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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1887 · page 7

MINUTES of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Friday, June 3rd, 1887. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe, B. C. and…

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Burwood Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1887 · page 2

A MEETING of local shareholders in the Burwood Coal Company, convened by Mr. John Jackson, sharebroker, was held in the Great Northern Hotel on Thursday…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1887 · page 5

WE are pleased to learn that this young company is progressing exceedingly well. The late rains have retarded the outside works at the mine a little, but the contractors are…

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A Horse Shod with Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1887 · page 9

IN the year 1855, a storekeeper named Donald Cameron, carrying on business at Woolshed was elected first member of Parliament for the Ovens District, and he had…

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The Department of Mines. (S. M. Herald.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1887 · page 6

THE annual report of the Department of Mines of the colony of New South Wales for the year 1886 has been presented to Parliament. The number of applications to lease…

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Mount Morgan West Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 5

The directors of the Mount Morgan West mine, Queensland, are to be prosecuted for publishing a false prospectus…

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Strikes As They Affect the Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1887 · page 2

DURING the last few weeks the exports of coal from the Humber, sent from the West Riding Collieries, has been exceptionally heavy, much greater,…

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The Mount Lehyson Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1887 · page 8

IN yesterday's issue (says the Townsville Bulletin of 24th May) we published a cablegram announcing that the Mount Leyshon mine had been…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1887 · page 5

A SPECIAL MEETING of the above miners was held in the hall, of the Mechanics' Institute, on Monday evening. In the absence of the chairman, Mr. J. W. Platt was appointed to…

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Miners' Conference in Manchester

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1887 · page 8

A CRNFERENCE of representatives of miners in all parts of the country was recently opened in Manchester, for the purpose of considering the Mines…

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Coal on the Clarence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1887 · page 5

THE shaft which was being sunk at Gaynor's Hill has been put down to a depth of 50 feet, where it is still in a hard sandstone. Deeper exploration will now be left for boring, which…

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Gold in the North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1887 · page 8

The s.s. Tannadice took 2299ozs of gold, valued at £9196, from Port Darwin to the Southern colonies last Tuesday…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1887 · page 8

The above miners held a meeting in Conn's Hall, on Tuesday evening. There was a fair attendance. Mr. Henry Hanlon in the chair…

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Sydney Stock Exchange and Mining Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1887 · page 7

THE Sydney Stock Exchange and Mining Club was opened on Monday. The club premises are situate at No. 72, Pitt-street, and were formerly…

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Burwood. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 3

The above miners held their usual monthly meeting on Tuesday evening in the Albert-Victor Hotel, Burwood, Mr. E. Chappel in the chair…

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Gold From Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 6

MESSRS. BURNS, PHILP, AND Co., Limited, report that during the past week the following have been the imports of gold from Queensland to…

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Bulli Relief Fund, and N. S. W. Miners' Permanent Relief Fund

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 3

EVER since the lamentable disaster at Bulli, we have strenuously advocated that means should be taken by the miners of New South Wales to form a…

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The Mount Browne Goldfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1887 · page 3

THE Mount Browne goldfield has recently been visited by W. H. J. Slee, Government Inspector of Mines. Mr. Slee reports as follows:—"At Mount…

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Glebe. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 7

A special general meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Simpson's Hall; Mr. John Loyd in the chair…

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New Lambton C. Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 2

THE above miners held a general meeting on Thursday evening, in Mrs. Love's hotel. Mr. J. Wallwork occupied the chair. The Chairman opened the meeting…

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