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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1888

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New Zealand Gold Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1888 · page 5

Sir Walter Buller has sold the New Zealand Antimony Company's gold mine for £10,000 cash, and 125,000 paid-up shares in the company which…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1888 · page 7

THE usual monthly meeting of the above miners- was held in the Agricultural Society's Hall on Friday evening, Mr. Wm. Hogg in the chair…

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The Three Imprisoned Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 December 1888 · page 4

THE report in another column of the large and influential meeting held in Newcastle on Saturday night for the purpose of asking Government to…

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Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 5

THE crushing of the Star of the East Gold-mining Company, Ballarat, for the past fortnight has been 936 tons stone for a yield of 838oz gold…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 3

A FATAL mining accident has occurred in the No. 1 South Stockholm claim, Queensland. A minor named Polly was ascending the shaft in a bucket,…

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Petition for the Release of the Three Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 5

HIS Worship the Mayor (Alderman H. Buchanan) proceeds by train to Sydney this morning for the purpose of presenting the petition for the…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday night. the Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1888 · page 5

OWING to the absence of the Minister for Justice, the Premier will arrange that the deputation from Newcastle relative to the release of the three…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1888 · page 8

THE adjourned monthly meeting of the above miners was held in the Agricultural Society's Hall on Monday evening; Mr. William Hogg in…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1888 · page 3

MINUTES of a special delegate meeting held at Newcastle on Tuesday, Dec. 11th, 1888. Lodges represented: Co-operative,…

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Lambton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 8

A MEETING Of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Ralph's Druids Hall; Mr. D. Mason in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were…

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The Imprisoned Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 4

THE full telegraphic report of the interview of the deputation which waited on the Colonial Secretary and Minister for Justice yesterday, to plead for the…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 7

MINUTES of adjourned delegate meeting hold at Newcastle on the 12th December. All the lodges were represented, along with the district…

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Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 2

TWENTY tons of Surface stone from the Lady Mary claim at Croydon yielded 92oz of gold. Rich mundie stone is being raised from the bottom…

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Another Discovery of Coal at Bulli

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 6

A SHORT time ago (says the Bulli Times) the Bulli Coal Company invited tenders for sinking a shaft on their property, about 300 yards from the…

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Deputation on Behalf of the Imprisoned Miners. The Colonial Secretary Gives an Unfavourable Reply. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1888 · page 5

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Fletcher, Melville, Creer, Ellis, and Walker, M's.L.A., Mr. H. Buchanan, Mayor of Newcastle, Rev. John…

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Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1888 · page 7

THE directors of the Great Cobar Copper Mining Company have declared a dividend (the 16th) of 1s per share…

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Sir Joseph Banks Gold Cup Handicap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1888 · page 6

The above handicap will be brought to a conclusion to-day. That it has been a thorough success, as far as it has gone, is beyond doubt, and it has been voted one of…

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Mining Notes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 3

THE amount of ore picked in Webb's S.M. Company for the month was Firsts, 5 tons, assaying 287oz silver per ton; seconds, 15 tons, assaying…

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Colliery Explosion and Loss of Ninety Lives

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 5

A SERIOUS explosion of fire damp occurred early on Saturday morning, November 3, at the mines at Campagnac, near Cransac, in the…

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Young Wallsend Coal Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1888 · page 3

THE mine manager reports for the week ending December 17th as follows: "Sinking operations have been continually carried on since my last…

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