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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 71

The Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

THE usual weekly meeting of the Greta Miners' Lodge was held in North's Hall yesterday, Mr. W. Jackson in the chair. Previous to the meeting being opened, the…

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The Miners' Strike in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Some strikers in ambush shot four non-union miners at Powellton, in the State of Virginia. A number of strikers at…

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Miners' Risks. Accident in the Borehole Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

YESTERDAY Hugh Walker, a minor, residing at Adamstown, met with an accident in the A.A. Company's Borehole pit. Walker was engaged taking a pillar out. While so…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Latest from Coolgardie. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

NEWS from Coolgardie dated last Sunday states that further finds of gold in alluvial are reported from East Kurnalpi, where a large number of fossickers are getting good…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, 6Th June. Municipal Endowments. Mining on Private Lands Bill. Sydney, Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m., Answers to Questions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m., ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. KIDD, in reply to Mr. BLACK, said M'Donnell, clerk of the Bankruptcy Court,…

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The Seaham Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

WORK at the Seaham Colliery has been very brisk of late, and for the pay on Friday the pit has worked 10 days. A number of men are working sight-shift, and over 500 tons…

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The West Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

A FEELING Of uneasiness prevails throughout the township owing to the change in the hewing rate at the West Wallsend Colliery. When that pit stopped the "six-inch" was…

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The Miners' Strike in America. Renewed Disorder Near Pittsburg. Cannon Employed by the Rioters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday.—Reports received from Pittsburg state that a serious condition of affairs exists there in connection with the coal miners'…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Coolgardie News. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

A TELEGRAM from Coolgardie states that Bayley's South Extended has proved disappointing at the 70ft level. When the reef was opened it was found to be much…

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The Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 3

FROM Mr. A. Cook we have received a communication relative to the above colliery. Deducting unnecessary verbiage, the following statement only is of any importance:…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 11

THE railway authorities state that on Tuesday last more coal was hauled over the Government railways than on any previous day since the 1890 strike…

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Coal Famine in Ohio. Waggons Detained by Strikers. Troops Sent to the Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

NEW YORK, Friday.—The coal strike now in progress is causing the greatest inconvenience in the State of Ohio. The scarcity of coal borders on a…

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Export of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 2

The export of coal to foreign and intercolonial ports for the week ending Friday, June 8th, was distributed as follows:— United States...6,295…

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The Victorian Coal Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 7

THE development of the coal industry in Victoria continues to attract great attention in that colony. Prospecting is being carried on in many parts of the country, and the…

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Hudson Brothers v. Greta Collieries Company. Case Again in Court. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 5

THE hearing of the petition on behalf of Hudson Bros. for the winding up of the Greta Collieries Company, Limited, was again before Jadge Manning sitting in…

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Miners' Strike in America. a Settlement Still Remote. Fatal Outrage in Illinois

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday.—The coalminers' strike in Ohio and Illinois still continues, with no prospect of a settlement. The strikers at one of the…

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West Australian Goldfields. a Local Man's Opinion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 8

MR. GEORGE SHARP, who has for the past 20 years been off and on a coal-miner in this. district, has returned from Coolgardie, West Australia, and he has a most favourable…

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The Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 4

LAST Thursday a statement was published as received from Mr. Barr, the manager of the Co-operative Colliery, relative to the average earning of the miners employed at the pit…

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(From Metropolitan Papers.) The Cremorne Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—Sir William Corry, Bart., senior patner in the great ship-owning, &c., firm of William Corry and Company, of…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Scotch Coal Trade. Proposed Reduction in Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—The proposed reduction of the wages of the Scottish miners is meeting with much opposition. The majority of the men favour…

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