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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

894 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 45

Minmi Miners' Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 5

A meeting of the Back Creek and Duckenfield Miners' Lodge took place in Peel's Hall, on Thursday evening. Mr. W. Standing occupied the chair. A communication…

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Tin Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Straits Development Company has been formed, with a capitol of £10,000, to exploit tin in the Malay States. The…

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Mining Matters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 5

A rumour gained currency yesterday that a fall had occurred in the Cardiff Colliery. However, when the manager, Mr. W. Whitson, was seen yesterday afternoon,…

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The Mining Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 4

Politicians and economists and writers on the resources of Australia are apt to pay too little attention to the great influence exercised by the…

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Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 5

The monthly meeting of members of the Hetton Lodge was held at the Albion Hotel, Wickham, last night. Mr. G. Oldham, chairman of the lodge presided, and…

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Rescue Work in Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 5

Very up-to-date are the German Collieries in regard to life-saving apparatus, due, to be just, to the Kaiser's early interest in the welfare or his underground…

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English Miners' Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 10

The report and statement of accounts of the Northumberland and Durham (Eng.) Miners' Permanent Relief Fund for the year ended December 31, 1905,…

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A New Coal Loader

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 5

The system of loading coal out of colliers into other ships, by means of baskets, is antiquated, and in countries abroad threatens to become obsolete…

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The Great Cobar Copper Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. C. M. Rolker, the mining engineer and expert, is still engaged in the examination of these properties, which include the Great Cobar Copper Mine, Cobar…

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London News. Silver Coinage in Australia.—lieutenant Bellairs, M.P., on the Australian Navy.—australian Exhibition.—the Late Dr. Richard Garnett.—the Great Cobar Copper Mine.—lord Elgin and the Colonies.—the Ragging Case. London, April 27th, 1906

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

As Treasurer of the Commonwealth, Sir John Forrest is, of course, greatly interested in the questions of coinage and decimal currency, and these have not…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 5

The coming pay will again be a good one, for practically the whole of the pits in the Newcastle and Maitland districts worked well during the fortnight ended…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 6

The members of the Wallsend Miners' Lodge met at the School of Arts on Friday evening, Mr. Thomas Richardson presiding…

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Shipment of Coal. Congestion at the Dyke

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 5

Complaints continue to be made concerning the congestion at the Dyke, in the matter of dealing with coal. At present, the coal trade is very brisk, and many…

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Attack on Mines. Many Men Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 5

Five thousand Mexicans on strike at, Mrs. Hetty Green's copper mines pt Cananea dynamited the property and attacked the American miners…

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Cessnock and Ellalong. Mining and Agriculture. Development of the Districts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 4

Lying almost midway between the Hawkesbury and Hunter rivers, and on the road between Sydney and Maitland, the Wollombi and contiguous districts were…

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Coal for South Australia. the Government Contracts. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 5

The Government have made a saving of £17,000 in arranging the contracts for the supply of coal for the Government departments for the next two years…

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Mexican Mining Raid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Eight of the ringleaders of the riots at Cananea, Mexico, have been executed. The rioters were Mexicans on…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 5

The return furnished by the Under-Secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for the month of May is 19,456 ounces crude, equal to 17,185…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

A special meeting of the Glebe miners was held in Simpson's Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. Rees Powell in the chair…

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Women in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the sitting of the International Congress of Miners in London yesterday, a resolution was passed recommending…

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