Duckenfield Colliery
WITH respect to the grievances at Duckenfield Colliery, we are informed that on Wednesday last a deputation including the District Officers of the Miners' Union,…
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Mining & the mines, 1884
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 15
The Late Dispute at the Minmi Colliery
THE misunderstanding between the miners and the manager of the Miami Colliery has been brought to a satisfactory settlement by the prudent mediation…
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MR. HUGH WALKER, the contractor for sinking the shaft of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co., has shown us some magnificent cent specimens of lignite, found at 190 feet…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Supreme Court in Banco having on the 21st August upheld the validity of the order of the Minister of Mines for the inspection…
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A MEETING of the Wallsend miners' was held on Friday evening; Mr. J. Baird in the chair. Mr. F. Craig, Secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting and the two committee meetings,…
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THE Supreme Court in Banco having, on the 21st August, upheld the validity of the order of the Minister of Mines for the inspection of the Messrs. Sneddon's mine at…
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The inquiry into the causes of the Baddesley (England) colliery explosion, in which thirty-two men were killed, has just been concluded. The verdict of the jury is…
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THE above miners met in Stoker's Hall, on Wednesday evening; Mr. Thos. Smith in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…
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A MEETING of the Co-operative miners, Plattsburg, was held on Saturday evening. Mr. Houston, the chairman, [?] upon the Secretary to read the minutes of the previous meeting, which…
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A TERRIBLE accident occurred in No. 3 shaft of the New Australasian Mine, Creswick, Victoria, early on Wednesday morning. Two men, Andrew Drummond and David Taylor, were working in a blocking…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The Mayors of the Borough of Wallsend and Plattsburg waited upon the Minister for Mines on Friday, to point out that his authority of…
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IN the Assembly on Friday Mr. J. C. Ellis asked the Secretary for Mines:—(1.) Was 98 acres 1 rood of land dedicated by the Government to the Newcastle Borough…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—The coal lumpers take their holiday on October 14, and will celebrate the occasion with their annual picnic…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a telegram was received by Mr. Mackenzie, Examiner of Coal Fields, notifying a serious pit accident at Longworth's coal mine, near Rix Creek,…
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MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Thursday, Oct. 2nd, 1884. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe,…
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YESTERDAY afternoon the commencement of shaftsinking for the Maryville Coal Company (Limited), on the Hannell Estate, Wickham, was formerly celebrated amid many good wishes for future…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—2089 ounces of gold have been obtained from 1914 tons of stone from the Prince Charley mine, Copeland, and 232 ounces of gold from twenty tons of stone from the Magpie Gully…
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As briefly stated in our issue of Wednesday last, a most distressing mining accident took place on Tuesday morning at Messrs. Longworth's new pit,…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes from Singleton, under date yesterday:—The jury this morning met, viewed the body of Longworth and the mine, and returned a verdict of accidental death in the cases of both West…
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MINUTES of a delegate meeting, held at Newcastle, on Friday, October 3rd, 1884. Lodges represented:—Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, New Lambton, Back Creek,…
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