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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

1,369 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 69

Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 3

The quarterly meeting of the Co-operative Miners was held on Wednesday evening. Mr. G. Sellwood presiding over a good attendance…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1909 · page 4

A special meeting of the New Lambton miners was held on Wednesday night at Russell's hotel, Adamstown. Mr. F. Rushton was in the chair, and there was…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 5

The cavils at the Wallsend on Colliery, which should have, in the ordinary course of events, been drawn on Wednesday last, were not drawn in consequence of…

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Elermore Vale Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 2

The Elermore Vale miners met on Thursday evening. Mr. T. Simpson presiding. After the minutes were read, a…

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Safety in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 13

The miner's cage, as Sir Henry Cunynghame, K.C.B., explained in his recent lecture before the Royal Institution of Great Britain, goes up and…

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Rescue Work in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 11

In the descriptions of the rescue work after mining explosions in Europe and America, reference is nearly always made to the valuable aid rendered by the use…

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Mining in Papua

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 11

Mining in Papua has had some attention directed to it lately principally by reason of the native raids on miners' camps. From the reports submitted by the…

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Tin Mining in Cornwall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1909 · page 11

Of all the tin mines which, some 20 years ago, were being worked in the St. Just district of Cornwall, which is a few miles to the north-east of the…

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Work at the Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 5

There was a marked improvement in the average of days worked at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries for the fortnight ended on Saturday as compared with the…

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Cardiff Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 5

A special meeting of Cardiff miners who are on strike took place at Russell's Hotel Adamstown on Saturday morning. Mr. E. Buxton presided, and there was a…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 5

The Wallsend miners met on Friday evening, Mr. T. Richardson presiding over a well-attended meeting, Messrs. P. Bowling and A. Lewis were present…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 5

A special meeting of the Sea Pit Miners was held in Blackburn's Hotel on, Friday evening. Mr. B. Dobb in the chair. Mr. W. Bower road and explained the…

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What Kills in the Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 6

Knowledge in regard to the causes of mining disasters to being reduced, nowadays, to a, scientific basis. One fact ascertained, for example, is that the…

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Coal Production. the World's Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1909 · page 5

The British Board of Trade recently issued a White Paper, which contains some interesting and, remarkable statistics with regard to the production and…

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Colliery Officials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 4

The hearing of the appointments of boards to deal with the cases of colliery officials, which had also been adjourned, was resumed. For the Newcastle district…

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Colliery Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 4

The hearing of the adjourned applications on behalf of the employees for boards for the Newcastle and Maitland colliery mechanics respectively, was…

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Shortland Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 6

The Shortland miners held their quarterly meeting last night at Probert's hotel, Adamstown, Mr. J. Usher in the chair, Mr. A. Lewis gave a report of the…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1909 · page 5

The return furnished by the Under secretary for Mines shows that the gold yield recorded for this State for the month of March is 7645 ounces crude…

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Mining Matters. Colliery Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 5

A meeting of the committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held yesterday at the Traders Hall. The President, Mr. P. Bowling, and…

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Cardiff Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 3

Sir,—I am at a loss to understand why the Cardiff miners are on strike and why to maintain them and Rix Creek, and other lodges, that have recently some…

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