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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

815 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 41

Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the above miners was held in Blackburn's hotel on Thursday evening. The attendance was very small. Mr. Jas. Curley was present…

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A Coal Deadlock in Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 3

A deadlock has occurred in connection with the Admiralty coal contracts in Melbourne, owing to the refusal of the local coal merchants' to make themselves responsible for…

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The Coal Train Fatality. a Verdict of Suicide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 7

Mr. G. C. Martin, the District Coroner, held a magisterial inquiry at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday morning touching the death of the man John Jenkins, a miner lately…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 5

With the exception of the three collieries, Stockton, Pacific, and Greta, which have been working badly for over a month now, the output for the fortnight which ended…

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Flooding of a Gold Mine. Loss of 62 LIVES

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A serious mining disaster is reported from Russia. A gold mine near Troitsk, in the Government of Orenburg, was flooded…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 4

The coal shipped at the Government cranes for the week ending yesterday amounted to 46,354 tons, as compared with 50,317 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing a decrease of 3903…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. The attendance was only moderate, Mr. M. Wilbraham in the chair…

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Gold Returns. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

A return prepared by the Department of Mines shows that the output of gold in the colony during the month of April represented 31,894oz. being an increase of…

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A Barrier Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 6

Sir,—Would you kindly grant me space in an issue of your journal with a view to laying before your mining community the present state of affairs in the principal…

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Greta. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 3

At a miners' meeting held at Palmer's Hall yesterday morning the chairman reported that on the previous day a communication was received…

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Trouble at the Wallarah Mine. Eviction Notices Served. Catherine Hill Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 4

Summer were served on 12 miners for not vacating their cottages on receipt of the notice from the proprietors. Inspector Humble visited the mine to-day. About a…

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Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the above miners lodge was held on Thursday in Mr. Wile's hall. The attendance was only moderate, and Mr. J. Mitchell…

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The Minister for Mines and Agriculture. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 5

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture returned by the express train from Brisbane to-day. In speaking of his visit to Wolloungbar Experimental…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

The coal shipments at the Carrington cranes for the week ending 6 a.m. yesterday amounted to 52,470 tons, as compared with 88,407 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing as increase…

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Coal Tenders. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 5

The Railway Commissioners have received 11 tenders for the annual supply of locomotive coal. The contracts involve large operations, as the…

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A Question of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

The steamer Urmston Grange put into Melbourne that Saturday to [?]ish her coal bankers, she being an her way from New York to Sydney and Queensland ports. She had caigo for Fremantic,…

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Stockton. Serious Accident at Stockton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 8

At about half past 12 o'clock yesterday a serious accident befel an employee of the Stockton Colliery named Sydmun Baber, residing in Pitt-street, who has been well…

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Two Federal Delegates. Their Reasons Why Miners Should Support the Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan M.P., and Mr. R. J. Fairbain, representative of the Wholesale Co-operative Society of Great Britain, called at the…

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The Oldest Coal Mine in Europe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 3

A mining engineer, of Aix, who published last year a little book on this subject, has been dipping again into certain old documents, and has reached the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held last evening in the School of Arts, Mr. John flower in the chair. Correspondence…

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