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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 31 of 71

United States Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—Owing to the coalminers' strike the Baltimore and Ohio railway is without fuel. The officers of the company are seizing coal…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Waratah Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1894 · page 5

A MEETING of the Waratah Coal Company will be held on the 23rd instant to consider and deal with the contract for the sale of the company's mine, plant, and railway. it has…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Latest Intelligence. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 May 1894 · page 5

MOST encouraging news has been received from Marble Bar fields. A large number of miners are vigorously engaged in its development, and the majority of the finds are…

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English Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 4

THE depressed condition of the freight market in the United Kingdom is temporarily beneficial to the colliery owners who have entered into annual contracts with consumers…

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The Economic Products of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 3

A LECTURE arranged by the National Association of Colliery Managers, in conjunction with the Technical Education Committees of the…

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The South Wales Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 4

Messrs. Thomas and Davey, of the Bute Docks, Cardiff, report as follows, under date April 3:—Notwithstanding the holidays at Easter, followed by the usual workman's monthly holiday last Monday, there…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Mr. Walter Donnelly's Opinion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1894 · page 5

Mr. WALTER DONNELLY, an old resident of this city, and a gentleman who for the past 20 years has worked on or visited every goldfield of any consequence in Australasia, has…

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The Co-operative Colliery. Additional Non-Unionists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 5

BY the steamer yesterday morning six additional non-unionists for the Co-operative Colliery arrived, and they were taken to Plattsburg by the first tram. A posse of…

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Northern Institute of Mining Students

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 3

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

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The Eight-Hour Question. Congress of Miners at Berlin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 5

BERLIN, Tuesday.—An International Congress of miners is now sitting in this city, discussing the question of bringing about a universal eight-hours'…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. the Railway Coal Contract

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 5

A large deputation of politicians and merchants waited on the Government this morning to ask that the coal contract for the State railways should be given to the Adelaide…

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Mining Disaster in America. Many Men Imprisoned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1894 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Intelligence of a terrible mining disaster has been received from Michigan. The Great Aurora mine caught fire whilst a great…

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The Victorian Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 7

THE managers of the various coal mines in Victoria issued the following reports on Saturday:— Coal Creek Extended,…

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The Mount Huxley Gold Mine. Statements as to Phenomenal Riches. More Mining Experts Wanted. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 4

REPORTS received in Sydney from Hobart with reference to the gold-find at Mount Huxley state that the Mount was the scene of considerable alluvial working in the past…

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Greta. the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 3

There was some disappointment felt at the miners' meeting yesterday when it became known that there was no communication from the manager…

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Fire at a Michigan Copper Mine. the Miners Brought to Bank

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 4

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The fears which were entertained regarding the fate of the miners working below in the Great Aurora Copper Mine,…

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Mr. Fegan. the Government, and the Coal Mines. a Victorian Opinion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 6

IN connection with Mr. J. Lionel Fegan's suggestion that the Government shall secure possession of the coal mines, the Melbourne Argus thus…

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International Miners' Congress. a Million Miners Represented

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 4

BERLIN, Wednesday.—An International Miners' Congress is now sitting in this city discussing the best means to bring about an eight hours…

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The Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 7

THE usual weekly meeting of the Greta Miners' Lodge was held in North's Hall yesterday morning; Mr. W. Jackson in the chair. A number…

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The Miners' Association. Special Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1894 · page 5

THE delegates from the various lodges in the Miners' Association hold a special meeting in the Rouse Assembly rooms yesterday. Mr. Adam Cook presided, and nearly all the…

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