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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1883

269 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 14

Coal Struck at Lithgow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 November 1883 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday.—The manager of Wilson and Saywell's mine reports having struck a 13-feet seam of splendid coal in the dip of the Vale of Clwydd…

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TELEGRAMS. The Vale of Clwvdd Coal Co

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 November 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Vale of Clywdd Coal Co. state that they can raise 500 tons daily, and guarantee the Government the utilisation of sixty trucks per day under…

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Colliery Inspector for the Southern District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 November 1883 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday night, Mr. Abbott, in reply to Mr. Fletcher, said that Mr. James Rowan had been appointed for the southern district as colliery…

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Charge of Forgery of Mining Shares

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1883 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Edward Russell Daunt for forging 614 shares in the Barmedman Gold-Mining Company, has been remanded till Wednesday…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 November 1883 · page 3

A MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday evening, Mr. D. Mitchell in the chair. The Cheek Inspector's report was read giving a detailed statement of the quantity of air travelling…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 2

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

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TELEGRAMS. Gold Discovery at Adelong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 November 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Three tons of golden quartz, from a depth of 1050 feet, have been taken from the mines at Adelong, and forwarded to the Sydney Mint…

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Impending Strike of Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 November 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.—The whole of the miners in the principal coal districts of England have signed an agreement pledging themselves to strike on the 1st…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 November 1883 · page 2

BALLARAT, Saturday.—A fatal accident happened on Thursday at Ballarat, at the mine of the Young Band Extended, where a youth named Hugh M'Lean, aged 17,…

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Fatal Accident at the Mount Pleasant Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A lad named Gillon fell from the trucks at the Mount Pleasant Colliery, and the wheels went over his neck killing him on the spot…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. Coal in Gippsland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1883 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A seam of coal two feet six inches thick has been discovered at Moe, on the Gippsland railway…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1883 · page 2

THE above miners held their monthly meeting in Simpson's room, on Monday evening last; Mr. William Davies in the chair…

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The Wallsend Coal Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A deputation from the Hunter River District Miners' Association, consisting of Messrs. Mitchell, M'Fadyen, and Curley, accompanied by…

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Mining Under Brookstown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 November 1883 · page 2

A COMBINED meeting between the Wallsend and Plattsburg Borough Councils was heldin the Wallsend Chambers on Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor of Tuesday…

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The English Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 8

A large and influential meeting of colliery owners of the Midland counties was held at the Midland Hotel, Derby, on October 16, when the following resolution…

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The Brookstown Mining Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation, consisting of Messrs. House and Richardson, of the Plattsburg, and Messrs. Shaw and Abel, of the Wallsend, Municipal Councils,…

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Miners As Artists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 2

THERE have been very few instances in the history of Wickham (writes the Newcastle correspondent of the Sydney Echo) which have been so characteristic of its prosperity…

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The Great Western Zigzag Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 4

SAYS the S. M. Herald:—About six months ago it was determined by Messrs W. Wilson and T. Saywell to sink for coal upon a portion of the estate of the late Mr. Thomas…

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Coal Near West Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1883 · page 2

MAITLAND, Thursday.—The Font Hill Coal Co. has found a seam of coal near West Maitland seventeen feet thick. It is good cannel coal…

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Coal Trimmers' Sick Benefit Society. Presentation to Mr. Charles Bruce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1883 · page 3

ON Monday night a largely attended banquet was given at James', All Nations' Hotel. Bullock Island, in connection with the lately established Coal Trimmers' Sick Benefit Society, the occasion being…

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