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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 36 of 52

Northern Institute of Mining Students

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1895 · page 7

A MEETING of the Northern Institute of Mining Students was held in the Technical School on Saturday evening, the president, Mr. Jury, in the chair…

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District News. Wallsend. Miners' Home Lodge Benefit Society

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 3

A special meeting of the members of the Miners' Home Lodge was held in the large hall of the Wallsend School of Arts on Wednesday…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 12

FOR the past week the Newcastle coal trade has been fairly brisk, and the arrival of several ships in ballast, even from England, is a sign that, low as…

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The Victorian Coal Industry The Question of Railway Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 7

IN the course of his budget statement the Treasurer of Victoria announced that the annual allowance of £14,000 to the Railway Department for the carriage of Victorian coal…

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The Mining Disaster in Victoria. Recovery of the Bodies. Evidence of Death from Starvation. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 5

ALL the bodies of the men entombed in the M'Evoy Co's mine at Eldorado have now been recovered. The relief parties penetrated No. 3 drive yesterday, and at 10 last…

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Colliery Disaster in Scotland. Fourteen Lives Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—A terrible mining disaster occurred yesterday at Ardrossan, a seaport town of Scotland, on the Clyde. A colliery in the…

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Explosion in Sydney Harbour. a Coal-Laden Vessel Blown Up. Three Men Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 August 1895 · page 5

A SERIOUS explosion occurred this morning on board the brigantine Rospend, lying at Elizabeth Bay She had loaded Metropolitan coal at the southern port for the Richmond…

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The Coal Gas Explosion Condition of the Injured Men. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 5

THE explosion on the coal-laden brigantine Prosperity, in Elizabeth Bay yesterday, was a very serious affair, but, fortunately, was not attended with loss of human life. The…

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The Coal Gas Explosion. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 5

THE brigantine Prosperity has been towed from Elizabeth Bay to Johnstone's Bay for repairs. Captain J. Hall surveyed the vessel on behalf of the Cornwall Insurance…

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Western Australia. Coolgardie, Tuesday. Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 5

The result of the great boulder crushing is 1596oz of gold from 176 tons, or an average of over 9oz to the ton. The Mount Burgess Company have out the…

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Ministerial Policy. an Important Cabinet. Appointments to the Upper House. Collieries Commission. The Opposition. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1895 · page 5

THE Cabinet held another long sitting, and further discussed the order of the policy to be submitted to Parliament and also dealt with the appointments to the Council and the…

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Minmi. the Colliery Doctorship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

The much-talked-of ballot for the election of a medical officer for Brown's collieries took place at the tunnels on Wednesday evening, and from…

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The Collieries Commission. Nothing yet Decided. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 5

THE Cabinet to-day did not deal with the appointments of a collieries commission, nor was the matter before the Executive. The matter may be definitely arranged to-morrow…

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The Collieries Commission. Still Undecided. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 5

UNUSUAL reticence is being displayed by the Government regarding the Royal Commission on the coal industry, which will probably be appointed next week, but this is supposed…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 12

THE Mount Morgan gold yield for July was 11,657oz from 6895 tons of atone. The whole output of Coolgardie for the same time was 12,271oz…

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Export of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

The export of coal to foreign and intercolonial places for the week ended yesterday was as follows:— Tons…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 August 1895 · page 6

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Wallsend School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. W. Bower in the…

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The Dispute at the Coal Creek Mine. Award of the Arbitrators

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 6

THE arbitrators in the dispute between the manager and miners of the Coal Creek Company, Korumburra, have given their award…

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Telegrams New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Hero Silver and Gold Mining Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 5

IN the Equity Court to-day, Judge Manning postponed for a month an application by the liquidator of the Hero Freehold Silver and Gold Mining Co. for sanction of the sale of…

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A Big Mining Dividend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The North Queensland Mines Agency Company will declare a dividend at the rate of 30 per cent…

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