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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1888

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1888 · page 6

MINUTES Of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Tuesday, May 15, 1888. Lodges represented: Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative,…

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Correspondence Borehole Miners Meeting. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 May 1888 · page 3

SIR,—In this day's issue of your paper appears a report of the above meeting, and in referring to Mr. Carruthers' Arbitration Bill, I am…

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South Burwood Coal Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 4

ON reference to our advertising columns, the prospectus of the above-named coal company will be seen, and which has recently been placed before the public. The directorate is…

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Gold in North Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 5

Mr. W. P. Morgan, the discoverer of gold near Dolgelly, in North Wales, will stop working the mines unless he is allowed to realise the gold…

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Hamilton. Borehole Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 6

A special meeting was held on Thursday evening to consider the minutes of a delegate meeting held in Newcastle on Tuesday last, the principal matter being the consideration of…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 5

THE mine manager reports for the fortnight ending May 19th, as follows:—The shaft is down to a total depth of 164 feet, having sunk 6 feet for the week ending May 12…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Wingello Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 5

THE petition of the Wingello Coal Company for leave to liquidate their liabilities has been discharged. THE CHINESE IN THE HARBOUR…

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The Coal Staiths

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1888 · page 5

IT is with very great pleasure that we can inform our readers that the demolition of those intolerable abominations, the coal staiths at the Timber Wharf, is to be commenced…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Gold in North Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 May 1888 · page 5

THE Government has made liberal concessions to Mr. W. P. Morgan, the discoverer of rich auriferous deposits near Dolgelly, North Wales. Mr…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 8

A SPECIAL miners' meeting was held in Ralph's Druids Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. D. Mason in the chair. The minutes of the last special and two…

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New Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 4

The Wallarah Coal-mining Company, New South Wales, with a capital of £100,000, has been registered…

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The Bonang Gold Mining Company, Limited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 2

A GLANCE at our advertising columns to-day will show that a new gold mining company, in which some well-known Newcastle residents are interested, as well as some leading…

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Dreadful Colliery Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 10

A SHOCKING colliery accident occurred on April 6, at the Douglas Bank Colliery, Wigan, belonging to the Rosa Bridge Colliery Company. Hitherto…

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A Mining Boom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 11

LAST summer I overheard two men talking as they were digging away in the mines, and one said: " Jim, they say thar is a big boom up at Rome."…

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District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1888 · page 3

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Friday evening in Thomas' Assembly Rooms, Mr. R. Punton in the chair…

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South Waratah. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 5

A MEETING of the South Waratah miners was held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, near the Sydney bridge, Mr. Hillett being in the chair…

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Alleged Mining Swindle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 6

WE (Ballarat Courier) understand that an exposure of an immense mining swindle perpetrated away from this town will shortly take place, in which several Ballarat man…

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District News. Burwood. Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1888 · page 7

The above miners held their usual monthly meeting on Monday evening, in Simpson's Hall, Mr. John Lloyd in the chair. The attendance was…

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Hamilton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1888 · page 8

A special meeting of Dr. Charles Hedley's supporters was held in Williams' Assembly Rooms last evening to consider that gentleman's resignation from the lodge in view of…

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Lambton. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1888 · page 8

The usual monthly meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday night in Ralph's Druids Hall, Mr. D. Mason in the chair…

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