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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

350 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 18

Copeland Goldfield

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

A CORRESPONDENT of the E. News writes:— Copeland Goldfield is bearing a more favourable aspect at present than it has done for some time past. This is accounted for by…

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Employment in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1882 · page 4

THERE is an interesting article in the Colliery Guardian on the revival of the coal trade in the Midland coal-field. It states that a considerable decrease of the mining…

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The Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1882 · page 5

MR. R. COBLEY, who is agent for H. L. Summerfield (the People's Tailor, of Sydney), deeply sympathises with the miners, and will add his mite to assist them…

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The Glebo Miners

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

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening last; Mr. Wm. Davies in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. A…

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The Borehole Miners

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

YESTERDAY morning, in accordance with a promise made to Mr. W. K. Lochhead, the General Superintendent of the A.A. Co. received a deputation of his workmen to…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1882 · page 2

A FULL muster of the A. A. Company's Borehole miners met at Williams' assembly ground, Hamilton, yesterday morning, to receive and consider the report of a…

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The Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 4

MR. R. COBLEY, who is agent for H. L Summerfield (the People's Tailor, of Sydney), deeply sympathises with the miners, and will add his mite to assist them…

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Coal to San Francisco

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 4

The San Francisco Journal of Commerce of Jan. 28th, in its annual review of trade and commerce for 1881, thus writes respecting coal:— "It will be seen by the figures below that…

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Accident at Co-operative Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 4

ON Thursday afternoon an accident happened to a young man named Drills, employed on the pit top at the Co-operative Colliery. Drills was engaged in filling one…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1882 · page 4

A MEETING of Wallsend miners was held in Harris Assembly Rooms, on Wednesday evening; Mr. Owen in the chair. Moved—"That this meeting do not proceed with the business, but stand…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1882 · page 3

THE quarterly delegate meeting was held at Lambton on Thursday, April 6th, 1882. Lodges represented :—Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, New Lambton, Back Crook,…

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Tenders for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1882 · page 2

TENDERS for the supply of 100,000 tons of Victorian coal were opened at Melbourne on Friday mornings The Western Port Coal Company tendered for 50,000 tons, at the…

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The Miners' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1882 · page 2

THE following sums have been received from the undermentioned Societies, in support of the Miners' Strike:— Seaman's Union, £25; Boiler Makers' Society,…

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Boring for Coal at Brisbane Water

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1882 · page 2

THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. J. C. Ruddle, the chief engineer of the Australian Diamond Drill Company, we are enabled to give some particulars relative to the boring…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 3

THE above miners met on Wednesday evening, in Stoker's Hall; Mr. R. Mooney in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…

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Fatal Colliery Explosion in Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 4

A COLLIERY explos[?], attended with loss of life, occurred[?] Saturday night, February 5th, at the Coldcae Colliery, Rhondda Valley, [?]d six persons…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion and Loss of Life in Durham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1882 · page 4

AN explosion occurred on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 16th, is the Harvey seam of the Trimdon Grange Colliery situated about midway between…

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Correspondence the Pulpit and the Miners. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1882 · page 8

SIR,—In one of the city churches on Sunday week last, was delivered, What may he termed "A Sunday evening lecture." The topic chosen at the ground work For the solution to the problem…

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More Gold at Nundle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1882 · page 2

THE Tamworth Observer says that the lucky Nundle digger, Joseph Ruzicky, is still getting great patches of gold: one of 102 ozs., and another of 5lbs weight…

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The Borehole Miners' Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 April 1882 · page 3

A MEETING of the Borehole miners was held yesterday on Williams' Assembly Ground, Hamilton. Mr. James Duke presided. Mr. Hunter and Mr. Curley, the General Secretary, briefly reported…

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