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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

1,028 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 38 of 52

Hetton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 4

A meeting of the members of Hetton Miners' Lodge was held in the lodge-room, Wickham, last night. Mr. J. Cusick, chairman of the lodge, presided, and…

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Wallarah Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 6

The Wallarah Miners' Lodge met on Saturday night at Catherine Hill Bay. Mr. J. Bassett being in the chair. The minutes of the last monthly and…

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Murrurundi Shale Mine. Murrurundi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 5

During the last two years active prospecting operations have been conducted on the country near Murrurundi for shale deposits. The Australian Shale…

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Colliery Engine-drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 6

Sir,—Having watched the actions and statements made by Mr. H. A. Mitchell, secretary to the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association during the…

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Colliery Engine-drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 13

Sir,—As one who has watched the correspondence appearing in your journal at different times during the last few weeks. I crave space to answer the letter of…

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Colliery Fires. Many Men Suffocated. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 5

A fire his broken out in a coalmine at Haileyville, Oklahoma. It is believed 30 miners have been suffocated…

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Miners Decorated by the King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 11

Memories of the terrible disaster at Hamstead Colliery, near Birmingham, and of the heroic but unavailing efforts made by Yorkshire miners to rescue the…

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The Mining Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 7

Even the glories of Shepherd's Bush must not divert our attention from the extremely interesting mining exhibition which was opened at Olympia on…

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Zinc-mining in Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 14

Compared with that of most of thy other common metals the history of zinc-mining in Great Britain Is short, not going bock more than about 300 years. In the early…

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Black Jack and Curlewis. Coal for the Railways. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 5

Some time ago Mr. P. Howling and Mr. A. Lewis, of the Colliery Employees' Federation, had an interview with Mr. Wade, the State Premier, in regard to…

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London News. Canadian Tercentenary.—olympic Games.—british Fair Play.—the Imperial Press Conference.—the Mining Exhibition.—penny Postage. London, July 24. Canadian Tercentenary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 7

The fetes commemorating Quebee's Tercentenary began in earnest with the arrival of the Prince of Wales on Wednesday afternoon. The Wales landed…

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Colliery Fires. Another Outbreak. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 5

The lives of many miners at the Stanfield Colliery, in Lanarkshire were seriously imperilled yesterday by a fire at the mine…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 5

The fortnight ended on Saturday was about on a par with the preceding fourteen days, so far as work at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries was…

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Colliery Engine-drivers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 7

Sir.—Mr. John Lloyd complains of the damaging statement made by me in a better which appeared in your journal. In his reply he not only confirms some…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 6

The return furnished by the Under-secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of August is 17,886 ounces cru[?]le,…

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Mining Matters. Unrest at Teralba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 5

The resolution which came before the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation on Friday, from the Teralba lodges, is indicative of the…

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A Mine Slide. Disaster at Mount Morgan. Seven Men Killed. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 September 1908 · page 5

Telegrams have been received from Mount Morgan reporting a fall of earth at the 850 feet level of the Mount Morgan Gold-Mining Company's works at…

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Killingworth Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 7

The Killingworth Miners' Lodge met on Wednesday evening. Mr. J. Hutchison having sent by his resignation as president. Mr. J. M'Williams was elected to…

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M'myler Coal Hoist. the Machine and Its Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 4

The construction of the first of the M'Myler coal hoists, to be used in connection with the shipping of coal at Newcastle, is now well under way. The hoist…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 September 1908 · page 5

The Glebe miners met on Monday evening, Mr. Rees Powell presiding. A recommendation from the local committee that the quarterly contribution by…

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