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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 52

The Johannesburg Mines. the Threats to Destroy Them

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A bogus trial has been held in Johannesburg with a view to demonstrating Mr. Reitz's threats to destroy the mines, but it is…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 5

The regular monthly meeting of the above lodge was held last night. A letter was read from Mr. A. Fuller, one of the committee, resigning his office…

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The Railway Coal Contracts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 April 1900 · page 4

The terms on which the Railway Commissioners accept their coal contracts for the year are regarded with considerable interest by all engaged in…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 April 1900 · page 8

A special meeting of the above miners was held in Blackburn's Hotel on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of receiving a report from Messrs. Curry…

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Harrison's Coal Circular

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 2

In his coal circular, under date San Francisco, March 31, Mr. J. W. Harrison says:—"Since the steamer Alameda left there have been the following deliveries of coal…

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District News. Wallsend. Miners' Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 7

The provincial council of the A.L. Federation met in Sydney on Thursday last to consider matters in connection with a dispute at the Coal Creek Proprietary Mine, Gippsland,…

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Coal Prices in All Countries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 5

"Engineering" states that the price of coal at the pit's mouth varies a good deal in the different centres of production. The lowest point appears to have been touched…

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The Indian Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1900 · page 5

We take the following with regard to the Indian coal trade from the Allahabad "Pioneer," received this week:—"We have referred on many occasions to the growth of…

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The Coal Creek Colliery. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 5

The Coal Creek (Vic.) Colliery dispute has not yet been settled, although the miners have put forward their best efforts to arrive at an amicable arrangement on…

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Work at the Collieries. a Good Demand for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 5

Owing to many of the colliery offices being closed on Saturday as well as on Monday, no exact record of the work done in the way of coal production could be ascertained until…

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A Curious Colliery Explosion

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 8

In a recent number of the Journal of the Mining Society of Nova Scotia, Mr. J. G. Rutherford describes a curious and unexpected result of a shot fired in a heading…

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Coal Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 4

The coal shipments at the dyke for the week ended yesterday amounted to 45,827 tones as compared with 41,670 tons for the corresponding period of last year, and showing an increase of 4157 tons on the week's…

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The Boer Forces in Natal. Three Collieries Dynamited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Native scouts report that the Boers have retired beyond the Biggarsberg, Natal, after dynamiting three collieries at…

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The Rand Mines. More Boer Intrigue. a Bogus Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Epler, an Austrian commanding the Rand Mines Police, arrested fourteen men, who were acting under the orders of Mr…

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Dudley. the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1900 · page 8

The indefatigable efforts of the leaders of the Colliery Employees' Federation to once more inaugurate a branch of the organisation at Dudley…

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Kimberley Mines. Diamonds Concealed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 April 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Day fire manager of the Frank Smith Diamond Mines, at Kimberley, saved a large number of diamonds and documents…

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Soockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 5

The adjourned monthly meeting was Bold last night, Mr. J. Houston (chairman), presiding. Mr. J. Bower (district president) was present, and also the local delegate…

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Colliery Employees' Federation. Quarterly Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 4

The quarterly meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday at the Trades Hall, Hunter-street West. Mr…

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The Burwood Colliery. One Result of the "Average" System of Weighing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Croudace, the general manager of the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, who, with the Burwood Colliery manager, was fined 60s…

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Coal Weigning Conditions. Defendants Plead Guilty and Are Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 April 1900 · page 3

The first of many prosecutions that are about to take place for breaches of the weighing clause, section 38 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1896,…

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