Inquest at Geoegetown. Another Colliery Accident
ON Tuesday forenoon a lad, 17 years of age, named Gomer Davies, met with an accident in the Hamilton Colliery, No. 2 pit (in which he was employed) through an empty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1886
786 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 40
Lambton Miners' Strike Fund
DURING the last week Mr. J. Curley, Miners' General Secretary, received, approximately, £160 towards the support of the Lambton miners now on…
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A MEETING Of the Agents-General was held recently in London to consider a suggestion of Mr. Cornish, to the effect that a complete gold crushing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining News. BARMEDMAN
THE fact that 25 stampers are now in full swing is cheering to miners who have been eagerly waiting for an opportunity to crush. Five stampers are employed on a trial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Explosions. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In yours of the 30th ult. was a letter from Mr. John Evans referring to the recent explosion at the Mardy Colliery, South Wales, and stating that it was one of…
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Gold has been discovered at the edge of the Monaro Mountains, twenty miles from Bega. Already there are 100 men on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Plattsburg. Cooperative Miners' Meeting
A special meeting of the Co-operative miners was held on Monday night. Mr. D. Rees occupied the chair, and called on the secretary (Mr. A. Cook) to read over the…
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MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting, held at Newcastle, on Thursday, January 7th, 1886. Lodges represented:—Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe,…
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Several large blocks of coal from Mirboga, Gippsland, are on exhibition. The seam is only three miles from a new station. A statement is current that…
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A SOUTH Australian correspondent writes:— "A notice was posted up at the mines last week intimating that in future all subsist will cease, which means that the workmen…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Land Under Miners' Rights
The Minister of Mines has promised that he will use his best endeavours to induce the Government to make provision to enable men holding land in town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mining Enterprise
UNDER the heading "A Romantic Mining Enterprise," a Christchurch (New Zealand) correspondent sends the following:—"A number of enterprising people in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting
A MEETING of the Wallsend miners was held on Friday night, Mr. J. Baird in the chair. The secretary (Mr. F. Craig) read the minutes of previous meeting, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining News. Gympie. December 23
A very satisfactory result has accrued from the past three weeks' crushing from No. 5 North Phœnix mine, which was cleaned up to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Xxx." the Gold Medallist
Clausen and Sons' Champagne Lager Beer was awarded highest award and gold medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876, beating Annhouser and Co., Bergner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold in Western Australia Denied
Thomas Page, miner at Ord River, Western Australia, states there is nothing to warrant, the belief in the existence of a payable gold field…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Nevada Silver Mining Co
At a meeting of the Nevada Silver Mining Co., the same was reconstructed under the title of the "New Nevada."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton. Miners' Meeting
The usual meeting of the above miners was held on the Recreation Reserve on Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. Mr. H. Agnew occupied the chair. There…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mining News. Charters Towers
KELLY'S P.C. Just-in-Time Block.—This company commenced sinking a shaft a short time ago with the intention to try and intersect the Caledonian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton. Miners' Meeting
The above miners met on the Recreation Reserve yesterday morning Thursday. There was a full attendance, Mr. H. Agnew in the chair…
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