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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 52

The Victorian Collieries. English Owners Investing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—It is stated that some English colliery owners are investing largely in the Victorian colliery companies…

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Parliament. Tuesday, 10Th September. Legislative Assembly. Newcastle Pasturage Reserve. Mining for Coal Under Sydney Harbour. The Nicholls Case. Abolition of Advalorem Duties. Differential Railway Rates. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 5

THE SPEAKERS took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Mr. M'MILLAN entered the House and was sworn in. He took his seat on the front Ministerial bench…

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Gold Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1895 · page 4

THE industry of gold mining in New South Wales is one well worthy of the close attention of the Government. To the discovery of the precious metal is,…

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Parliament. Wednesday, 11Th September. Legislative Assembly. Cardiff Colliery. Prayers for Rain. Land and Income Taxation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 September 1895 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Mr. M'Millan took his sent on the Government side below the gangway. Mr. M'ELHONG, as a personal…

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History of Newcastle. the Dawn of the Coal Trade. Termination of the Monoply. Opening of the Borehole Seam. No. VIII

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 September 1895 · page 6

AMONG others who defied the efforts of the A.A. Company to maintain their monopoly intact were Messrs. W. and J. Donaldson, who, early in the forties,…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 12

BY the decision of the Wallsend miners to once more enter the Miners' Association of this district, that once strong and splendid organisation…

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Critical Experience of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 5

A PECULIAR affair happened yesterday morning at the No. 2 tunnel, Brown collieries, in shaft heading section. The miners on entering the workings were soon affected by the…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Progress at the Mines. NORSEMAN (via Coolgardie)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 5

VERY rich gold has been struck at the 100ft level in the north shaft of the Royal Dane mine, the reef of which has widened to 70ft; also at the 115ft level of the Mount Barker…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Gold Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 September 1895 · page 5

A prospecting party who have leased the new Nuggety Gully mine at Creswick have obtained 30oz of gold in three days. SUICIDE…

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Accident in the Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 5

A WHEELER named James Kelley was severely hurt yesterday morning at Burwood Colliery. Kelley was wheeling two skips when they left the rails and knocked the timber out,…

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Victorian Coal Contracts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 4

THE experience of the Victorian Government with regard to the tenders by Gippsland coal companies for the supply of 156,000 tons of coal to the…

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The Victorian Railways Coal Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 3

THE Victorian coal companies think they have the Government in a corner, and are (says the Melbourne Argus) pressing their advantage. A few…

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Coal-mining in New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 5

IN his annual report upon the coal mines of New Zealand the Minister for Mines points out that the coal-mining industry is steadily increasing, but the output from the mines…

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San Francisco Coal Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 September 1895 · page 4

Mr. J. W. HARRISON, under date San Francisco, August 22, writes:—Since the Alameda left we have had the following arrivals from Newcastle, N.S.W.: Toxteth, 3575 tons; Pythomene, 2855 tons;…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. Railway Coal Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 September 1895 · page 5

Fresh tenders for the supply of coal to the Railway Department are invited. The conditions are the same as before. HORRIBLE CASE…

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The West Australian Goldfields. The Londonderry Mine. Coolgardie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 5

IT is stated on good authority that an offer has been made by a representative of a wealthy English corporation for the purchase of the Golden Bar mine. It is believed that…

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History of Newcastle. Local Steamship Companies. The First Lifeboat Service. Coal Mining Attracts Capital. No. X.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 6

A LITTLE has already been said of the early shipping of Newcastle, and it has been considerably augmented by letters from old residents, some of…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, 19Th September. Mining on Private Lands. The Case of George Hadfield. Newcastle Pasturage Reserve. Land Taxation and Loan Bills. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 September 1895 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. YOUNG, in reply to Mr. WRIGHT said that the final survey of the railway…

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The Greta Colliery Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 4

THAT everything comes to the man who waits has again been exemplified in the matter of the Greta Collieries arrears of rates. The council clerk received a welcome surprise by…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 12

IT is shown by statistics that from 1874 to 1894 the production of coal in France rose from 16,200,000 tons to 26,300,000 tons—a deficit on the…

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