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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

613 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 31

Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 3

IF you want good, strong pit boots, or cheap boot and shoes for your wives and children, do not fail to call at Joshua Smith's, oppiosite tram terminus, Hunter-st., Newcastle…

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Late News. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Mining on Private Property

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 3

THE Minister for Mines states that a bill to provide for mining on private property is in course of preparation; and if public business will allow of…

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Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 4

IF you want good, strong pit boots, or cheap boots and shoes for your wives and children, do not fail to call at Joshua Smith's, opposite tram terminus, Hunter-st., Newcastle. 9717…

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Treatment of Gold in Pyrites

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 5

The Times states that Messrs. Cosmo Newbery and Vautin have remedied the defects in the chlorination process invented by them for…

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Death in the Burwood Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 4

A MARRIED man named John Wrigley, about 45 years of age, dropped dead in the Burwood mine yesterday morning. He had been attended to for some time past by Dr…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. COAL

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 7

A coal seam has been struck by the diamond drill at Mirboo, in North Gippsland. The seam is 10in thick, and was struck at a depth of 896ft 4in…

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Queensland Gold-mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 7

THE brilliant success of the Mount Morgan mine is a matter which has interested not only Australia, but the loading spirits in the financial circles…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 5

THE above miners held their quarterly meeting in the Music Hall on Wednesday evening. There was a good attendance, and Mr. H. Hanlon presided…

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National Association of Colliery Managers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 2

A LARGELY attended meeting of managers from important colliery centres in England and Wales was held at Manchester, recently, for the…

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Death in the Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 September 1887 · page 7

AN inquest was held at the Glebe Hotel, Glebe, yesterday afternoon by the district coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., upon the body of Enoch Smith,…

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Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 October 1887 · page 5

A special meeting of the above miners was held on Friday evening in Harris's Assembly Rooms. Mr. James Baird in the chair. The delegate, Mr. Johnson read the…

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Hamilton. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 October 1887 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the Borehole miners was hled on Saturday night. Mr. S. Cook presided, and the attendance was moderate…

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Mining Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 October 1887 · page 6

ON Saturday morning last a meeting of the Associated Coal Proprietors and the representatives of the Hunter River Miners Protective Association…

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Northumberland Company's Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1887 · page 5

WORK at the Northumberland Company' Colliery, near Cockle Creek, is very dull at present. The pit has only worked two days during the past five weeks. Those who have…

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The Management of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 October 1887 · page 7

MR. SEAVER will move to-day, "That this House is of opinion that, with the view of remedying to some extent the ignorance and culpability that…

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Gippsland Gold Mining

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

The London directors of the Gipps-hand Gold-mining Company are Messrs. Archibald, Arnott, Charles Clark, and Alexander Macrae…

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Silver Mining

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

A syndicate is willing to purchase the Rockwell Silver Company's mine at Broken Hill, New South Wales, for a sum of £100,000…

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Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 8

IF you want good, strong pit boots, or cheap boots and shees for your wives and children, do not fail to call at Joshua Smith's, opposite tram terminus, Hunter-st., Newcastle…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 3

MINUTES of a quarterly delegate meeting held at Newcastle, Oct. 4, 1887. Lodges represented:—Borehole, Wellsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe, B.C. and…

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The Pacific Coast Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 3

DURING the quarter ended September 30th, 1887, 41 vessels, with 75,415 tons of coal, valued at £41,487 11s, or 200,026 dollars 82 cents, loft this port for the Pacific coast, only…

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