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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1879

392 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 20

Australasia Coal Company's Plant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 November 1879 · page 3

BY the Leura (s.), which left yesterday for Sydney, there was shipped the large locomotive lately belonging to the Australasia Coal Companx. The engine weighed about 30…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Australasia Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 November 1879 · page 2

WE notice an advertisement in this day's issue by Mr. B. J. Fink, the sole purchaser of the Australasia Coal Company's mine and plant, that he has still a portion of the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1879 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above miners' was held in Harris's Assemby Rooms, on Friday last, Mr. J. Gibson in the chair. The minutes of last monthly, and of two…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1879 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall, on Saturday evening last; Mr. Hogg in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Queensland Gold Prospecting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1879 · page 2

THE Queensland Under Secretary for Mines has received a report from Thornborough, from Warden Mowbray, concerning the party formed to prospect the country at the…

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The Late Co-operative Miners' Meeting. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 November 1879 · page 2

SIR,—My attention has been called to a report of the Co-operative miners' meeting published in your issue of to-day. The censure on my conduct in advising the Borehole…

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The New Lambton Colliery Dispute. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1879 · page 4

In the Supreme Court to-day, in Brown versus Dibbs application was made to appoint a day for hearing the appeal against Judge Hargrave's decision appointing a…

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Withdrawal of the Military Force and Reduction of Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 December 1879 · page 2

A LEADER on the above is in type, but unavoidably held over…

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Withdrawal of the Military Force and Reduction of Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1879 · page 2

THE public has been informed upon the authority of one of the metropolitan journals that fifty Artillerymen are left at Lambton—and thirty at Newcastle."…

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Splendid Gold Returns. SOFALA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1879 · page 2

Davis and Mannell have just finished crushing at Sandon's battery, Wattle Flat, 11 tons of quartz from their claim at Red Hill, one and a half miles easterly from Sofala,…

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The Barrington Gold Fields. Copeland North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1879 · page 2

May and party (Rose and Thistle reef) are on good gold; also, Mr. Lurkin, on the Bonanza reef, Cobark. The Bowman crushing is looking well…

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Miners' Agitation. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1879 · page 8

SIR,—The following I have clipped from the Glasgow Weekly Mail, September 20, 1879, and should be obliged if you will publish it in your valuable paper so as to let…

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The Iron Trade and Minmi Colliery. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 December 1879 · page 8

SIR,—A paragraph appeared in your journal a few days ago, with reference to negotiations between the Messrs. J. and A. Brown and their workmen employed in the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 December 1879 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Friday evening, for the consideration of certain local and other matters, Mr. J. Gibson in the chair. The deputation…

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The Department of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1879 · page 2

THE annual report of the Department of Mines for 1878 is just to hand. The period of issuing other Departmental Annual Reports is consistently followed…

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Victorian Gold Returns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1879 · page 2

WE are in receipt of the quarterly report of the Victorian Mining Surveyors and Registrars, for the quarter ending 30th September, 1879. From this it appears that the total…

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Hamilton. Borehole Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1879 · page 3

THE regular monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Saturday night last, Dec. 6th, 1879, in Mr. J. Williams' Assembly Rooms, Mr. J. Duke in the chair. Minutes…

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The Iron Trade and Minmi Colliery. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1879 · page 2

SIR,—In looking over your columns of Saturday's issue, my eye caught the paragraph headed. "The Iron Trade and Minmi Colliery." In reading it over, I was…

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Miners' Union and the Labour Market. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1879 · page 3

SIR,—The action of certain miners in this district calls forth feelings antagonistic to the principle of union, to the principle of live and let live, and I would say to the principle of…

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Wages of English Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1879 · page 2

FROM a series of semi-official returns, it appears (says an English paper) that the daily average wages of the colliers varies in the different British coal-producing districts from…

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