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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1877

329 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 17

Latest Telegrams. Coal-fields near Sydney. Criminal Libel. Terrific Hurricane at the Friendly Islands. Fearful Destruction of Property Great Misery. Sixteen Missionary Churches Destroyed. SYDNEY. Tuesday, 9 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1877 · page 2

Coal-fields are about to be worked near Sydney, with every prospect of success. Daniel Mayne, of the Sentinel, Bathurst, was committed for trial, for criminal libel on…

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The Seiling Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1877 · page 4

WE have made brief reference to this subject in our last Saturday's issue, and we continue our remarks now. Believing, as we do, the relationship between Capital…

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Latest Telegrams. Order of Druids. Mrs. Jury. Good Yield of Gold. Friday, 9 p m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1877 · page 4

CAPTAIN BROOMFIELD reports having received a telegram from Java, of the safe arrival of the barque Alexandra, (Captain Lamont, with one hundred and eighty ponies on…

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Latest Cable Messages Progress of the War. Report of Russians Crossing the Danube. Revolt of the Circassians. Capture of Sukum Kaleh by the Turks. Russia's Fleet leaves America. Colonial and Imperial Responsibilities. Fortifications, Coal Depot, Arsenal, and Dockyard at Sydney. The Porte Demands Servia's Assistance, and asks the Khedive for Troops. France better prepared for War than Germany. Turks destroy Russian Consulate in Greece. The Turkish Navy in Splendid Condition. Fifteen Turkish Ironclads in the Black Sea. International Outbreak in Poland. The Porte Offers Herzegovina to Austria. LONDON. May 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1877 · page 2

THE reports respecting the Russian troops having crossed the Danube are not yet confirmed. Turkish despatches state that the…

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Reported New Gold Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1877 · page 3

It is currently reported that payable g[?]d has been found near the coast below Nerigundah, and in the neighbourhood of the…

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Terrible Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1877 · page 3

AN accident occurred at the South [?]lunes tribute mine on Thursday last. A man named Thomas Bonds was loading cage to send down the shaft, and stepped into…

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A. Co.'s Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1877 · page 2

THE following is a copy of the letter sent by Messrs, Huddart, Parker, and Co. to the Town Council, with respect to the supplying of coal, and which was considered…

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The Power of Coal in Time of War

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1877 · page 2

THE whole secret now of naval power is steam. Without steam—which means without coal—remarks the London Examiner) these great marine monsters cannot be…

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The Selling Price of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1877 · page 4

THIS subject we always approach with considerable diffidence, because of the magnitude of the interests involved, and and the conflicting ideas regarding it…

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Borchole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1877 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held at the Black Diamond Hotel, Blane-street, Newcastle, on Saturday evening last; Mr. George Clulow in…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1877 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of those miners was held on Monday evening, in Harris's Rooms, Wallsend. There was a good attendance; Mr. Thomas Magee in the chair. The minutes…

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The Seling Price of Coal. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1877 · page 3

Sir,—I see by to-day's, and last Saturday's issues of your valuable paper, that some of the coal companies in this district are underselling, or rather, I should say, selling below the price agreed upon by the…

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Raspberry Gally Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1877 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners, was held at Mr. Hindmarsh's Commercial Hotel, Charlestown, on Friday evening, 25th instant. There was a moderate…

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Coal under Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1877 · page 2

THE Minister for Mines laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly last night, a report from the Geological Surveyor (Mr. J. S. Wilkinson) respecting…

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The Gold Discovery at the Dromedary

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1877 · page 3

IN a recent issue we alluded to a report which was current, of some fresh gold discovery at the Dromedary, near Nerrigundah. Mr. De Boos, the warden for the…

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Gas for the Mining Townships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 June 1877 · page 2

FOR some time past the idea has been gaining ground in the adjoining municipalities of Wallsend and Plattsburg, that the period has arrived when there boroughs…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1877 · page 8

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the Druid's Hall, on Wednesday evening, the 30th inst., Mr. E. N. Brown in the chair. The minutes of last…

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The Thames Goldfield New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1877 · page 3

THERE has been a wonderful revival in quartz mining at the Thames, and the pleasing novelty of a few dividens has broken the long monotony call paying…

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A Word to Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 8

THE Rev. W. B. Clarke, in a paper read before the Royal Society on Wednesday evening, concludes with the following remarks:—"I may here finish with an earnest request that gold…

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A New Rush in the Mudgee District. Payable Gold Struck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1877 · page 5

A NEW rush took place on Thursday to a locality about eighteen miles from this town. Its situation is between Mudgee and Hargraves, and about three miles from Maitland…

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