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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1880

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The Reduction of Wages in the Bulli Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—A few days ago the manager of one of the mines publicly notified that he was prepared to sell best coal at a reduced rate of 8s per ton…

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Latest from Temora Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Tyrrell, who has just returned from Tomora, says he is confident that the field will turn out one of the richest yet discovored in New South…

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Mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 2

A SENSE of gratification must have boon generally felt in mining circles for some time past, in noting from reports, a slow, but equally steady revival in the mineral industries…

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Mining Items

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1880 · page 2

PARKES, Wednesday.—Hall and party have finished washing up 19 tons of quartz, which yielded 28 oz. 10 dwt…

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The Late Gold Robbery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—No clue has yet been discovered of the robbery of gold on board the steamer Victoria. The captain says he is confident that the bags were not…

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Mysterious Loss of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 August 1880 · page 3

WHEN the steamer Victoria arrived in Sydney, on Tuesday, from Cooktown, it was discovered, when a City Bank officer took delivery of a box supposed to contain…

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The Gold Robbery. Extraordinary Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 August 1880 · page 2

THE circumstances attending the loss of the gold in transit from the Queensland National Bank, at Cooktown, to the City Bank, Sydney, are most extraordinary,…

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Gold Prospecting at Dubbo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Government has received information from Dubbo that the gold prospects, at Pangel are good, but there is nothing to justly a rish, as the…

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Coal Specimens for the Melbourne Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 4

THERE are now on the wharf, waiting shipment per s.s. Easby, three remarkably fine specimens of coal from this district, all being the fall height of the seam…

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The Coal Arbitration Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1880 · page 2

AT a meeting of the Arbitrators held in Sydney on Wednesday last, George S. Caird, merchant, of Sydney was appointed umpire, after which the meeting…

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Miners' Strike at Illawarra Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—All the miners and day labourers employed at the Bulli Coal Cliff and Mount Pleasant Collieries struck work yesterday, and removed their tools…

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Splendid Return of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1880 · page 2

PORT DARWIN, Tuesday.—A telegram states that at the Margaret rush a crushing of 22 tons shows 5305 oz…

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Discovery of Gold at Manglopah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1880 · page 3

MANGLOPAH is 20 miles from Wagga Wagga, on the Albury Road. The nature of the country is slate and granite. The surface had well-defined leaders in every…

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The Temora Gold-field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 3

THE following official report of the Warden has boon received by the Minister for Mines:— "Warden's Office, Temora, Aug. 20…

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The Bulli Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Bulli mines will not accept t[?]e arbitration terms proposed by Mr. Stu[?]rt. The Mount Pleasant men decide on a…

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Illawarra Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. — On Monday last the reduction was made in the rates of wages at the Wollongong, Bulli, and other collieries, and…

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Orange Gold Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 5

THERE seems evidence of a genuine revival in gold mining not only in the Orange but in other districts (says the Western Advocate). The unquestionable…

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The Miners' Strike at Illawarra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A large meeting of minors on strike was held to-day, at Woonoona, to consider the position. The Coal Cliff miners desire…

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The West Bogan Gold Field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1880 · page 5

THIS newly-discovered goldfield will, be (Western Independent) think, in future be known to diggers as "The Rocky." All that we can positively inform the…

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TELEGRAMS. Bulli Coal Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1880 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—A meeting of miners from the Bulli, Coal Cliff, and Mount Pleasant mines was held last Friday, at Woonoona, the chairman of…

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