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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1880

573 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 29

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 February 1880 · page 3

SIR,—In making a few remarks on questions that are absorbing the attention of every section of this community, I, with many others, may or…

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The Forbes Goldfield

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

THE Minister for Mines, on Friday, received the following telegram from the warden's clerk, Forbes:—"The Queen lead, six miles from Forbes, is looking up…

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Distress Among the Newcastle (N.S.W.) Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1880 · page 2

THE following appears in the Northern Luminary (Bay of Islands) of the 7th inst.:—"By a perusal of the Newcastle Herald and from correspondence received…

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Northern Coal Sales Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the above Association was held in Newcastle, yesterday. It is believed that the miners are to receive a month's notice of the termination of their…

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The Middle Men and the London Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1880 · page 2

SOME twelve months ago we published a letter from the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, written by Mr. BUNNING, Secretary to the North of England…

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The Miners' Agreement

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

MR. JOHN DIXON, the Miners' General Secretary, has furnished us with a copy of the following letter, received yesterday morning (Tuesday) from Mr. Binney,…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Approved Gold Mining Leases

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

A LIST of applications for gold mining leases of Crown Lands lately approved of in the Hunter and surrounding districts, is published in the Gazette of Tuesday…

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The Woolgar Gold-field

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

A lengthy account of the above gold-field, written by the discoverers, appears on the fourth page of this day's issue. I…

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The Woolgar Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1880 · page 4

THE Minister for Mines has received the following letter from Messrs Joseph Lynch, Charles Rodgers, William Beckham, and R. C. Purcell, the…

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The Coal Trade in 1879

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

THE Engineering and Mining Journal says: It appears that the production of anthracite in 1879 was about 50 per cent. greater than in 1878, and over…

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(From Our Own Correspondents) Election of Colliery Doctor. Anvil Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1880 · page 4

Dr. Sandford has been elected medical officer for this colliery…

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Hamilton. Borehole Miners' Meeting

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

THE above miners held, their usual monthly meeting on Saturday night last, Feb. 28th, 1880, at Mr. J. William's Assembly room, Mr. J. Somerville in the…

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German Coal and Iron

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

GERMANY posesses an abundance of iron ores and has some first rate descriptions of them. The yearly output is about 4,800,000 tons of ore, the number of…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1880 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Harris' Assembly Rooms, on Tuesday evening; Mr. J. Gibson in the chair…

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(From the South Wales Weekly Times.) a Sliding Scale Adopted at Ferndale Collieries

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

The following agreement was confirmed on Thursday, between Messrs. D. Davis, and Sons and their workmen. It has already given much satisfaction, and…

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(From the Dandee Weekly Times.) the Fife and Clackmanann Coal Owners and a Sliding Scale

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

ON Wednesday official notices were posted up at every pithead in the counties of Fife and Clackmannan, in which the Associated Maters "invite the miners at…

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Small Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 4

THE system of utilisation of small coal which has been so long known in France is about to be introduced, (says the Christchurch Press of the 18th)…

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The Miners and the Sliding Scale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 2

WHEN treating upon this subject, the majority of the writers for the Press in this and the adjacent colonies, either wilfully or ignorantly, attempt to…

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 March 1880 · page 3

SIR,—I heartily endorse the sentiments of the letter of "one of the Union" in your issue of the 2nd inst. Sir, we look to men in the position of our Secretary to…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1880 · page 5

A special meeting of the above miners, was held on Thursday evening, to hear the report of the late delegate meeting—Mr. W. Hogg in the chair…

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