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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1879

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The Bulli Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1879 · page 2

THERE is to be a public meeting held in the Masonic Hall, Sydney, to-morrow (Thursday) evening, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with, and…

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Discovery of Gold at Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1879 · page 2

A TELEGRAM in the E. News says: Three men came into Grafton on Monday, and reported that they had discovered gold within a short distance of the town. They…

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Mount Pleasant Miners and the Illawarra Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1879 · page 2

A MEETING of men connected with the Mount Pleasant colliery was held at Wollongong on Saturday afternoon last, with reference to their joining the proposed union of the…

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The Vend Question. Letter to the Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1879 · page 2

THE following letter has been addressed to the miners at Lambton Colliery, by R. A. A. Morehead, Esq., Manager and General Superintendent of the Scottish Australian…

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City of Sydney Coal Mining Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1879 · page 2

AFTER having successfully attained a depth of 1312 feet at their grounds, Newington, on the Parramatta River, the City of Sydney Coal Mining Company (says the Echo) were…

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How Much Space has Coal Occupied

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1879 · page 3

DURING the last year the output of coal in the British islands amounted, it is said, to 132000,000 tons. In regard to the popular notion that by…

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The Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1879 · page 4

THE masters and miners of the Hunter River Collieries must be very thankful for the publication of the latest utterances of ROBERT ARCHIBALD ALISON…

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Serious Accident at Mount Keira Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1879 · page 4

AN accident occurred at this colliery, on Thursday morning, by which a miner had his leg broken. Mr. Mackenzie, Examiner for Coal Fields, left yesterday morning to…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday, 2.30 p.m. The Bulli Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1879 · page 4

The Bulli men deny that they threw stones at the five men filling small coal, but admit that there was some tin-kettling. The police have gone to Bulli…

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The Bulli Miners. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1879 · page 8

SIR,—I see that our chairman, Mr. Wm. Davies, has just been amongst the Bulli miners, using his best endeavours to establish a Union in that district, and I am proud to…

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Lambton Colliery. Check-inspectors' Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1879 · page 3

BIG FLAT—Intake of air, 6150 ft. per min. ; 32 men, 5 boys, and 4 horses. Air passing ends of nine bords, from Nos. 32 to 23, 4100 ft. per min. Air so slack from Nos. 23 to 11,…

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The Bulli Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1879 · page 2

Four miners from Bulli, have arrived in town, to canvass the city and suburbs for subscriptions. A meeting of Mount Pleasant miners was held on Saturday night, to…

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Miners' Meetings. Co-operative Lodge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 2

A MEETING of the miners of the Co-operative Colliery was held at the Protestant Hall, Plattsburg, on Wednesday evening, to consider the report…

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Accident to a Coal Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon an accident befel the Minmi coal train as it was coming into Newcastle. Soon after leaving Hexham, the axle of one of the waggons, fortunately the…

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Dissatisfaction of the Kerosene Oil Company's Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 4

WE have been requested by the General Secretary to make known to the miners of this district that the miners employed at the Australian Oil Company's Works, Joadjai…

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Newcastle Coal-Mining Company (Limited)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1879 · page 3

We would remind the shareholders that the half-yearly general meeting takes place to-day at noon, to receive report and balance-sheet for the half-year; to elect two directors,…

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Newcastle Coal Mining Company (Limited)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1879 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the share-holders in the above Company was held in the Company's offices, Watt-street, Mr. Frederick Ash in the chair. The attendance…

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Colliery Mishap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1879 · page 2

SHORTLY before 10 o'clock yesterday morning a man named John Kelly, employed on the screens at the A. A. Co.'s colliery, resident in Blane-street, was struck by a lump of…

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The Bulli Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1879 · page 2

THE thirty-fourth half-yearly meeting of shareholders was held at the Exchange, on Tuesday, when the following report was read and adopted:—…

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New Gold Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 4

[?]PONDENT form Forbes states gold [?]found 12 miles from Forbes, about [?]d a-half west of Judd's on the [?]oad. The prospectors have driven…

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