for the Coolgardie Goldfield nearly three months ago,…

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Nationalisation of Mines. Movement in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. — The Labour members of the House of Commons have brought forward a bill for the nationalisation of all mines for…

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The Cremorne Bore. Analysis of the Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 5

MR. JOHN C. H. MINGAYE, the Government Analyst and Assayer, has completed the analysis of six samples of coal taken from the Cremorne bore. He states: "The samples…

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Western Australian Goldfields. Prospectus of a New Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The prospectus of the Malina Gold-mining Company of Western Australia has been issued with a capital of £100,000…

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The Victorian Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 7

THE following reports from the various coalmines in VIctoria were issued on Saturday:—Coal Creek Extended Coal-mining…

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Nationalisation of Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 4

THE nationalisation of all the sources of natural wealth in Great Britain is one of the planks of the Labour platform in the old country. The task is a gigantic one, and…

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The Coal Trade. Action of the Non-associated Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 4

MESSRS. M. B. COWLISHAW, J. F. Burns, and Thomas Saywell, three gentlemen largely interested in the Newcastle coal trade, were in this city yesterday on what was rumoured…

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The Cornish Copper Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 6

THE Cornish Copper Mine is situated about 70 miles north-west from Tamworth and 12 miles from Barraba, and is being developed by a syndicate of…

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Coal Haulage in the West

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 6

A MOST unanimous public meeting was held at Lithgow on Tuesday night, to consider the result of the late coal haulage deputation, and to devise…

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Scottish-australian Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1893 · page 7

THE report of the Scottish Australian Mining Company, Limited, for the six months ended the 30th June, states that the sales of coal from the…

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Parliament. Thursday, November 30. Legislative Assembly. Proudfoot's Case. Mining on Private Lands Bill. The Cremorne Coal Lease. Influx of Chinese. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1893 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. LYNE, in reply to Mr. MURRPHY, said that Mr. Thompson, Government Valuator,…

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The Southern Collieries

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

REPRESENTATIVES from Mount Keira, Mount Pleasant, South Bulli, and Belambi collieries had a conference with the owners in Sydney on Wednesday concerning the proposed…

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(From Metropolitan Papers.) The Recent Coal-miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—During the recent prolonged coal-miners' strike in England the Durham colliery proprietors continued to supply the…

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That South Australian Colliery

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

THE shareholders in the Leigh's Creek Coalmining Company in South Australia are at last apparently ceasing their squabbling, and the mine is to have a fair start once more…

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The Waratah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 3

AFFAIRS at the Waratah Colliery are not very amicable at present. A month ago 40 out of the 160 miners employed at the mine were cavilled out. A number of the men…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 11

"DULL as ditchwater" is an expression that can aptly be applied to the state of the coal trade. Certainly consumers and coal-dealers all over…

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The Miners' Association. Annual Election of Officers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 3

THE nomination of candidates for the positions of president, district treasurer, and two auditors of the Miners' Association is now completed, and Mr. James Curley, the…

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The Northern Colliery Proprietors. Meeting in Sydney. Plans for the Coming Year. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 5

A VERY important meeting of colliery proprietors of the northern district (associated and non-associated) was held this afternoon to consider the position of the coal trade and…

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Carrington. the Local Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1893 · page 5

The Hetton miners have worked seven days for the next pay, and work for this pit is expected for the whole of next week. It is to be hoped the rumour is well founded, as…

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The Southern Collieries The Proposed Reduction

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

A CONFERENCE between mine owners (Southern Coal Owners' Association) and miners was held in Sydney last week, Mr. E. Vickery presiding. There…

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