Lambton Miners
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 were read and…
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Mining & the mines, 1883
269 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 14
Colliery Accident in Wales
The Newcastle on-Tyne Chronicle of Dec. 28 says:—"On Thursday night great excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Pontypridd by an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Shipment of Coal. (To the Editor of the Herald & Advocate.)
SIR,—There appeared in your issues of yesterday and to-day's date three letters, signed "New Zealander," "Shipmaster," and "South Australia" respectively, and I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the Eight-hour System in the Mines. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In looking over your issue of Monday in the report of the Borehole miners' meeting, a motion was moved on the eight-hour system to start at 6 a.m. It is all…
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LONDON, February 18.—A coal mine in the State of Illinois has caved in Seventy miners were buried, and it is feared that all perished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Glebe Mining Dispute
IN connection with the recent dispute between the Newcastle Coal Company, and their Glebe miners, the question of nominating an umpire for the Arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Shipment of Coal. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In your issue of to-day, appears a letter signed "Another Shipmaster." Now, Sir, it must be some satisfaction to hear that there is one shipmaster in port about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chances of Gold Mining. Discover of the Largest Nuggets It Found in Tasmania at the Pieman Gold-field
CONSIDERA[?] excitement has been caused in Launceston by a rumour that a pugget weighting about 201bs had been brought to town by somminers from the Pieman and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ferndale Miners
THE Ferndale miners held their quarterly meeting on Monday evening last, in Robinson's long room, Tighe's Hill; Mr. J. Bowditch in the chair. The minutes of all…
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OUR readers will have perceived that for some time past our correspondence columns have been greatly occupied with complaints from shipmasters, respecting…
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A serious accident, the result it is feared of that spirit of recklessness for which miners are proverbial, and which has led to the loss of three lives, occurred on January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Intelligence
THE profit and loss account of the proprietors of the Wallaroo mines for the year ended December 31, 1882, showed a credit balance of £27,639 10s 3d, as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Northumberland Miners' Strike in 1844
R. FYNES, of Blyth, England, contributes the following interesting information to the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, of December 23. It will doubtless he read with interest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Visit of the Minister of Mines to Newcastle
YESTERDAY morning the Hon. Joseph P. Abbott, Minister for Mines, arrived in Newcastle for the purpose of making a visit of inspection throughout the Newcastle mining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Visit of the Minister for Mines
ON Saturday morning, the Hon. J. P., Abbott, Minister for Mines, received a deputation at the Great Northern Hotel, from the Hunter River Miners' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monday, February 26, 1883. the Visit of the Minister for Mines to the Newcastle District
THE fact of the Minister for Mines paying no official visit to the collieries in this district argues well for that gentleman's desire to make himself…
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A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held in Williams' Hall on Saturday evening last, to consider the best way of carrying out the eight hours system…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Coal Mining Company and Their Miners
WE have been favoured by the Miners' General Secretary (Mr. Curley) with the following copy of the award in connection with the late dispute:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputation to the Minister for Mines on the Coal Mines Regulation Act
ON Saturday morning the Hon. J. P. Abbott, M.L.A., Minister for Mines, received a deputation from the Hunter River Miners' Association, for the purpose of drawing his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Entanglement in the Coal Trade
LLOYD JONES writes to the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, of Dec. 23, as follows:—"In the West Riding of Yorkshire, there is a desire on the part of…
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