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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

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Coal at San Francisco

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

THE San Francisco News Letter, of January 7th, in its review says:—Our receipts of coal from all sources in 1881 aggregated 850,O00 tons, being an increase of about…

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Mining Matters at Bulli

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

THE miners here have been bestirring themselves in connection with the wages question. A deputation was sent a few weeks ago to the Colliery Manager (Mr. A. Ross)…

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New Goldfield

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

THERE is considerable excitement in Dubbo (says the Express), about the discovery of a new Goldfield on the Bogan road. Years ago it was prophesied that the valley of the…

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More Gold!

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

THE Manero Mercury says:—Recently, a Chinaman sold a lot of gold, weighing 86 ounces, to Mr. John Hands of the new stores, Cooma, A lot of nuggets were picked out…

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Recent Colliery Explosions in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1882 · page 2

THE sad intelligence that has just reached these shores of two terribly fatal colliery explosions within a few weeks, is calculated to produce a profound sensation…

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The Coal Cliff Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1882 · page 2

THE strike at Coal Cliff was settled last Wednesday, and the men returned to work on Thursday. It appears that the company effected the men 2s 6d per ton some days…

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Roads of the Mining District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1882 · page 2

FROM a letter to our Wallsend correspondent from Mr. Thos. Hungerford, M.L.A., we learn that the Commissioner for Roads has informed the latter gentleman that the…

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Glen Morrison Gold-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1882 · page 4

OUR advertising column of Thursday contained in full the prospectus of the Glen Morrison Gold-mining Company, New England. The prospects of the company…

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The Late Strike at Coal Cliff. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1882 · page 8

SIR,—This morning, on looking over the columns of your valuable and widely circulated journal, I came across a miner's meeting held at Lambton, at which the…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 February 1882 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was hold in Williams' Assembly Rooms, on Saturday evening. The chairman being absent, Mr. Robert Baker was…

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The Borehole Strike.—Meeting of Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1882 · page 2

As decided at the usual monthly meeting hold on Saturday night, the Australian Agricultural Companys' Borehole minors assembled at the rear of Williams'…

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The Coal and Iron Trade of Great Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1882 · page 2

THE statistical returns from various quarters display a very general improvement in the coal and iron trades of the mother country, a circumstance which…

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The Borrima Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1882 · page 2

THE Berrima coal field (says the S. M. Herald, of Monday last), seems at last to have taken a fair start for a prosperous career. The Government of New South…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1882 · page 2

MINUTES of a special delegate meeting, held at Lambton, on Monday, February 27th. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, New Lambton, Glebe,…

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Borehole Miners

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

A FURTHER meeting of the A:A. Company's Borehole miners was held at Hamilton on Wednesday morning; Mr. Andrew Curry in the chair. There was…

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Lambton. Miners' Meeting

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

A special meeting of the above miners was held in Stoker's Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. Kerr in the chair. There was a fair attendance…

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The Miners' Strike Discussed. (Condensed from Friday's E. News

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 March 1882 · page 2

THE half-yearly meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held on Thursday night at the Hyde Park Hotel, corner of Bathurst and Elizabeth streets. There…

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Our Future Coal Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1882 · page 2

THE prodigious rate at which we are using up our coal must again force itself on public attention at no distant day. According to the statistics lately published by the…

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Borehole Miners. Aggregate Meeting to Be Called

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1882 · page 2

A MEETING of the A.A. Company's Borehole miners was held at Williams' ground, Hamilton, yesterday; Mr. Andrew Curry presiding. The previous minutes having…

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Kilcunda Coal Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1882 · page 2

SEVERAL enquiries have been made as to the locality of the Kilounda Coal Mines, which have been in operation over ten years. The following brief particulars will be of…

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