The Miners' Manifesto
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 4
The case for the men is stated in the first portion of a manifesto issued early in the week:--"The proprietors still refuse to meat the miners in conference. Six years ago the minimum hewing rate for the…
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Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 4
At the end of last week it was stated that, in consequence of the strike, Dubbo Council is obtaining coal from Newcastle. During the present week' arrangements have, we understand, been made by…
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Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 18
Lady Broome, the wife of an ex-Governor of West Australia, and also a one-time resident of New' Zealand, has been contributing to…
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Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 4
There are 4500 men engaged in mining pursuits in South Australia. Messrs. Leonard Dodds and Co. report the output of the Great Cobar Copper Mine for last week as 63…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Dredges and Floods
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 11
Since gold dredging has attracted so much attention in this district those who remember, heavy floods on local rivers have been…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wattle Flat Mining
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 4
A good deal of crushing has been done at the various mills during the last few weeks, but no rich results have yet been reported. The Great Oakey Co's, battery has been running merrily for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways and Coal Supply
Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 4
So far there does not seem to be any scarcity of coal for railway requirements. Indeed, some people say that the various "stages" are so well stocked that there is no danger of any scarcity developing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Teralba Colliery Trouble. Men Returning to Work. Newcastle
National Advocate · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 3
Eleven men returned to work at the Pacific coal mine, Teralba, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Mining Gleanings. Flic Development, of Our Copper Lodes. Visit of Newcastle Investors
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 13
Boring operations are proceeding it Log Paddock. Mr. Higgins, the manager, is putting down another [?]ore adjoining the old shaft, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Coal Miners’ Strike at Lithgow. Manifesto
Leader · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3
The proprietors still refuse to meet the miners in conference. Six years ago the minimum hewing rate for the district was 2s. 4d. per ton for round coal, 10s. per shift for shift work; 6d…
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Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 6
THE Ironclad battery recently crushed 240 tons of mullock for 36 ounces 16dwts of gold; and other parcels of similar stuff were treated, but the result is not stated. The Ironclad…
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Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 7
This industry, I regret to say, although still alive, beats only only with a very weak pulse. Many of the miners employed at the Iron Glad have been knooked off, with little…
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Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 7
Two ounces of copper was procured from about one pound of stone, obtained from the old mine at Burrawong. The party working the same expect it to yield from three to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Teralba Colliery Trouble. Vacillating Strikers. Newcastle
National Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3
Six of the eleven men who returned to work at the Teralba colliery yesterday failed to put in an appearance to-day, The storekeepers of the district are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Concentrates
National Advocate · Monday 3 July 1899 · page 3
Notice has been given that the following leases abandoned: R. Drake, 5 acres, county Georgians, parish Bombah; Cooper's Australasian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mount Apsley Mine. High Commendation
National Advocate · Monday 3 July 1899 · page 3
The Mount Apsley Copper Mine is dealt with in a lengthy article by Mr. J. Whear Roberts, the able and well-in- formed mining editor of the "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hargraves Mining
Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 2
The floating of the group of leases on the line of the big reef at Hargraves has been finally completed, and within a short time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. Sale of Burraga Mine. the Transaction Completed. Mr. Lloyd Receives £100,000 Cash. Sydney
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3
It was reported yesterday that the purchase of Mr. Lewis Llyod's Burraga copper mine by an English company had practically been completed. The purchase price was £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Strike at Lithgow. Miners' Manifesto, No. 2
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 2
IN JUNE, 1897. representatives of the Coal Minors' Association met the proprietors of our collieries belonging to the Lithgow coal association in conference. On that, occasion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Returns. Increase for the Half Year. Sydney
National Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3
Returns for June were 40,676 ozs, as against 37,377 ozs, for June 1898. The total for the half year was 185,084 ozs, as against 153,724 ozs, for the…
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