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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

613 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 31

Lambton. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening last, Mr. Hanlon in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed…

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Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1887 · page 5

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…

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Mining Ventures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1887 · page 5

Several large colonial mining-ventures are ready to be placed on the London market. Experts advise delay, as the mining market is dull at…

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A Victorian Gold Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1887 · page 5

A syndicate is prepared to float the Chiltern gold mines, in Victoria, on the London market, with a capital of £250,000…

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Queensland Gold-mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1887 · page 5

A company is being formed, with a capital of £120,000, to work the Kilkivan mines in Queensland…

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Extraction of Gold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1887 · page 5

A company has been registered to work the process patented by Messrs. Cosmo Newbery and Vautin for the extraction of gold from pyrites. The…

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Plattsburg. Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1887 · page 7

The adjourned monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday evening, Mr. Robert Price in the…

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New Safety Lamp for Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 October 1887 · page 2

ON September 12 an exhibition was given, in one of the committee rooms of the House of Commons, of a new electric lamp for use in mines, which…

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Greta Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 5

MINERS' Inspector's Report on Inspection of Greta Colliery, October 10th and 11th, 1887. C. PIT INSPECTION, OCT. 10TH. Intake for engine bank and C. pit split:…

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Lord Clyde United Gold-mining Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 October 1887 · page 5

QUEENSLAND gold-mining at present appears to be receiving a considerable amount of public attention, not only in the northern colony and Australia…

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Hamilton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 October 1887 · page 5

THE A.A. Company's miners hold their monthly meeting on Saturday evening last. The attendance was small. Mr. William Rouse occupied the chair…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 October 1887 · page 5

THE following is the check-inspectors' report:—We, the undersigned, do certify that we examined the airways of various headings, cut-throughs,…

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Broken Hill Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1887 · page 5

The Broken Hill Silver- mining Company, with a capital of £350,000, has been registered, to purchase the rights of the Broken Hill Proprietary…

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American Coal Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1887 · page 5

FROM a return issued under the direction of the United States Geological Surveyor, it appears that in the year 1886 the total production of all kinds…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Ironclad Gold-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1887 · page 5

The directors of the Ironclad Goldmining Company have taken proceedings against Mr. Gardner to recover the amount due for calls upon 1000…

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A Mining Prophet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1887 · page 5

KIMBERLEY has ever had one steadfast, unswerving admirer in Mr. J. M. Sweet. On his first visit, being special correspondent to the Sydney Morning, Herald, even during the…

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The Kimberley Diggings. Rich Gold Crushing. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1887 · page 5

THE stone recently brought from several reefs at Kimberley by Mr. J. M. Sweet, who represented a wealthy Sydney syndicate, and Mr. P. Durack,…

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District News. Adamstown. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1887 · page 5

NEW LAMBTON C. PIT MINERS held a special meeting last night, Mr. John Carr in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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The Hydrogen-amalgam Process for Extracting Gold From Ores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1887 · page 5

A USEFUL improvement in the method of extracting gold from refractory ores is announced. The inventor is Mr. B. C. Molloy, M.P., and his…

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The Transvaal Goldfields

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1887 · page 5

An Australian digger has discovered gold at Landeritzland, South Africa, in quantities which give every promise that the field will be a payable…

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