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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 71

The Greta Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 4

ON Saturday the men, who have all along been employed overground at the Greta pit, such as enginemen, carters, carpenters, &c., were quietly informed by the "man in…

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The Working of Collieries. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 5

AT the select committee of the Assembly on the working of collieries the evidence of Dr. Robertson was postponed for a week. Mr. May, teacher of coal mining at the…

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The West Australian Goldfields. News from the Murchison. The Coolgardie Mines. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 5

AT the Star of the East mine, Murchison, a crushing of 120 tons produced 413oz of gold. Good returns are reported from Dundas Hills. Teams are leaving daily for…

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Lambton Police Court. Tuesday, March 20. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Violation of the Coal Mines Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 3

FRANK CROUDACE, manager of the Lambton Colliery, owned by the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, was charged with neglecting to carry out…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, March 20. The Tighe's Hill and Merewether Tramways. Coal Mines Bill. Associated Settlements. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. The greater portion of the questions on the paper were postponed. LEAVE OF ABSENCE…

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Correspondence. Accidents in Mines. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 7

SIR,—The case of the Mines Department versus the Scottish Australian Mining Company, tried at the Lambton Police Court to-day, brought out…

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Northern Institute of Mining Students

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 8

THE fortnightly meeting of the Northern Institute of Mining Students was held in the Technical School on Saturday, Mr. R. J. Jury presiding…

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Discovery of Gold at Clyde River. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 5

IT is stated that a now and rich discovery of gold has taken place at Clyde River. The discoverers are taking stops to claim the Government reward. The find is generally…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Rushed by Sydney Unemployed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1894 · page 5

THE Minister for Mines this afternoon received a report from Mr. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines, with reference to the Wyalong gold rush. It is understood that the report…

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The Back Creek Collieries. Operations Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 8

As anticipated, the Back Creek [?] resumed operations yesterday. The w[?] of the cavilled out miners who were near at hand secured employment and it is…

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The Lambton Colliery. Still Idle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 4

THE unfortunate dispute between the manager of the Lambton Colliery and the wheelers still continues. The whistle was blown for work yesterday, but no wheelers put in an…

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The Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 5

THE usual weekly meeting of the Greta miners was held in North's Hall yesterday morning, Mr. J. Thompson in the chair. The minutes of the meeting of the 14th…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Working of Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 4

THE select committee of the Assembly on the working of collieries sat again to-day, when Mr. May was further examined, and gave technical evidence regarding the working of…

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The Stockton Fatality. a Deputy and Two Miners Charged with Manslaughter. Committed for Trial

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1894 · page 6

IN the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Christie and O'Mara, Js.P., William James Akers, Andrew Herbert Darcy, miners,…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 12

SENOR MANUEL V. ORTEGA, of Mexico, has devised a process to rapidly and economically amalgamate gold and silver without the use of chloride of…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 5

MR. SLEE, the Chief Inspector of Mines, has returned to Sydney from the Wyalong goldfield. He states that the present population is beyond the capacity of the field. There…

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The Submarine Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 5

THE detachment of submarine miners who arrived here on Friday by the Government steamer Ajax, started work on Saturday, when five submarine mines were laid in the…

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The Burwood Miners. Members Indifferent as to the Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1894 · page 8

A MEETING of the miners who had succeeded in obtaining work at the Burwood Colliery was called for Saturday morning. The business of the meeting was to appoint officers…

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The Collieries at West Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1894 · page 4

THE contractors are busily pushing on the repairs to the West Wallsend and Seaham Coal Company railway line. The bridges are to be lengthened and other waterways…

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District News. Minmi. the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1894 · page 8

THE No. 2 tunnel of the hack Creek collieries has three days in for the pay, but in consequence of the long "spell" which the men have had their earnings for the pay will be…

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