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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

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Mining Intelligence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1882 · page 2

THE prospectors at the Victoria Copper Mine, Blinman, South Australia, have discovered rich specimens of copper ore, amounting to over three tons. The last…

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Coal Struck at Stockton.—great Excitement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1882 · page 2

YESTERDAY the inhabitants of Stockton were startled by the report that a splendid seam of coal had been struck by the duplex barrell of Coghlen's diamond drill. The…

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Original Correspondence. Undermining for Coal. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1882 · page 3

SIR,—In your report of the meeting of the Wallsend Borough Council contained in your issue of yesterday, I notice that Alderman Morris made a statement, that…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1882 · page 3

THE above miners held their monthly meeting in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. Kerr in the chair. The minutes of last meeting wore confirmed. The Check…

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Mining Intelligence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1882 · page 3

MORE splendid gold has been struck at Gymple. The Hanging Rock diggings are reported to be still good. Mor clams are…

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Newcastle Coal for Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1882 · page 2

THE following tenders have been accepted, (for three years),—From Newcastle to Williamstown and Melbourne, 60,000 tons per annum; James Patterson and…

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The Coal Crisis in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1882 · page 3

THE Graphic of September 9 says:—"The Miners' Conference has come to the conclusion that a general strike will be a good thing for the wages of…

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International Coal Exhibition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1882 · page 4

[?] the instance of the Westphalian [?]wners, the Milan Chamber of [?] has decided to hold an [?] exhibition of coal from…

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The Late Accident at the Co-operative Colliery. Coroner's Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. C. B. Rancla[?]d, coroner for the district, at Jones' Hotel, Plattsburg, on the body of David Gardener, a miner who…

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The Threatened Strike of Miners and Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 4

THE Colliery Guardian of October 20, says:—"The agitation which has been going on for some time past with a view of compelling colliery owners to…

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The Mining Riots in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 4

THE Socialist disturbances at Montceaules-Mines are not yet suppressed, although about two thousand troops are now concentrated about the place…

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Fatal Mining Accidents in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1882 · page 3

THE Melbourne correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph writes:—"Fatal mining accidents have been terribly frequent of late, and from the evidence…

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The Manchester Miners' Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1882 · page 1

THE question of securing an advance in the rate of wages was further considered by the miners' delegates at a meeting in the Old Town Hall,…

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The Mines and Quarries (Ireland) Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1882 · page 1

THE following is an abstract of Mr. George Orme Malley's "Mines and Quarries Bill, Ireland":—(1.) Title of Act. (2.) Act to extend to Ireland…

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Fatal Mining Catastrophe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1882 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The alleged mining catastrophe in the mine of the Australasian Company, two miles from Creswick, is…

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Wallsend Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1882 · page 4

A MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held on Monday evening. The minutes of two committee meetings were read and received…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 December 1882 · page 3

MINUTES of a special delegate meeting, held at Lambton, on Wednesday, December 13. Lodges represented—Borchole, Wallsend, Lambton, New Lambton, Back…

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The Mining Disaster at Creswick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1882 · page 4

IT may be safely said that the journalistic records of the Australian colonies do not contain an account of anything like so mournful a mining…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held in Williams' Hall on Saturday evening last, Mr. D. Curtin in the chair. The minutes of last monthly, and several…

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Scottish Australian Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 December 1882 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of this company was held on October 27, Mr. A. W. Young in the chair. The chairman stated that the net profit from the Lambton Colliery…

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