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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

1,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 47 of 71

The Pacific Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 5

THE sixth half-yearly general meeting of the Pacific Co-operative Steam Coal Company, Limited, was held at the Lake Macquarie Hotel, Teralba, yesterday afternoon. The…

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West Australian Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Burbanks Consols Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, West Australia, has been formed with a capital of £80,000, and…

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Statement by the Wallsend Colliery Manager. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 5

Sir,—I repeat what I expressed to your Wallsend correspondent that I did not in any way imply to the deputation who interviewed me on Saturday, by word or inference, that…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade. Loss of Ships at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 12

FOLLOWING is the conclusion of Mr. E. W. G. De Gyulay's address on the above subject:— "So far we have not had an…

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The Mining Situation. Fair Progress at the Pits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 5

EARLY next week the Carrington dyke will present a scene of activity, such only as was witnessed just before the strike, some few months ago. Already the ships are lying…

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New Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Golden Cliffs Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, has been formed with a capital of £200,000, of which £75,000 is being…

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The Mining Situation. Pits Start To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1896 · page 5

WITH the exception of the Lambton Colliery, where work may not be commenced until Wednesday, the whole of the pits of the district will be in operation to-day. In…

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State Arbitration. Mass Meeting of Miners and Citizens. a Proposed Trades Conciliation and Arbitration Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1896 · page 6

A MASS meeting of miners and others was held opposite Hollingshead's Exchange Hotel on Saturday evening for the purpose of discussing the…

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The Collieries at Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 5

ALL the collieries in the district which were at work before the strike resumed operations yesterday. Lambton will be opened in the course of a few days, and it is very probable…

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Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 4

The total amount of coal loaded at the Government wharves for the week ended Saturday amounted to 25,000 tons and 57 tons coke, as against 43,678 tons coal and 29 tons coke for a…

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Lambton Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 7

There was posted at the colliery yesterday a list of the names of the miners to be employed. The manager sent a message to the secretary that…

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Mining Companies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Nowtharma Gold Mining Company has been formed with a capital of £75,000, of which £30,000 is to be offered for public…

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An Important Mining Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 4

The Right Honourable Arthur James Plunkett, Earl of Fingall, and the Union Bank were defendants in an action brought by John Huxley, William Gardiner, John…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Good Find of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 5

The prospectors, Rudolph Ludewig and Jack Williams, came into Georgetown on Saturday with 250oz dollied gold, said to have been obtained on the old Gilbert…

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The United States. Reduction of Gold Reserve. Chicago Platform Disapproved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Since the sitting of the Chicago Convention, at which Mr. W. J. Bryan was adopted as the Democratic candidate for the…

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The Coal Mines Commission. The Charges for Sittings. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1896 · page 8

THE following communication from Mr. F. E. Rogers, the president of the Royal Commission on Coal Mines Bill, regarding the charges made for sittings, was laid on the…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1896 · page 7

MR. E. W. G. DE GYULAY has compiled the following list of vessels, loaded with Newcastle coals, lost, wrecked, on fire, or missing, or to…

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The Quest for Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1896 · page 4

THE monetary conflict between gold and silver now seriously affects the whole of the civilised world. At the present time the political fate of the…

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Work for Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 5

SOME of the colliery proprietors who are working shorthanded do not expect to have their pits fully manned for nearly a month yet. The reason for this is that a good…

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Lambton Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 8

THE colliery whistle blew yesterday for work to commence to-day. This is the first time that melodious sound has been heard for 23 weeks. The trades people are jubilant at…

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