Hewing Price of Coal. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Will you allow me a small space in your valuable paper with reference to the discussion at the Co-operative miners' meeting on the…
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Mining & the mines, 1885
433 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 22
Gold Discovery in Western Australia
AN important piece of intelligence comes from Western Australia, the Government Geologist of that colony having reported the finding good payable gold near the Ord…
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MINUTES of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Wednesday, June 10th. Lodges represented:—Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe,…
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DOING GOOD.—There is a satisfaction in the thought of having done what we know to be right; and there is discomfort amounting often to bitter…
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ON April 26 (says a home paper) an Australian mining expert has gone out with General Fremantle to inspect the hills round Tambouk where it is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of adjourned delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Thursday, June 11th, 1885. Lodges represented; Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The South Waratah Colliery. Incompetent Breaksmen
THE following is a copy of the letter referred to at the meeting of the miners' delegates on Thursday. It is addressed to Mr. Curley, the miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Yorkshire Miners' Strike
THE men employed at the Shireoaks Colliery, by a ballot taken on the 25th of April, decided to resume work at a reduction of 10 per cent. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →News from China. Russians Purchasing Coal. Movements of Men-of-War
BRISBANE, Saturday.—By the steamer Catterthun, which arrived at Cooktown from Hongkong on Thursday, news has been received that the Russians bought up all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal at Orange
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A seam of coal has been discovered in the vicinity of Keenan's Bridge, Orange. It is thought worth working, and a company is being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maryville Colliery
A DEMONSTRATION of a happy character took place on Wednesday afternoon at the Maryville Company's Colliery, on account of the first cool leaving the ground for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gympie Gold Field
Wednesday.—The warden's report on the Gympie gold-field for the month of May shows that the total quantity of stone crushed was 6840 tons, yielding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosions
J. BUDDLE writes on this subject as follows to the Newcastle (England) Chronicle:—Professor Merivale, according to the latter part of his letter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eating Off Gold
MRS. ASTOR'S supper to 20 of her intimate friends was given on Monday night (says the Cincinnati Enquirer). On this occasion the famous service of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Frightful Colliery Accident. Nearly 200 Lives Lost
LONDON, Friday.—A terrible accident has occurred at Pendlebury, Lancashire. The bodies of 22 victims have already been taken out, but 142 men and boys…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Silverton Mines
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Several new discoveries of value have recently been made at Silverton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gold Rush at Mount Ellery
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—It is reported that a new rich alluvial gold-field has been discovered in the vicinity of Mount Ellery, beyond the Snowy River, about…
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MELBOURNE Friday.—Coal has been struck, 2ft. 10in. thick, at a depth of 113 feet, at Cape Paterson, Victoria…
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The R.M.S. Cuzco left here to-day for London via Adelaide, with £70,000 in specie from Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gold Rush at Mount Ellery
Further particulars of the new rush at Mount Ellery, near the Snowy River, show that although the reports as to the number of people on the ground were…
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