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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1881

304 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 16

A Newspaper of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 2

AN American contemporary, the San Francisco Call, may justly be considered a "valuable medium" by its readers. For months past its…

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Latest News from the Goldfields. TEMORA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1881 · page 8

WEDNESDAY.—A sad accident occurred here this afternoon. Three men were engaged sinking a now shaft off Main-street, just entering the Lower Town…

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Latest News from the Gold-fields TEMORA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1881 · page 2

A DEPUTATION from Canterbury, introduced by Mr. Henson, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works on Friday morning, to place before him certain resolutions…

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Important Report From Mount Browne Gold-field

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1881 · page 2

THE following telegram, which through the courtesy of the Hon. Minister for Mines, we are able to give, was received by the Mining Department, from Mr. G…

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Haulage and Shipping of Coal at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1881 · page 3

MR. FLETCHER moved on Friday, in the Assembly,—" That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of all letters, minutes, and other documents that have…

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Important to Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 3

A SUBJECT great interest th miners and others engaged in excavating is referred to by the Melbourne Daily Telegraph:— It will be remembered (observes the…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. What Gold-digging Can Do

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1881 · page 2

A SYDNEY merchant paid a visit to Gympie the other day (says the Miner), and was very much surprised to see rough-looking miners, who did not appear to be worth a…

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Gold Mining Leases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

A LIST of gold mining leases declared void in the Hunter and Macleay mining districts appears in the Government Guzette of the 22nd inst…

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Gold-Mining in South Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 4

FOR long time past there has been a growing feeling in favour of testing the gold-producing capabilities of this colony. The outcome was a meeting,…

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Latest News from the Gold-fields TEMORA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

Tuesday.—A grand discovery has been made in the Upper Town. Flannery and party (not "Hannery") have struck passable water at 190 feet. They knocked off…

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Wharfage Rates on Coal at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 5

MR. H. C. DANGAR moved on Wednesday night in the. Assembly:—"That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of all letters, minutes, and other…

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Caution to Gold Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 2

THE Ivanhoe correspondent of the Riverine Grazier gives an instance of the sufferings and risks that people will be subject to in their endeavours to reach Mount Poole, if…

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Gold-mining News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—There is no fresh news from Mount Browne diggings. Plenty of rain has fallen at Wilcannia and neighbourhood…

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LOCAL & GENERAL. Coal near Dubbo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 2

Mr. T. R. CLEAVER, left at our (Dubbo Desptach) officer on Monday, samples of coal found on Mr. T. Oakley's farm, near the Loggerheads. The coal was struck…

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Victorian Coal Fields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1881 · page 2

MR. JENNER moved in the Victorian Parliament on 29th March the second reading of the Western Port Coal Mining Company's Bill, which he said was one to…

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Gold-Diggers Lost in the Bush

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1881 · page 3

OUR readers may remember to have seen an account of two travellers being lost in the bush on the road to Mount Browne, and some reference to the suffering they…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1881 · page 8

MINUTES of a Quarterly Delegate Meeting held at Lambton, Thursday, April 7th 1881. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, New Lambton, Glebe,…

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Newcastle Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1881 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the Protestant Hall on Monday evening last; Mr. Thomas McCree occupied the chair…

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Price of Coal Further Reduced

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1881 · page 2

THE Evening News says:—The price of coal at Newcastle—already down pretty well to the non-paying point—has, we observe, been further reduced. The…

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Dreadful Colliery Explosion. Supposed Loss of 24 LIVES

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 8

THE Newcastle Chronicle of February 12th says: Soon after three o'clock on Monday morning a terrible colliery explosion occurred at the Chetterley…

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