New Lambton Colliery. (Pilot of yesterday.) [?] Scene at the Works
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1876 · page 5
[?]able excitement was caused in the township of New Lambton, on Saturday afternoon, in consequence of Messrs. G. R. and J. C. Dibbs taking possession of New Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Coal Enterprise. (From the Newcastle Pilot of Saturday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1876 · page 4
A meeting of residents and property owners of North Waratah, was held on Thursday evening for the purpose of taking steps to " prove" the coal deposits of land leased by Messrs. Bevan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Lambton Colliery. Monday's Proceedings. (Pilot of Tuesday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1876 · page 6
On Monday morning Mr. G. B. Dibbs (who had stopped the night at Hardy's Hotel, New Lambton), was on the works at an early hour. Steam having been got up, and the men being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Mining Exploration
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 7
The Miner's Advocate of Wednesday thus reports the progross of coal exploration at three new places, near Newcastle: RASPBERRY GULLY.—Work is progressing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Gold-field in the North. (By Telegraph from the Herald's Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1876 · page 3
The Brisbone Courier publishes the following:- "THE NEW GOLD-FIELD.—The telegram from our Townsville correspondent respecting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, March 28, 1876. the Greta Colliery and Labour
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1876 · page 4
MINGLED with the feeling of satisfaction at the prospect of work being resumed at Greta, is a feeling of regret that the chances of such resumption are endangered by the attitude of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Greta Colliery
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1876 · page 4
In the remarks made last Tuesday, respecting the dispute between Mr. Vickery and the miners at Greta, we relied upon the statement of the matter found in the columns of our Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Miners Caught While Going to Alta to Take a Christmas Dinner
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1876 · page 7
Yesterday, at 1 10 o'clock, p.m., the first fatal snow-slide of the season occurred in the Gladiator Guloh, by which three of our citizens were burled into eternity without a moment's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Explosion in a Coal Mine
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 7
Pittston, Pa., February 13.—This afternoon a terrible explosion occurred in the Exeter mine, belonging to the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, located in West Pittston. The immediate cause…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Schenck and the Emma Mine
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 7
Washington, February 28. — The committee on Foreign Affairs to-day heard the testimony of James E. Lyon, of Racine, Wis, concerning the Emma mine speculation. Witness…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Original Correspondence. the Greta Coal Mine. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1876 · page 6
SIR—My attention has been called to the correspondence in your journal respecting the Greta Colliery, and, the alleged differences between certain coal miners and myself…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. Greta Coal Miners. (To the Editor of the M[?]land Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1876 · page 7
SIR—In your issue of to-day there appears a letter, signed E Vickery, to which we deem it our duty to give a brief reply. There are many things in this letter to which we take exception,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Greta Colliery
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1876 · page 7
We were informed on Saturday that Mr. Moody had been appointed manager of the Greta Colliery. In the Newcastle Pilot of Monday we find the following gratifying intel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Waratah Coal Co.'s Land Sale. (From the Newcastle Herald, April 24.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1876 · page 4
The sale of the above Company's land at Raspberry Gully, or Charlestown, as the now township is to be called, took place on Saturday as advertised. On the arrival of the train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GRETA. From the Miners' Advocate Correspondent
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1876 · page 6
From the telegram which I forwarded to you on Saturday night, of course you are aware that the proprietor of the Greta mine intended to make a start I will now give you a few of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Forbes. Discovery of a New Goldfield
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 May 1876 · page 3
[Evening News.]—John Hutchins, on the part of himself and three other gold miners, has this morning reported the discovery of a new goldfield as follows:—About 18 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GRETA & Anvil Creek. From the Miners' Advocate Correspondent
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1876 · page 7
Our township has, within the last few days, assumed an appearance of unwonted activity. Some fifty men have found employment at Greta, and new arrivals, with their impedimenta,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Discovery near Monkerai. (From the Kvening News.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 10
A report having reached Sydney that a discovery of gold had been mede in the neighbourhood of Monkerai, an official telegram was sent from the Department of Mines to a gentleman in the district,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Another Strike Among the Miners
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1876 · page 3
The minors of Derbyshire and South Yorkshire are acting with a want of consideration for their own welfare as well as for the interests of their employers which will bring suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Barrington-River Gold Fields
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1876 · page 4
To addition to the information published elsewhere, we have received the following particulars from our Stroud correspondent:- Good accounts from the above gold-fields continue…
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