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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1888

863 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 44

The South Waratah Dispute. The Miners Locked Out

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 5

IN yesterday's issue we reported the result of the South Waratah miners meeting held at Adamstown on Saturday right, whereat the miners resolved not to start on Monday if the…

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Stockton Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 6

CHECK-INSPECTORS' Report, January 30, 1888:— West side main Intake.—Air current 21,750 cubic feet per minute;…

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Boring for Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1888 · page 6

SEVERAL gentlemen left Newcastle on Tuesday afternoon last, under the guidance of Messrs. Breckenridge and Cameron, for the purpose of…

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The Mining Outlook at Emmaville

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1888 · page 6

SELDOM has the outlook for mining in any district worn a more roseate hue than it does at the present time in Vegetable Creek (says the Vegetable…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 6

A special meeting of the above miners was held on Wednesday evening in Thomas' Assembly Rooms; Mr. R. Punton in the chair…

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Accident at the West Wallsend Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 6

A SHOCKING accident, which fortunately has not proved fatal, took place in the West Wallsend mine yesterday forenoon. Some five or six miners were…

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Reported Coal Discovery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 2

AN application has been made to the South Australian Commissioner of Crown Lands for the £10,000 bonus offered by the Government for the…

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The Broken Hill Mine and London Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 6

MR. KNOX, secretary of the Broken Hill Company, who (says the S. M. Herald) is a passenger by the Carthage, says that when he got to…

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The Metropolitan Coal Company's Property. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1888 · page 5

THE directors of the Metropolitan Coal Company, together with a large number of shareholders and several ladies, made a trip to-day to the…

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Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1888 · page 4

FOR Strong Bluchers or Cheap Elastic Sides, [?]all at Joshua Smith's, opposite tram terminus, Hunter-street, Newcastle…

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Gold in North Wales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1888 · page 5

The first crushing has taken place place of the gold discovered by Mr. W. P. Morgan, near Dolgelly, in North Wales, 250 tons of quartz…

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Greta Miners. Miners' Inspectors' Report. Greta Colliery, B and C Pits, March 5 and 6, 1888. B Pit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1888 · page 3

MAIN intake for dips, 19,825 cubic-feet per minute. South side Split.—Dips, 9296 cubic feet per minute for 37 me and boys…

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Coal Around Lake Macquarie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1888 · page 7

WITH regard to the southerly extension of the New South Wales Northern Coalfields, Mr. Geological Surveyor T. W. Edgeworth David, B.A.,…

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Mount Costigan Blocks Nos. 1 and 2 Silver-mining Company (No Liability)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1888 · page 7

FROM the prospectus published in another column it will be seen that yet one more silver-mining company has been placed before the public, the…

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Gold for Germany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 5

A heavy withdrawal of gold took place on Monday for Germany…

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The Wingello Mining Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1888 · page 5

The petition for winding up the Wingello Gold-mining Company in Victoria will be heard on the 14th April…

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Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 8

FOR Strong Bluchers or Cheap Elastic Sides, call at Joshua Smith's, opposite tram terminus, Hunter-street, Newcastle…

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WASHINGTON, Thursday. Terrible Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 5

A terrible colliery explosion has occurred at a colliery in Missouri. Already forty bodies have been exhumed. It is known that fully 100…

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District News. Wallsend. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 6

THE usual monthly meeting of the above was held in Mr. Thomas's Hall, on Thursday evening last, Mr. William Hogg in the chair. The Minutes of last monthly and two special…

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The Sydney School of Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 3

THE Government have decided, says the S.M. Herald, in view of the extensive mining discoveries throughout the colony, to take immediate steps towards the erection of…

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