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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 52

Dudley Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 5

Mr. Edden, M.P., on Tuesday last visited Dudley, at the request of Mr. Forsyth, when a lengthy conversation took place on the relationship existing…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening. The attendance was very poor. Mr. T. G. Wilson was in the chair…

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Greta. Mining Class

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1900 · page 7

A meeting was held at the School of Arts, on Tuesday evening, with a view in commencing a mining class. Mr. Jeffries, colliery manager, who was voted to the chair,…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 4

Decisions made by representatives of the miners regarding terms and conditions of working are exceedingly important at the present time. At…

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Mining Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 6

Sir,—Stockton, Dudley, Balmain, Glebe, Gunnedah. There will be an inquiry into the latter which will be another farce, similar to the Glebe and the Dudley or…

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Rich Mining District in Alaska

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 6

Another rich mining district has been found in Alaska (says our New York correspondent writing on April 13), and some of those who were about to desert the…

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The Coal Trade Outlook. Special Delegate Board Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 5

A special meeting of the miners' delegate board was held at the Trades Hall, Hunter-street West, yesterday, to consider the terms offered by the proprietors for…

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Naval Coal and the Exhaustion of British Seams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 6

"Engineering," a London paper, states that the advocates of a tax on coal point out, firstly, that the possession of ample supplies of steam coal of the highest quality are…

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Victorian Coal Mining Legislation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 5

A commendable course is being adopted in regard to the proposed Victorian Coal Miners' Regulation Bill, says the " Australian Mining Standard." During the last…

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British Coal Exports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 5

A Parliamentary return giving, for the year 1899, the export of coal from each port in the United Kingdom to each country abroad, &c., contains some interesting…

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Work at the Collieries. Shipping Appliances Inadequate for the Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 5

Again, nearly all the collieries have worked full time for the fortnight, the full time for the coming pay being 10 days owing to the…

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The Vaal Collieries. a Narrow Escape

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Lord Roberts telegraphs that his vanguard was just in time to prevent the destruction of the collieries on both sides of the…

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The Rand Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 4

Two prominent Government employees have had recently to do with the control of the Johannesburg gold mines. One was Mr. Klimke, an…

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Shipment of Coal and Coke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 4

The coal and coke shipments at the Government cranes for the week ending yesterday show a considerable decrease in comparison with the work of the corresponding period of last year This is…

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British Coal and an Export Duty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 6

"Engineering,'' a British paper, says that last year we raised 220 million tons of coal, and exported 41 million tons, that is we exported less than…

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The Rand Mines. Are They in Danger?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.—Mr. Klimke, the Transvaal State Mining Engineer, who recently opposed any Boer interference with the…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall, Mr. Jos. Whittle in the chair. The attendance was exceptionally good…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 8

A special meeting of the above miners was held in the School of Aria last evening, Br, C Richardson in the chair. The chairman explained that the meeting…

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British Coal Exports

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 5

" Whilst the scarcity of steam coal," says "Feilden's Magazine," "has been a subject of general complaint from one end of the country to the other, it is certainly…

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The Weighing Clause. Prosecution of Colliery Managers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 7

The adjourned cases against seven colliery managers for alleged breaches of sub-section 1 of section 38 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1896 were…

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