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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1875

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Strike of Miners. London, January 2

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1875 · page 3

Fifty thousand miners arc on strike in Wales…

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Strike of Miners. London, January 2

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1875 · page 2

Fifty thousand miners are on strike in Wales…

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A Gold Mine on Fire

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 5

The San Francisco papers of Nov. 10 copy from Nevada papers the account of a calamity of this kind:— FIRE IN THE BELCHER MINE, NEVADA…

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The Greta Coal and Shale Company's Mine. (From the Herald.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 3

THE town of Greta is situated on the Great. Northern Road, about twelve or thirteen miles from West Maitland, and two or three from Branxton. The township of Greta has…

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Colliery Explosion. London, January 6

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1875 · page 2

Another colliery explosion has occurred near Rotherham, causing the death of seven persons…

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Greta Coal and Shale Mining Company. (From the Herald of Tuesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1875 · page 4

The half-yearly general meeting of shareholders was held at the company's office yesterday morning, when the following report was read and adopted on motion by the Hon. J. L. Montefiore, M.L.C…

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The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, January 21, 1875. the Report on the Coal-fields

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1875 · page 2

AMONG the papers laid before the Parliament during its last abortive session, was the report of the Examiner of Coal-fields for 1873. It is dated on the 10th August, 1874, having been…

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Mining News. (From the Herald of Wednesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1875 · page 2

Paxton's G.M.Co.—The mining manager reports under date 16th January:—"Middle workings: Stoping at 160-feet level; 10 tons raised this week. Stoping also at 120-feet level; raised 5 tons. Easterly…

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Colliery Lock-out. London, January 24

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1875 · page 2

The owners of collieries in South Wales have resolved on a general lock-out…

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Colliery Lock-out. January 24

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1875 · page 3

The owners of Collieries in South wales hare resolved On a general lockout…

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Mining News. (From the Newcastle Pilot of Saturday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1875 · page 5

The "Sofala and Newcastle Gold Mining Company" should be regarded as one of the luckiest of the few gold-mining speculations carried on by com panies in which residents of this district have an…

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Rix's Creck Coal Mines

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 2

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MINMI. (From the Correspondent of the Miners' Advocate.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1875 · page 4

Bush fires are still raging to the very skirts of the town, considerable difficulty being experienced in preventing its progress to the houses of the people. On all sides of us…

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Mining News. (From the S.M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 February 1875 · page 2

Carroll and Beards G. M. Co.—The half-yearly meeting was held on Friday affternoon. The accounts showed that the company had in hand on 31st December the sum of £4074 5s. The refiring…

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Rix's Creek Coal Mines. (From the Singleton Argus, Jan. 30th.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 6

We paid a visit to Rix's Creek on Wednesday, and found the men busily engaged sinking a trial shaft, just inside the fence on the north side of the road, a quarter of a mile beyond the…

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Mining Prospects in Victoria

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 6

If the summary of gold mining success and prospects in 1874, as given by the Melbourne Argus in its "mail summary" for England, is justly well founded on facts, we may hope for a…

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Mining News. Tin Mining. (From the Inverell Courier, Jan 27.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 6

GOOD TIN MINING NEWS—An enterprising friend of ours, Mr. L. N. Kennedy, mining on Cope's Creek, informs us that he has very recently sunk a shaft seventeen feet deep, that he then…

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Fatal Colliery Accident at Leycett

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 24 February 1875 · page 4

MR. BOOTH, coroner, hold an inquest at Madaley, near Newcastle-under-Tyne, on Wednesday afternoon, upon the body of Daniel Downing, Collier, who…

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Deputation to the Minister for Mines and Mr. Thomas Hale. (From the Miners' Advocate of Yesterday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 February 1875 · page 4

Owing to the General Secretary being unable, on account of his late unfortunate accident, to go to Sydney, as directed at the last Delegate Meeting, the District Chairman (Mr. W. Davis) took his place,…

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