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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

1,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 59 of 71

Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Mount Costigan Mining Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 5

AN application was made in the Equity Court this morning, before Judge Manning, for leave to make calls on the shareholders in the Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Mining Co.,…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 5

THE above miners' lodge held their monthly meeting last night at Love's Hotel, Adamstown. Mr. Nichol occupied the chair. There was a large attendance…

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West Wallsend Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 6

THE monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Sharp's hall on Monday night, Mr. G. Ford presiding, there being a poor attendance. The…

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The Coal Cargoes Board. Experiments at Wallsend. Tests Against Science

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1896 · page 5

WHEN giving evidence before the Coal Cargoes Commission, on 10th instant, Mr. Alex. Ross, the colliery manager at Wallsend, stated that he had tested the effect of…

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The Coal Cargoes Board. a Visit to the Borehole Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 5

PROFESSOR TRELFALL and Mr. Pittman, the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the dangers to which ships carrying coal cargoes are liable, and Mr. Wilson, the secretary of…

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New Gold-saving Device

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 4

Mr. Ben Gray has obtained South Australian letters patent for an invention entitled " An approved apparatus to be used for saving gold and other materials." The…

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The Hetton Miners. Resolution to the District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1896 · page 8

AT the quarterly meeting of the Hetton Miners, held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, last evening (Mr. T. Sample presiding) it was decided to send the following notice of motion…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 7

A SPECIAL meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Thursday evening in the Wallsend School of Arts, Mr. W. Bower in the chair…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 12

THE list of vessels to arrive continues to grow, but some of them will need to come forward pretty quickly if the present activity in the coal trade is to…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 5

SINCE the resumption of work after the general strike the Burwood miners have brought many local grievances before the management, which have been dealt with,…

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An Electric Coal Cutter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 4

Coalmasters in the British Isles are being rapidly interested in electricity as applied to coal cutting. The latest machine is remarkable for the steadiness with which it works,…

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Coal Cargoes Commission. the Heating of Coal Cargoes. Further Evidence on Loading and Trimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 September 1896 · page 6

THE Royal Commission (Professor Threlfall, of the Syney University, and Mr. E. F. Pittmann, the Government Geologist), appointed to inquire into the dangers to which…

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Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1896 · page 6

ON Thursday night the above lodges held their quarterly meeting, there was a fairly good attendance, Mr. John Mitchell presiding…

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Gold in British Honduras

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 September 1896 · page 4

A Belize correspondent says that great hopes are entertained there that Mr. Chamberlain's declared policy of developing the undeveloped estates of the Empire may lead…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 4

The total amount of coal shipped at the dyke for the week ended yesterday at 6 a.m. was 56,414 tons, as against 49,220 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing an increase of 7194 tons in…

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What Gold Has Done

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1896 · page 4

What the possession of a large quantity of stone containing a comparatively small amount of gold can accomplish is shown by the population now congregated on the…

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The New Coal Mines Act. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 5

THE newly passed Coal Mines Regulation Act will come into operation on Thursday next, October 1st. Under the new law the office of Examiner of Coalfields is abolished,…

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Wallsend Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 4

THE men were somewhat taken aback yesterday on observing a notice posted up to the effect that, in compliance with the new Coal Mines Act, misers will require to provide…

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New Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Champion Extended Gold-mining Company, Home Rule, has been formed with a capital of £150,000, and is issuing…

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The Strike of Miners. a Settlement Secured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The strike of miners at Leadville, in Colorado, is now at an end, the men having resumed work at the old rate of wages…

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