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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

819 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 40 of 41

New Zealand Coal and Oil Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 7

This company, some time ago, came into possession of the well-known Kaltangata Coal mine. This is a mine situated in Otago, within easy distance of Dunedin by…

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East Greta Coal Company. Meeting of Shareholders

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 7

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the East Greta Coal Mining Company, Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the company, Messrs…

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Work at the Collieries. Hewing Rate Reduction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 December 1903 · page 4

Though the majority of the collieries had a good output during the previous fortnight, the result of a more than average demand for coal as compared with…

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The Rand Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 December 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday—The Johannesburg Chamber of Trade, representing wholesale houses of that city, has recommended the importation of…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Burwood miners was held last night. Mr. G. Anderson presided. The attendance was small…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 6

The meeting of the above miners was held on Monday evening in Simpson's Hall. There was a good attendance, and Mr. R. Powell occupied the chair…

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Pelaw Main. the Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon a list comprising 36 names was posted outside the Pelaw-Main Colliery office notifying that the men were to start to work on their…

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Splendid Gold Find. Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1903 · page 6

William Large and party yesterday found a splendid slag of gold, weighing 660 ounces Large only took up the claim, which, had been abandoned, on the…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 December 1903 · page 5

A return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold produced in this State during the month of November was 19,742oz crude, equal to 15,772oz fine…

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West Wallsend. the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 6

The West Wallsend Colliery, which until lately has been working very well, has been idle for the past fortnight. This is in striking contrast to the Seaham Colliery,…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 10

A meeting of the Lambton Miners' Lodge was held on Wednesday night. Mr. J. W. Oldham presided. The delegate, Mr. B. Mason, read and explained the…

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Important Coal Discovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 13

According to advices from Kabul a coal deposit has been discovered at Koorokh, in the Jugdalah Mountains, by employees of the Ameer, who have sent to Kabul…

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Merewether Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 3

A special meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held on Thursday evening, when the delegate minutes, of the 2nd December were considered and adopted, with the…

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District News. Minmi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield miners was held on Thursday evening in Wile's Hall. Mr. G. Wood presided. A communication was…

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Miners' Delegate Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 4

A special meeting of the miners' delegate board was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, yesterday. Mr. J. Bower, the president, was in the chair, and there…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 5

The Stockton miners held their monthly meeting last night. Mr. W. Eagles was voted to the chair in the absence of the president…

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Recipes That Are Gold Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 12

There is money, big money sometimes, in secret recipes., That for making a particular kind of pill was disposed of recently at public auction in London for the…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 7

The quarterly meeting of the Sea Pit miners was held on Thursday evening in Blackburn's Hotel. Mr. J. Halliday occupied the chair…

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Mining Frauds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, A. S. Rowe, formerly a partner of the firm of Bewick Moreing, and Company, and…

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Western Miners. Arbitration Court Award. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court to-day, judgment was delivered in the matter of the dispute in which the Coal Miners' Protective Association of the western district…

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