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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 71

The Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 5

THE Burwood miners hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday morning in the Albert Victor Hotel. Mr. J. Haddow occupied the chair…

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Seamen and the Gold Rush

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 4

IT is evident that British shipowners accepting lading for Fremantle will take care to make some allowance in their charters for the possibility of their ships…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Water Still Short. A Record Gold Escort. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 4

THE new Kurnalpi field is rich but patchy. The finder of a 62oz nugget also secured a 330z slug and several other big nuggets. The men found the water ran short at this find,…

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The Lambton Miners. Fourteen Men Cavilled Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 4

SOME excitement was created among the Lambton miners yesterday when it become known that 14 men were to be cavilled out that day. It appears that a creep has been…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. the Minister for Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 5

The Minister for Mines, after visiting Wood's Point, proceeded to Matlock, whore he was entertained at dinner by the residents, and spoke highly of the prospects of mining…

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The Late Association of Colliery Proprietors. An Interesting Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1894 · page 4

A CASE of considerable interest to the Newcastle district came before the Full Court, consisting of Judges Innes, Stephen, and Foster, to-day, in the form of a special case…

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The Coal Mines Bill. Another Select Committee. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

IN the Legislative Council last night Mr. Macintosh, without notice, asked Dr. MacLaurin when the Coal Mines Regulation Bill would be brought on. Dr…

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Accident at West Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

YESTERDAY a minor named William Gerrard, of Hamilton Commonage, while following his occupation at West Burwood Colliery, received a fracture of the left leg, just below…

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The Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 7

A SPECIAL meeting of the Burwood miners was held in the Albert Victor Hotel yesterday morning to hear the report of the deputation which waited upon the manager…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 12

WORK has been fairly brisk at the majority of the collieries during the week, and there are strong indications that a permanent improvement is…

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Our Californian Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 6

We are in receipt of Mr. J. W. Harrison's Australian mail circular, dealing with the San Francisco coal market, from with the following is extracted:—"Since the sailing…

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Mining at Copeland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 8

THE water will be all out of the Hidden Treasure mine before the end of this week, when preparations will immediatly be made to commence sinking…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company, Limited (In Liquidation)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 7

A MEETING of the shareholders and creditors of the Young Wallsend Coal Company, Limited (in liquidation) was hold at the Great Northern Hotel on Thursday afternoon…

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Reported Rich Goldfield. Rush to Wyalong. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

WHAT is said to be a promising gold find is reported from Wyalong, 22 miles from Barmedman. It is expected that it will be a rich and permanent field, and the opinions of…

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The West Australian Goldfields. News from the Latest Rush. Provisions Terribly Scarce. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 5

MR. DAVID LINDSAY returned to Coolgardie from the new rush on Monday, bringing three nuggets found there, weighing respectively 62oz, 52oz, and 30oz. Over 1000 men are…

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Sutherland v. Texas Copper Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 7

This was a Supreme Court issue referred to the District Court, in which Thomas Sutherland, black-smith, sued the Texas Copper…

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Mining Fatality at Stockton. Inquest and Verdict

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1894 · page 5

MR. G. C. MARTIN, district coroner, held an inquest at the Federal Hotel, Stockton, on Saturday afternoon, on the body of Robert Donaldson a miner, who had been killed in…

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French and English Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 3

A DEBATE recently took place in the French Chamber of Deputies on the subject of the consumption of British coal in France, the question having…

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Fatal Accidents in British Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 3

A PARLIAMENTARY return issued in England recently, gives summaries of the fatal accidents which occurred in during the year 1893. It…

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The Hawaiian Isles. Heated Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 4

ON the arrival of the ship Hawaiian Isles at San Francisco from this port on January 18, Captain Oscar Kustel reported (according to the Hawaiian Chronicle) that on…

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