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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

613 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 31

Colliery Accident at Aberdare

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 5

After continuous and unabated work, the whole of the miners who were entombed through a colliery accident near Aberdare, Wales, have been rescued. Many of them…

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Thornley Colliery Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 4

IN to-day's issue appears the prospectus of the Thornley Colliery Company, Limited, which is launched under the most favourable auspices. The colliery itself is by no means…

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Stockton Coal mining Co. v. Fletcher and Others. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 December 1887 · page 5

IN the Equity Appeal Court, judgment was given in the suit, Stockton Coal-mining Company. Fletcher and others, arising out of disputed ownership of seven and a-half acres…

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Burwood. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1887 · page 3

The above miners held a special general meeting on Saturday morning last in Mrs. Golding's, Albert Victor Hotel, Mr. E. Chappel in the chair…

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The Victorian Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1887 · page 6

THIS company, which has been in course of formation of late on a new basis, as we (Illawarra Mercury) understand, is likely to be in readiness to…

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Treatment of Gold Ores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 December 1887 · page 7

THE following article appears in the Mining and Scientific Press, of San Francisco:— When gold ore can be mined in…

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The Midas Gold-mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 5

The prospectus of the Midas goldmine, in the Ballarat district, will be issued in January. The capital is fixed at £180,000. The original…

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New Zealand Gold-mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 5

The Waihi Gold-mining Company, at the Thames, New Zealand, has been virtually floated [?]on the London market. The capital is fixed at…

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Gold in North Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 5

William Pritchard Morgan has discovered, near Dolgelly, in North Wales, a quartz reef, which is estimated to yield at least 2oz. to the ton,…

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The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 6

THE second ordinary meeting of the Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company will be held at Rockhampton on the 22nd December. The balance-sheet, which is for the six…

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Plattsburg Co-operative Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 5

The usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the hall of the Plattsburg Mechanics' Institute, on Saturday evening, Mr. R. Price in the chair…

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District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 5

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Friday evening; Mr. R. Punton in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting and…

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Gold in North Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 December 1887 · page 5

Increasing importance is attached to the gold mine discovered by William Pritchard Morgan at Gwyn-fynydd, near Dolgelly, in North…

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Australian Coal and Japanese Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 6

In No. 5 of a series of papers by the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods on "The coal trade between Australia and the East," published in the S. M. Herald,…

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Stockton Colliery. Check-inspectors' Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 3

West side main intake, 20,475 cubic…

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New Silver-mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1887 · page 8

The shares are being allotted in the Mount Albion Silver-mining Company, Queensland, which was recently formed with a capital of…

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Gold Specks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 5

A party of colonists, inspected the gold mine discovered at Gwynfynydd, North Wales. It is said gold is plainly visible in most of the stones…

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The Restriction of the Output of Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 3

A HOME paper says of the important matter of restriction in the coal output of Great Britain :—"Throughout the country the fixed idea of the miner…

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Important Coal Discovery at Casino. CASINO

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1887 · page 5

SEVERAL seams of what is believed to be good gas coal have been discovered near Casino. One seam is fully 15 feet wide. A seam, believed…

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Gold Mining in Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1887 · page 5

Mr. E. H. C. Bristowe informs the S.M. Herald that in 1863 there were several gold-mining companies working in North Wales, only one of…

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