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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

1,402 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 62 of 71

Mining in Western Australia. Rich Developments Reported. Coolgardie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1894 · page 5

AN important discovery has been made on a claim, near the Londonderry Consols mine, but the particulars have not yet been made public…

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Wallsend Police Court. Wednesday, November 7. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Stealing Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 November 1894 · page 6

JOHN SEAW and William Shaw, two boys, aged 13 and 14 years respectively, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing coal of the value of 4d from…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Sensational Gold Crushing

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

A report from Nowra states that a cake of gold weighing 730oz was deposited with the City Bank there to-day by the owners of the Caledonian Mine, Yalwal. This is said to be…

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The Pontypridd Colliery Disaster

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

THE Home Office has instituted a prosecution against the Albion Colliery Company, at Pontypridd, in Wales, and their officials, for alleged violations of…

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Mining

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

ON Monday last Mr. Wilson Rennie, late manager of the Burwood Extended Colliery, took charge of the Greta mini for the new proprietors,…

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The West Australian Gold-fields. Latest from Coolgardie. Coolgardie

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

BAYLEY'S mine shaft is down 280ft, and carries gold as good as over. Good results are still obtained from Kurnalpi by the dry-blowers, but no sensational…

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Correspondence. the Coal Trade. to the Editor

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

SIR,—I am very glad to see in the Newcastle Herald of the 7th instant that there is a disposition on the part of our colliery proprietors to raise themselves out of that lethargy…

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Royal Commission on the Coal Trade. Probable Inquiry by the Government. Sydney

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

THE present condition of the coal trade and the probable developments of the near future have been brought under the notice of the Premier by Mr. Dick, M.P., who has urged…

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The Londonderry Mine

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

LONDON, Saturday.—It is reported that the Londonderry mine, Coolgardie, has been almost underwritten, and that the company will be floated…

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Complication at the Cardiff Colliery

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

IN anticipation of trouble at the Cardiff Colliery, a number of police will be sent to the mine this morning. For some months Mr. J. Johnston has been working the tunnel at…

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The West Australian Goldfields. The Murchison Mines. Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 5

THE following are the latest Murchison crushings:—Fortune of War mine, 80 tons, 116oz; Star of the East cleaned up 385oz for October, the tonnage is not given, Rich…

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The Coal Trade and Vend Schemes

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

THE position of the local coal trade has for some time past called for the serious attention of all who are interested in that industry. And as the…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Mining Development

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 5

A telegram from Charters Towers states that the New Brilliant Extended Company has struck a roof of heavily mineralised stone at a depth of 1940ft. Great excitement…

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The Victorian Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 6

THE following reports were issued on Saturday by the managers of the Victorian coal mines mentioned:— Jumbunna, Korumburra.—Main…

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Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—An explosion of fire damp occurred to-day in a coal mine at Uresa, Bohemia, 20 of the miners being killed…

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'Frisco Coal Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Harrison, under date San Francisco October 18, reports:—Since the departure of the last Australian mail there have been the following arrivals from Newcastle, New South Wales : Clan…

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The Cardiff Colliery. Strike Among the Non-unionists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 5

THINGS are certainly mixed at the Cardiff Colliery, which for the past 18 months has been worked by non-union labour. Briefly, the position is this : The non-unionists have…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Kangaroo Island Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 5

Many prospectors are flocking over to Kangaroo Island, where fresh discoveries of gold with roof and alluvial are daily reported…

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Legislative Council. Coal Mines Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1894 · page 5

The Land Bill was brought up from the Assembly read a first time, and the second reading fixed for the 28th instant. The Labour Settlements Act Further…

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The Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1894 · page 5

MATTERS at the Cardiff Colliery were again quiet yesterday. The seceders from the non-unionist strikers again went to work in the morning, and they were joined by 15 new…

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