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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

972 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 49

South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Stormy Mining Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 5

A stormy meeting occurred to day at the Queen Margaret No. 2 South Gold-mining Company, when the new directors presented their report, which was adverse to two of the…

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Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 5

YESTERDAY there was received, through Mr. J.M. Hyde, a donation of £1 1s, forwarded by Mr. J. J. Weston, now in England, who was till recently the Sydney manager for the…

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Gold Robbers. Cleverly Caught

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 7

A CASE affecting the interests of manufacturing jewellers, gold dealers, and others came before the Melbourne City Bench on Saturday. A young…

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The Utilisation of Coal Dust

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 4

The Victorian Secretary of Customs has received a communication from Mr. G. Dartnell, of Pondicherry, India, with reference to a new method of manufacturing…

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Inspection of Colliery Weighbridges. Deputation of Managers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 5

THE Minister for Justice to-day received a deputation from the Colliery Managers' Association of Newcastle with reference to the inspection of colliery weighbridges. The…

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A Large Mining Undertaking

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 4

It is stated that Messrs. Rothschild are at the back of some recent transactions in California mining claims in the matter of copper. The great Iron Mountain copper and gold…

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Cost of a Gold Mine Shaft

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 4

In the course of the hearing in London of a case arising out of a "deal" in the shares of the New Steyn Estates Gold Mining Company, it was incidentally mentioned that to…

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The East Greta Colliery. Increasing the Coal Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 4

FOR a big part of the time since the strike the East Greta Colliery has been worked 16 hours a day (two shifts), and though over 350 hands are employed, the output has been…

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Minmi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield lodges took place on Thursday night in Wile's Hall, Mr. John Mitchell presiding…

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Work at Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 5

The Dudley miners, assisted very materially by Mr. A. Brown, M.L.C., have at length induced the railway authorities to agree to run a workmen's train to the…

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Gold-mining in New Guinea. Discovery of a Rich Reef. Cooktown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 5

ADVICES from Port Moresby state that a rich reef has been discovered on the Port Moresby side of the Dividing Ranges. The discovery has caused considerable excitement…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 8

THE monthly meeting was held in Hawkins ball, Islington, on Thursday, Mr. John Robinson in the chair. Questions were asked and answered about…

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A Welsh Coal Output Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 4

The suggested scheme of the joint committee of associated and non-associated coal-owners in South Wales for the adjustment of the output of coal to meet the demand was…

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A Cathedral Paved with Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 4

There is in Lichfield Cathedral a quaint relic of the old coal paving. As the visitor passes from Chantrey's "Sleeping Children" into a dark side room now used for storing…

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Mining Affairs. Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 5

THE quarterly delegate meeting will be held on Thursday next at the Trades Hall, when a large amount of business that has been allowed to accumulate will be submitted for the…

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The Extraction of Gold From Ores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 4

South Australian letters patent have been granted to Mr. G. E. Richardson for an improved process and apparatus for extracting gold and other metals from ores and…

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Explosives in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1897 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers considerable discussion took place on a paper read by Mr. Hall, one of her Majesty's inspectors of…

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District News. Wallsend. Miners' Home Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1897 · page 6

On Wednesday evening the quarterly meeting of this lodge was held in the School of Arts. There was a poor attendance, and members freely expressed their opinion that…

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Lady Hampton Mine. the Alleged "Rigging" of the Market. Heavy Damages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice to-day, Mr. E. A. Ridsdale, a stockbroker, recovered £8000 damages…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1897 · page 4

The coal shipments at the dyke for the week ended at 6 am. yesterday reached a total of 50,853, as against 51,036 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a decrease of 183 tons on last…

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