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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

867 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 44

The Value of American Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 7

The possibility of American coal being shipped to this country (writes the British journal "Engineering") in considerable quantities renders it Interesting to know…

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The Coal-lumpers' Lockout. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 5

The trouble between the owners of the steam colliers and the Coil. Lumpers' Union promises to be a serious one, all work having been suspended…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall Mr. R. Powell in the chair. The attendance was only moderate…

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The Coal Lumpers' Lockout

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 5

Up to the present the difficulty which has arisen between the owners of the steam colliers employed in the: coastal trade and the Coal Lumpers' Union has…

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Convicts in an American Colliery. a Serious Mutiny

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The hundred and eighty-four convicts working in Lausing Colliery, Kansas, mutinied below, and would, not allow their…

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The Coal Loading Dispute. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

There is no prospect of the dispute between the collier owners and the coal lumpers being amicably settled, and as a consequence…

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Minmi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 8

The monthly meeting in connection with Back Creek and Ducleanfield miners was held on Thursday night in Wile's Hall, Mr. J. Mitchell presiding…

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Wallsend. Miners' Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 5

A ballet was taken on Tuesday last in order to decide which of the present checkweighmen should be retired from the position consequence of the stoppage of one…

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Mining Operations at the Rand. Work Now Begun

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Sinking and crushing operations have been begun on a limited scale at the Simmer and Jack, Jubilee, City and Suburban,…

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On the Rating of Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 6

Mr. H. A. Graham, of Stockton, writes:—Efforts and agitations have been made to bring about the establishment of some rule for making the assessment of collieries upon…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, March 16. a State Coal Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 2

There has been quite a flutter in the commercial dovecots during the last few days because of the announcement by the Premier to a deputation…

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Borehole Colliery Worked Out. the Shafts to Be Filled Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 7

At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Borehole Colliery, the property of the A.A. Company, was "worked out." Some of the fifty miners who have…

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Russian Coal Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 7

Russia is suffering from a scarcity of coal, which threatens to severely bamper some of her industries, says an English contemporary. The demand for coal and…

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A Sydney Letter. This Barton—versus—reidism.— a National and Not a Provincial Struggle. — Old Age Pensions.— the Coal Lumpers and Coolie Labour.—something About the Coinage.—the Crime of Being Thirsty on Sunday. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1901 · page 3

Barton v. Reid; Reid versus Barton! The way the changes are rung down here the stranger in our midst would never think it was a national election. All the…

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The Scottish Coal Outlook

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 8

Prices for all kinds of coal (says the "Glasgow Herald") are rapidly becoming weaker on the chief coal exchanges, and a substantial reduction imprice is now fully…

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The Miners' Accident Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 6

Sir,—Mr. Fegan, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, having stated at the interview with deputation at the Trades Hall on the 9th March "that he informed the delegate…

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The Miners' Accident Relief [?] Important Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 3

Mr. G. F. Scott, Deputy S.M., who presided at the Newcastle Police Court yesterday, gave an important decision in the first prosecution in connection…

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Electric Power for Gold Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 3

It is not every Indian gold mining undertaking which enjoys the prosperity of the Champion Reef Gold Mining (Company of India, but the results…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 2

The above miners held their quarterly meeting last evening in Blackburn's Hotel, Mr. T. G. Wilson in the chair…

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American Coal in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1901 · page 5

The importation of an experimental cargo of American coal by a London gas company some few months back excited considerable comment on both sides of the…

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