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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

867 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 44

Gold Dredging in Paraguay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 6

The Trans-Pacific Investment Syndicate of Queensland is an unexpected development of the New Australian settlement movement, says the "Australasian." One…

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Western Coal Trade. Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 5

Last week the losses through want of trucks were heavier than ever. On Tuesday the Lithgow Colliery lost in hour and a half, and the Hermitage an hour, while…

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The Coal Famine in Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 7

The high price of coal that rules throughout the greater part of the past year has crused inconvenience and loss in most countries, and all classes…

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Stockton. the Mining Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1901 · page 7

Our Stockton correspondent writes that an exemplification of the importance of the "whole truth" being given to the public on all questions is provided by the details of the…

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The Aberdare Collieries, Limited. Preparations for Coal Production. Development of the Greta Series

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 6

The construction of railway lines to the Richmond Vale and Stanford-Greta estates will bring about the development of coal fields which are expected to prove…

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District News. Teralba. Meeting of Shareholders of Pacific Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1901 · page 7

A meeting of shareholders of the Pacific Colliery convened by advertisement, was held in Hudson's Hall on Tuesday night. The meeting was…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 5

The Burwood miners held their monthly meeting last night at Dorrity's Hotel, New Lambton. Mr. John Jones occupied the chair. There was a good attendance…

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Stockton. the Colliery Disaster Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 5

The annual audit of the funds raised for the relief of those who suffered by the Stockton Colliery disaster of 1896 has just been completed by Messrs. H. R. Campbell…

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Cardiff Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 5

In connection with the interview that took place on Thursday evening between the miners' district officers and Mr. W. W. Johnson, concerning matters in dispute at those…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 5

Burwood miners, at their meeting on Thursday night, approved of the resolution from the delegate board to the appointment of a district check-inspector. The…

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Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 11

In his monthly circular to the members of the Durham (Eng.) Miners' Association, Mr. John Wilson, M.P., secretary of the Durham Miners' Association, deals largely…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 6

The adjourned monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the School of Arts on Thursday evening. Mr. C. Richardson in the chair…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Thursday evening in Blackburn's Hotel. The attendance was small. Mr. T. G. Wilson was in…

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Mr. Fegan and the Miners' Relief Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 6

Sir,—According to a statement made by the Hon. J. L. Fegan at Mr. Blanksby's banquet, he (Mr. Fegan) is responsible for the appointment of the…

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The Mining Situation. a Negative Reply From the Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 5

The miners' general secretary has received a reply from Mr. Wheeler, the secretary of the proprietors' committee, concerning matters that were before the…

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Railway Owned Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Indian Mining Association was held recently to discuss two letters from the Acting Superintendent Bengal Coal Co., Limited, upon this…

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The Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 5

A well-attended meeting of the Hetton miners was held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, on Thursday evening, under the presidency of Mr. G. Oldham…

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Export of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 4

The export of coal to places beyond the colony for the week ended on Saturday amounted to 72,233 tons, as under:— Tons…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade. Inconvenience and Loss. an Important Statement. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 4

It the course of conversation with a representative of this journal to-day, Mr. Sam Smith, M.P., referred to the Northern coal trade, and made…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 4

Prior to the close of the year an opinion was expressed in this journal that the total output of coal from New South Wales for 1900 would greatly…

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