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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1886

786 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 40

Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1886 · page 5

A SPECIAL general meeting of the above miners was held on Friday evening in Mr. Simpson's hall, Glebeland. Mr. Williams Hobson in the chair. The chairman opened…

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Illawarra Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1886 · page 3

Mr. BULL, of Sydney, appeared for the appellants in the Mount Pleasant intimidation cases heard on appeal, and decided in the Quarter Sessions Court,…

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District News. Hamilton. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 September 1886 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the A. A. Company's miners was held on Saturday evening Mr. James Thompson occupied the chair. At the…

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Illawarra Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1886 · page 5

The Illawarra Miners Association have asked southern associated colliery proprietors for a conference, which has been declined. The proprietors do not…

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Mount Pleasant Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1886 · page 5

The Mount Pleasant Company have 50 men working for them. The management have no intention of reengaging any of the men on strike…

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Gold Found

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1886 · page 5

A 20 oz nugget has been found at Midas mine. Creswick…

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The Ipswich Coal Deposits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1886 · page 3

Mr. J. HURST, geologist and assayist, who in the interests of science has visited many parts of the globe, has for the past two months been qu[?]etly yet…

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CORRESPONDENCE. The Dunkirk Colliery. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1886 · page 5

SIR,—Having heard it rumoured that we have locked out the miners from our Dunkirk colliery, we wish to show that the boot is on the o[?]h[?]r leg. We have received…

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New Tin Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1886 · page 5

A mountain of tin has been discovered near Cooktown, yielding 69 ounces to the ton…

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Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1886 · page 5

Operations have recommended at the Zigzag Colliery…

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The Young Wallsend Coal Mining Company's Property

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 3

THE man that makes a blade of grass to grow whore none grew before may well be regarded as a benefactor to his country, and on the same principle…

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Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 8

The Greta miners have been working very slack this last week or so; in fact, no work has been done outside specials since Friday. Extensive…

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Greta. MINERS

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 8

The miners' quarterly meeting took place last night in Smallshaw's hall, when the election of officers and business of minor importance was…

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The Cumberland Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 5

The Minister for Mines, accompanied by Mr. Kidd, the member for Camden, and several other gentlemen, with the secretary of the company,…

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Proposed Reduction of Miners' Wages in the Illawarra District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 4

IT would appear from the published reports that the coal proprietors of the Illawarra district have decided to reduce the miners' wages. There are…

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Queensland Coal Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 2

As briefly mentioned in our columns last week, a mass meeting of the Miners' Mutual Protective Association of the Ipswich district was held at…

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The Mining Difficulty at Wollongong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 8

AN influential meeting was held on Monday evening in the council-chambers to consider the present mining difficulty, and, if possible, to…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. The Illawarra Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 5

THE ballot in relation to the proposed reduction of the pay of the Illawarra miners at Wollongong on Wednesday evening resulted in…

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Mining Areas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 5

It is notified in the Gazette that there is set apart for public purposes the surface of the whole area demised to the Scottish and Australian Mining…

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The Goldfields of Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 10

THE reports of the mining registrars for the quarter ended 30th June have been published. They are prefaced by an interesting summary from Mr. C…

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