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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Price of Coal. No Change Intended. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 5

A meeting of the Northern Coal-owners' Association was hold at the offices of the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company to-day for the purpose of considering the…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1902 · page 5

Some of the collieries lost a little time during the fortnight which ended on Saturday owing to the quarterly cavil, the miners usually Knocking off for a quarter…

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Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1902 · page 5

A report of a check-inspection of the Co-operation Colliery made by Messrs. W. Bower, district check-inspector, and W. H. Stokes, local check-inspector, on 12th and…

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New Coal Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The new coalfield recently discovered on the Himley Estate of the Earl of Dudley will, it is estimated, give a profit of nearly…

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Claim on De Beers Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Inland Revenue Department claims from the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Limited, £100,000 only, unpaid income tax for…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 3

The Wallsend miners met at the School of Arts on Friday evening. Mr. G. Richardson presiding. Correspondents was dealt with as…

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Miners' Strikes. France and America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 6

LONDON, Monday.—The French Miners' Congress has decided on a general strike. Instructions have been issued to the National…

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Coal in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Coal in New York has risen to 18 dollars (about £3 15s) per ton…

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Greater Newcastle. New Coal Fields. South Maitland District. No. 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 7

The resources of the wonderful coal-bearing district lying to the south of Maitland, and due west of Minmi, have frequently been referred in the…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Globe miners was hold on Monday evening in Simpson’s Hall, There was a good attendance, Mr. R. Powell being in the…

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Minmi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 3

A special meeting of miners was held on Monday night in Wile’s Hall, to consider the minutes of delegate meeting Mr. G. Wood presided. The delegate, Mr…

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Strike of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—There are 3000 miners out on strike at Mount Carmel Collieries in Illinois, in The United States. The mines and the…

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Greta. Colliery Re-opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 6

The preliminary operations for opening the Greta Colliery are now almost complete, and it has been definitely decided to commence unsealing the down and upcast…

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Greta. Anvil Creek Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 6

It is rumoured that operations are about to be commenced to pump the water out of this mine. From this, it is inferred that another attempt will be made to…

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Miners' Strike. the President Intervenes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday:—In consequence of the strike of the miners in Pennsylvania, coal in New York is now selling at ½d per pound (£4 13s 4d…

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Greater Newcastle. New Coal Fields. South Maitland District. No. 21. STANFORD-MERTHYR

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1902 · page 7

Lying about a mile and a quarter to the south of Heddon-Greta is the Stanford-Merthyr Colliery on an estate comprising 1200 acres, which is tapped by the East…

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Developing the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 6

There are upwards of 220 men now employed at the Pelaw-Main Colliery. The mine is being developed under the management of Mr. R. Thomas, general…

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Americans Buying Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 5

LONDON. Friday.—Americans are buying large quantities of coal at Swansea and Newcastle…

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Quicksilver Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 11

There is no more lucrative branch of mining than mining for quicksilver, but workable deposits of cinnabar are few and far between. Peru was at one time…

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Northern Mines. Chamber Application. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 5

In Chambers to-day Mr. Justice Coh[?] President of the Arbitration Court, heard an application to amend issues in the matter of an industrial dispute between…

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