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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

894 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 44 of 45

Minmi Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 6

The Minmi Miners Lodge met on Thursday evening, Mr. W. Standing being in the chair, Mr. J. Curley general secretary, dealt with the new special rules, and the…

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Queensland Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

The conference between the representatives of the colliery owners and miners of the West Moreton (Q.) coalfield, was resumed on Thursday. Mr. W. Stafford…

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A Flooded Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A waterspout flooded the Walley Mine at Gwenda, in Rhodesia. Two white men were drowned, and…

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Miners' Accident Relief Act. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 5

George Laurence Smith, William Thomas Fraser, J. T. Memory, T. Hilder, David Blunt, George Coulson, and Hooke appealed to the High Court to-day…

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Mining Invention

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg states that experiments with a new drill suggest that 14,000 whites will be…

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Unique Jewel Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1906 · page 6

At Castleton, Derbyshire, is a mine which furnishes gems the like of which are not to be found elsewhere in all the world. "Blue John" is the name of the…

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Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 4

The Christmas pay will, taking the collieries as a whole, be a very fair one, although in a few instances, unfortunately, the men will not have much to draw…

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Wallarah Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 4

On Friday, at the request of the manager, Mr. Joseph Sperring, of Wallarah Colliery, Mr. Peter Bowling, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, and…

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Elermore Vale Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 4

In connection With the difficulty which arose last week at Elermore Vale Colliery, a deputation from the lodge, accompanied by Mr. A. Lewis, district…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 5

The Wallsend Miners' Lodge met at the school of arts on Friday evening, when Mr. T. Richardson presided. Among the correspondence was a letter…

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Berry United Mining Company. Flotation in London. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 5

Scrip has been issued in connection with the Berry United Deep Leads Gold Mining Co. (Ballarat), which has been floated in London with a capital…

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Our Sydney Letter. Something Regarding Coal and Lead.—newcastle Will Note a Report From India with Interest.—trafalgar Trophies for Sydney: Why Not for Newcastle?—the Deserving of the Northern City.—sydney Feeling Regarding 24th December. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1906 · page 5

An interesting item reaches this city from our northern sister's namesake, Newcastle-on-Tyne. It is to the effect that higher prices are ruling for all new coal…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Wallarah Miners' Lodge was held in Tobin's hall, Catherine Hill Bay, on Saturday evening, Mr. J. Bassett being in the chair. The…

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Seaham Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the Seaham Miners' Ledge was held on Friday in the Federal Hall. Mr. D. J. Evans occupied the chair, and there was a large…

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Miners' Federation. Meeting of the Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held in the Trades Hall yesterday. Mr. Peter Bowling, president…

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Attempted Mine Robbery. the Burglars Caught. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 5

A sensational attempt at robbery took place at the Tower Hill mine at midnight last night. It appears that the watchman was…

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Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 4

A little time ago the Colliery Employees' Federation asked for a conference with the Maitland colliery proprietors upon this question of the increase to be given in…

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Storing Coal Under Water

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 10

To store coal so as to preserve its desirable qualities has long been a problem with all largo users of fuel. All coal deteriorates by exposure to the air, and in…

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Miners' Accident Relief Act. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 5

Judgment was delivered by the High Court this afternoon in the case in which George Laurence Smith, William Thomas Fraser, J. T. Momory, T. Hilder, David…

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Entombed in a Mine. Saved After Eleven Days. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 5

A man named Hicks, a miner, was [?]tombed for eleven days in a mine [?] Bakersfield, California. He was [?]eltimately rescued…

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