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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1880

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Yass and Dalton Gold M. Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1880 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT sends us the first half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Yass and Dalton Gold Mining Company (Limited), which was held…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1880 · page 3

Mr. EDITOR,—Your correspondent, " J.C.," takes exception to my strictures on the Lambton disturbance petition, and charges me with ridiculing the efforts put…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. The Bulli Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

ACCORDING to the Illawarra Mercury, work at the Bulli colliery has fallen off greatly, and wages have undergone a proportionate reduction. Applications…

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Coal in Western Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

THE operations at the coal seam on the Irwin River, discovered many years ago by the Messrs. Gregory, now residing in Queensland, have been most encouraging;…

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The Coal Trade and Its Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 4

THE present depression in the Coal industry of this district, appears to us to afford ample scope for those, interested, directly or indirectly, to seek…

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Diamond Drill Boring Operations for Coal. Kilcunda, 20th Jan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 2

THE site of the No. 1 bore hole is on Bourne Creek, about two miles from Kilcunda and eight from Cape Patterson. It is anticipated that this…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 8

SIR,—The selling price of the Newcastle round coal is, doubtless, commanding the attention of not only the Melbourne, New Zealand, and New-South Wales Governments,…

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Northumberland Coal Trade. Adoption of a Sliding Scale. Newcastle Chronicle, Nov. 22, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 2

AN important meeting of the Sliding Scale Committees, which have been appointed by the Steam Collieries Defence Association, was held in the…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company was held (says the Daily Telegraph) in their offices in the Exchange, on Thursday, Dr. Garran…

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A Mismanaged Coal Company. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 23, 1879

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 4

IN the United States Circuit Court yesterday the administrators of J. B. McCreery, of Philadelphia, made affidavit that the receivers of the…

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Threatened Coal Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 3

INFORMATION received at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., on. Nov. 20, states that an extensive strike of the miners engaged in the coal mines in…

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Borehole Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1880 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting in connection with the above miners was held on Saturday night last, January 31st, at Mr. Williams' Assembly Room, Hamilton,…

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IrishFa mine Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the above was held in the School of Arts last evening Mr. H. J. Brown, (President of the School of Arts) occupied the chair…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 4

SIR,—In your issue of Friday, "A. W." No. 2, again adverts to the subject introduced as undignified, viz., the miners' petition which was then made…

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Glebe Miners' Distress Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 5

ON Monday evening next, Mr. W. C. Dillon, Miss Edith Pender and the dramatic company which have been playing here during the past eight nights…

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The Coal Trade. No. II

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 4

IN our issue of Saturday last, January 31, we pointed out what appeared to be the, true cause of the falling off in our export of coal during the year…

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Correspondence the Coal Trade and Its Prospects. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 8

SIR,—Perhaps I ought to apologise for attempting to enter into a discussion on the above subject, seeing that I am almost a stranger in Newcastle…

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Glebe Miners' Distress Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1880 · page 2

THE secretary of the above fund wishes to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of twelve hundred pounds of beef from Messrs. Chippendall and Parker; three…

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Glebe Miners' Distress Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1880 · page 2

WE would again remind our readers that the benefit in aid of the Glebe Miners' Distress Relief Fund (tendered by Mr. W. Dillon, Miss Edith Pender, and the…

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Greta Colliery. Check-inspector's Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 4

THE following is the check-inspector's report of the above colliery, taken on the 5th inst.:—"We were unable to test the air in any of the workings of…

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