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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1883

269 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 14

Labour and Wages in Great Britain. the Home Secretary and the Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1883 · page 4

THE HOME SECRETARY AND THE MINERS.—THE South Wales miners having consulted the Home Secretary as to whether in view of the decision in the…

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The Glebe Miners' Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1883 · page 3

THE following appears under the head of "Notes on Current Events" in the E. News of the 3rd instant:—The result of the arbitration between the Newcastle Coal…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1883 · page 2

THE following are the minutes of a special delegate meeting held at Lambton on March 7th. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Glebe, Back Creek,…

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Important to Mining Companies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the action Linsley, miner, v. the Mount Pleasant Coal Company, for injuries received by the company not providing sufficient places of…

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Employing Boys in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 7

IN the report of the Inspector of Mines, says the Sydney Liberal relative to the Cobar Copper Mine, we find the following: "The company compel all the boys in their…

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Mining Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 8

In the Supreme Court, Sydney, on Tuesday before his Honor the Chief Justice and a jury of four, the case of Linsley v. Lahiff and others was heard…

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Lambton Miners

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

A SPECIAL meeting of the above miners was held in Stoker's hall, on Friday evening. There was a fair attendance; Mr. W. Kerr in the chair…

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Northumberland Miners' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1883 · page 3

THE miners of Northumberland have followed up their rejection of the sliding scale by a number of proposals, which, through their executive, have been…

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Temora and Gympic Mining

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

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Encouraging news has been received from the rush at Billy's Lookout, Temora. Two more holes have bottomed on gold, the…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held in Mr. Harris' Hall, on Friday evening last, Mr. J. Baird in the chair. The minutes of meetings held during the month…

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Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held in Williams' Hall, Hamilton, on Saturday evening last; Mr. John Wrightson in the chair. The minutes of the previous…

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Royal Rewards for Brave Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 4

GREAT satisfaction was expressed in Atherstone and the neighbourhood on Tuesday when it became known that her Majesty had rewarded the bravery…

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TELEGRAMS. Splendid Gold Struck

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

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Burrangong Goldmining Prospecting Company has struck splendid payable gold in their claim, on O'Malley's Flat, two miles…

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The Lime Process of Coal-getting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 4

LAST week (says the Colliery Guardian of January 5), a very successful experiment with the lime process of getting coal, patented by Mr. Sebastian…

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Mining Matters at Bulli. (Illawarra Mercury March 9.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 3

THE working time this fortnight has been rather broken, there not being a whole day worked during last week. It is better this week. There is no foundation of fact in the…

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The Past and Present of the Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1883 · page 3

The following letter, addressed to the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle, will be read with interest, as stating the different methods of coal getting in N. S. Wales and…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1883 · page 2

THE above miners held their monthly meeting in Stoker's Hall. Lambton, on Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance; Mr. W. Kerr in the chair. The minutes of previous meeting were read…

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News by the San Francisco Mail. a New System of Coal Hauling

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1883 · page 3

Mr. C. B. Finley, of the Kittinning Coal Company, in the Clearfield region, United States, has perfected a system for hauling, coal out of the mines of the company which…

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Mining Intelligence

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

A VERY rich find of copper has been made at Ravenswood, Queensland. A real diamond is said to have been unearthed near Auckland, N.Z…

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The Proposed Restriction in the Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1883 · page 7

It is stated by a Pontypridd correspondent that the Welsh miners have resolved not in any case to sanction any artificial means of regulating the coal market, despite the…

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