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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

350 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 18

TELEGRAMS. The Stockton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a meeting of proprietors of the Stockton Coal Mining Company, the articles of association were adopted, and Messrs. T. O'Sullivan, J.P.,…

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The Creswick Mining Catastrophe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1882 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting was held in the Town Hall, Melbourne, on Saturday evening, the Governor presiding, to raise funds for the relief of the families of the victims of the Creswick mining disaster…

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Mining for Coal Under Brookstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 2

THE question of whether the owners of surface land have power of prevent the proprietors of the minerals from removing what belongs to them, upon…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 3

A SPECIAL meeting of the Wallsend miners was held on Monday evening, to hear the report of the deputation re the working of four men in pillars; also the report of the…

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The Glese Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 December 1882 · page 4

THE usual monthly meeting of the above Miners was held in the Mechanics' Institute, Adamstown, on Monday evening last, Mr. E. Buxton in the chair. The minutes of…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1882 · page 3

THE above miners held their monthly meeting in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. Thomas Smith in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and…

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Lambton Miners and Other Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 December 1882 · page 3

THE above held a special meeting on the Cricket Ground on Thursday evening. There was a large attendance; Mr. W. Kerr in the chair. The business of the…

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The Glebe Colliery Mishap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1882 · page 4

WE are happy to report that the recent caving in of portions of the Newcastle Company's Glebe Colliery has not assumed the proportions threatened. On Thursday…

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Re-flooding of the Mine at Creswick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1882 · page 2

DURING the whole of last week the miners have been most busily, engaged in clearing out the now Australasian mine at Creswick, in order to enable the mining inspectors to examine the drive…

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The Crisis in the Coal Trade. (Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, Oct. 28.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1882 · page 4

THE delegates from the Durham Miners' Association to the Manchester Conference presented to the Council meeting, held on Saturday, in the Miners' Hall, North…

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Glebe Miners Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1882 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on the Glebe hill, on Wednesday evening last. Mr. Thomas M'Crea in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were…

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