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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

867 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 44

Coal Trimmers' Union. the Rules Adhered To

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 August 1901 · page 3

A meeting of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union was held at the Lyceum Hall yesterday morning. Mr. J. Struck presided, and there were about…

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The Wharfage Charge on Coal. the Views of Managers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 August 1901 · page 5

The Southern and Western colliery proprietors are feeling considerable Indignation at what they deem a gross injustice imposed upon them in the shipment of…

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Coal and Coke Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 4

Following are the coal and coke shipments by foreign, inter-state, and coastal vessels at the Government cranes at the dyke during the week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday, together with…

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The Coal Trimming Situation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 5

The master stevedores met yesterday to consider the result of the recent conference with representatives of the Coaltrimmers' Union. A notification was…

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Coal Wharfage Rates. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 5

Other circumstances connected with the Sydney wharfage charge on export coal have been made known from an authoritative source. It is stated that very recently…

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The Great Gold Robbery. an Arrest and Confession

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A man named John Winters has been arrested at San Francisco, and has confessed to having tunnelled 350 feet from the…

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Substitute for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 8

Dr. Henry W. Morrow, a chemist of Wilmington (U.S.A.), has invented what is stated to be a valuable fuel. The fuel is made of ordinary earth,…

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Paper on Mine Ventilation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 3

The following extracts are taken from a paper on the "Theory of Mine Ventilation," which was read by "W.H." at a recent meeting of the Adamstown Mutual…

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Coal Resources of Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 7

A few years ago Japan was dependent upon other countries for coal, but almost enough coal can now be won from the native mines to supply the whole country's…

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Copper Mining in the North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 7

The prediction that the copper ore deposits existing in the Silurian belt situated in the Borraba and Bingara districts would prove profitable under…

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The Wharfage Charge on Coal. Viewed From Newcastle's Standpoint

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 3

The 3d per ton wharfage which the Southern and Western colliery proprietors are being, called upon to pay on coal shipped to oversea ports at Sydney, is, in the opinion…

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Wharfage Rates on Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 August 1901 · page 5

On the adjournment of the House early yesterday morning, Mr. Arthur Griffith called the attention of the Premier to the fact that the Sydney Harbour Trust had…

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The Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 3

The monthly meeting of this lodge was held last night, Mr. J. Robson, chairman, presiding. The report was given of the…

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Wickham. Coal Road Crossing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 7

Complaints are not infrequent from drivers of vehicles when passing over the coal road crossing at the end of Hannell-street, that when the gates are shut too…

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Gold Thefts in 'Frisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 5

A few days ago an announcement was made that £70,000 had been stolen from a smelting company in California, and a subsequent wire stated that the police bad…

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Developing New Coal Fields How Matters Are Progressing. a Big Scheme of Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1901 · page 5

It is expected that something like £100,000 will be expended during the next couple of years developing the large coal-bearing estates to the…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1901 · page 5

Some of the collieries are well supplied with orders for many weeks ahead, notably Wallsend, Back Creole, and Dackenfield. The foreign trade is being well sustained…

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Mines' Assessments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1901 · page 4

The appeal of the Broken Hill Proprietary and other leading mining companies on the Barrier against the municipal assessment for 1900-1901 will come before the…

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Export of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1901 · page 4

The export of coal to places beyong the St-to for the week ended on Saturday totalled 57.378 tons, as under:— Tons…

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Coal Trimmers' Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1901 · page 8

The weekly meeting of the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union was held at Wilson's Hall, Carrington, yesterday morning, Mr. J. Struck in the chair. There were…

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