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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 71

Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. the Recent Coal Discovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

The Acting-Government Geologist has submitted a report to the Government on the operations at St. Kildia. He states emphatically that it is useless boring for black coal,…

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Mining on Private Property Bill. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

IT will be remembered that some months ago a conference of delegates appointed from different, parts of the colony mat in Sydney to consider the Mining on Private Property Bill…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Burwood Extended Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 4

A meeting of debenture holders in the Burwood Extended Coal Mining Company, in liquidation, was hold this afternoon, to consider a proposal to take over the property…

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The Scottish-australian Mining Company. Extending Their Operations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 3

THE purchase of the Burwood Colliery by the Scottish-Australian Mining Company will necessitate several important changes with regard to the opening out of the Durham…

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The Victorian Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 7

THE managers of the various coal mines in Victorian report as follows for the week ended on Saturday:— Coal Creek Extended, Korumburra…

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The Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 7

THE Clerk of Awards under the Trade Disputes Act, in addition to his communication to Mr. Henderson, the miners' secretary, has written to the…

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The Duckenfield Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 8

A MEMBER of the Minmi miners' lodge in conversation with a representative of this journal in Newcastle on Tuesday, stated that the Duckenfield miners are going to use every…

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Californian Coal Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 7

THE following details of the San Francisco coal market are from the circular of Mr. J. W. Harrison:— "Since the last Australian mail there…

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The Recent Coal Strike in Scotland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 6

SCARCELY had the oil of State-aided compromise been poured upon the troubled waters in which the mining industry of the English Midlands…

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Burwood Extended Coal Company. Work Will Probably Start. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 5

AT the meeting of the debenture holders of the Burwood Extended Coal Company yesterday it was unanimously resolve to accept the advice of their trustees, Messrs…

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The Coal Trade. Co-operative Colliery Dispute. The Manager's Terms Rejected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

ON Tuesday evening a deputation of the colliery workmen, accompanied by the district officers, interviewed Mr. Barr at his residence, Styles Grove. After the matter in…

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The Seaham Colliery Difficulty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

The district officers of the Miners' Association visited West Wallsend on Tuesday for the purpose of accompanying a local deputation to interview the manager of the Seaham…

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The Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 5

An interview was held yesterday afternoon between Mr. Harper, representative of the Grota collieries, and the general secretary, the district chairman, with six representatives…

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Coal at Calais

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 3

THE discovery of coal at Dover seems to be attracting considerable attention at the present time on the other side of the Channel. The inhabitants of…

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The Miners' Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 8

The quarterly meeting of the delegates from the various lodges in to Miners' Association will take place in the House Hotel assembly rooms to-day. The most important business…

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Northern Institute of Mining Students. Annual Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the Northern Institute of Mining Students was held in Latham's Hall on Saturday, Mr. R. J. Jury presiding…

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The Coal Trade. Miners' Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 5

THE quarterly meeting of the delegates from the various lodges in the Miners' Association took place in the Rouse Assembly Rooms yesterday. Mr. Adam Cook occupied the…

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The Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 5

The Stockton minors held their ordinary monthly lodge meeting last night with closed doors, as is now their custom. The business dealt with was merely upon ordinary routine…

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The Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 5

The Burwood miners held a special meeting to consider and deal with the delegate minutes on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. John Haddow presided…

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Barraba Copper Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 5

THE first consignment of about one and a half ton of copper has just been received at the Waratah Smolting Works from the Cornish Copper Mines at Barraba, and when…

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