Newcastle Collieries. Royal Commission's Report. (CONTINUED.)
THE third report of the Royal Commission on Collieries is supplemented by plans of the coal mines near Newcastle together with verbatim notes of…
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Mining & the mines, 1887
613 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 31
The Mudgee Mines
Amongst the material placed at my disposal by Professor Liversidge, is a very valuable paper, entitled " The Occurrence of the Diamond near…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Diamond Mines of New South Wales. Report by Consul Griffith, of Sydney
ALTHOUH diamonds have been known to exist in various parts of Australia for the last thirty or forty years, no effort has ever been made to conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lambton Miners
THE above miners held their quarterly meeting in Ralph's Druid's Hall, last evening. There was a large attendance. Mr. H. Hanlon in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Illawarra Colliery Strike. Bulli
TEN miners arrived from Sydney by the Bulli Company's steamer this morning. The local police escorted theme to the pit, where, together with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RANGOON, Monday. Costly Ruby Mines
The column which was recently despatched from Mandalay to open up the road to the ruby mines reached its destination on Wednesday last, and…
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The Times states that further shipments of gold are expected to be made to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Wallsend Coal Company (Limited)
FROM advertisement, it will be seen that a meeting of the shareholders of the above company will be held on Thursday, 13th inst, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Colliery Accident
ON Sunday evening recently a meeting of the Rotherham Literary Book Society was arranged to be held at the Aldwarke Main Colliery, belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Miners' Delegate Meeting
MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Thursday, January 6th, 1887. Lodges represented:—Boorehole, Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Illawarra Miners' Strike
"COMMERCE," a correspondent interested in the welfare of the Illawarra district, which is at present overshadowed, by what he terms a "strike…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Latest District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting
The usual monthly meeting of the Wallsend miners was held in Mr. Harris' Assembly Rooms last evening, Mr. Baird in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Select Poetry. The Lads that Work the Mine
The cage has cloer'd the shaft my lads, Fu' many a Yadom deep; Noo trim yer lamps, an' ply yer picks, An' let age drawer sleep…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bulli Colliery Strike. Bulli
EIGHT men for the Bulli pit arrived from Sydney yesterday morning, and were escorted to work by two policemen, headed by the local manager. A large crowd of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Co-operative Miners
THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Saturday evening, Mr. James Brady in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City of London Coal Dues
AN important deputation representing the Metropolitan Board of Works and the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee of the City of London waited recently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. Tighe's Hill. the Ferndale Colliery. Presentation to Mr. John Powell
A PRESENTATION and testimonial to Mr. John Powell, manager of the Ferndale Colliery, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, took place at Tighe's Hill on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Colliery Explosion
A SERIOUS explosion occurred on December 2in the workings of the Elemore Colliery, Durham, owned by the Hetton Coal Company. The day-workers had not gone…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killed in a Mine. Inquest at the Junction
LAST night Mr. Vindin, coroner, held an inquest at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, [?]unction, into the circumstances attending the death of Wm. Young, who was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Illawarra Miners' Strike. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)
Sir,—The extracts from a letter signed "Commerce," in the Sydney Morning Herald, which appeared in your supplement of Saturday last,…
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