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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

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Mine Manager Assaulted

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

A SANDHURST correspondent reports that a murderous assault by a supposed lunatic was made upon John Casley, manager at the Eureka mine,…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1887 · page 2

THE above miners held a special meeting last night. There was a very fair attendance, Mr. William Cowan in the chair…

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Co-operative Miners

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

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held last evening, Mr. James Brady in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Gold Supply of the World

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

At a meeting of the Bullion Society, Mr. Cornish read a paper on the gold supply of the world. He argued that the present depression was caused…

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Miners' Demonstration at Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 March 1887 · page 6

ON Saturday the miners of the Hunter River district held their annual demonstration Wallsend being the trysting place selected, and they may…

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District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 6

The usual monthly meeting of the above was held on Friday evening last, Mr. J. Baird in the chair. The minutes of last monthly and two…

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Proposed Mining Agreement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 5

MEMORANDUM of agreement made the day of , 1887, between the Australian Agricultural Company, the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company,…

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Fearful Colliery Explosion. Great Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1887 · page 5

Intelligence from Belgium states that a disastrous colliery explosion took place yesterday, by which 144 persons lost their lives…

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The Coal Mines of New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1887 · page 5

THE first prosecution under the New Zealand Coal Mines Act of 1886, an Act specially framed to regulate the granting of coal mining leases, and to…

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Great Strike in the Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1887 · page 6

IN the Northumberland (England) coal trade a great strike has been resolved upon. All the efforts of the miners' leaders to bring about an…

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Mining Companies Registered in England in 1886

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1887 · page 5

A TABLE, being the eleventh annual table of a similar nature compiled by Mr. Edward Ashmead, F.C.A., has just been issued by that gentleman…

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The Coal Trade in England. the Strike in the North. (Newcastle Chronicle.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1887 · page 6

FROM inquires made on 25th January, it appears that the whole of the returns had come to hand. A meeting of the Executive Committee…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1887 · page 8

THE Burwood miners held their usual quarterly meeting on Tuesday evening in the. Albert Victor Hotel. There was a very large attendance, Mr. E. Chapple in the chair…

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New Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1887 · page 8

THE above miners held a special meeting on Tuesday evening at Mrs. Love's Hotel, Adamstown, Mr. W. Cowan in the chair. The meeting (was called for the purpose of…

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American Cannel Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 2

AN American exchange has the following:—A new departure in the coal business has recently been inaugurated, whereby this country will henceforth…

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West Wallsend Coal Company (Limited.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 8

THE directors of the above company resolved to hold their third hall-yearly meeting on the property of the company, and yesterday a large number…

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Mining Regulations of Canton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 3

THE United States Minister at Pekin, Charles Denby, in a recent report to the State Department on the above subject, says that his Excellency…

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Correspondence Ventilation in Mines. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1887 · page 7

SIR,—Knowing you to take an interest in the welfare of the miners, I wish to draw your attention to the bad ventilation of some mines in this district. I have been a mines…

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The Miners' Catechism

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1887 · page 7

THE following appears in the Bulli and Clifton Times:—Question: What is your name? Answer: Peter Collier…

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The Coal Famine in New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 3

THE S. M. Herald's New York correspondent writes as follows, under date 5th February:—In every house in New York City and its dependent…

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