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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Our Mining Industry

National Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

[Under the above heading the ADVOCATE invites correspondence for Saturday issues. Readers are asked to assist in making this column an interesting one.]…

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Mining. a Good Crushing. Tenterfield

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

An escort brought into town this afternoon a parcel of 270 ounces i8dwt. of gold, the result of a crushing from 50 tons of stone from the All Nations claim,…

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Mining Items

National Advocate · Monday 28 August 1893 · page 2

A miner of some experience asse[?] positively that Wattle Flat is one of the places which offer a fair reward to practical skill, backed by capital. The country…

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Mining. in Mudgee District. Mudgee

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 28 August 1893 · page 3

On Monday, Ah Jack, storekeeper, of Windeyer, brought in 140 ounces of gold from that locality, where a fair number of diggers are on payable wash. From…

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The Wages of Gold Miners

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 3

A metropolitan press correspondent, commenting on the proposal which has been made by goldmining companies to reduce miners' wages because of "hard…

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Mining. Yalgogrin Gold Field

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 3

On Saturday the following telegram was received by the Minister for Mines from Mr. Slee, chief inspector of mines at Barmedman : "Just returned from Yalgogrin gold field. The…

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The British Miners Strike

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

The strike of British miners, on Saturday led to a rather startling development. A band of 4000 strikers attacked the non-unionists at Swansea,…

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Drowned in a Mining Race

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

Catherine Hoare, at Young on Saturday, was drowned in a mining race…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Sunday. The British Miners' Strike. a Non-striker Killed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

A startling incident in connection with the strike of miners occurred at Swansea yesterday. Four thousand of the strikers made an…

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Mining Items

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 2

A new syndicate has been formed in Wellington to test the old Gladstone reef, about two miles distant from the Mitchell's Greek gold estate. This…

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Mining. Carcoar

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 3

Lillies and party, from the Uncle Sam claim, Flyer's Creek, brought into the branch of the City Bank of Sydney here, yesterday, a cake of gold weighing 50…

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More Gold at Western Australia. a New Rush

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday.—News from Coolgardie states that on Tuesday last an entirely new rush, 25 miles N.N.E. of Hannan's find, broke out, and everybody…

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Miners Waged

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

At the adjourned meeting of goldmine owners it was decided to recommend the adoption of a lower and more equitable rate of wages from the 4th proximo…

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Mining. the Yalgogrin Goldfield

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 3

The Minister for Mines has received a report from Mr. W. H. J. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines, with regard to the new rush- at Yalgogrin. The report is…

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Miners as Protectionists

National Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 3

Where is the miner who desires to train his son to follow the same dangerous and unhealthy manner of life as himself? Does not every miner ha[?] to be able to…

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Mining Items

National Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

Our Forbes correspondent writes :—The old plant of the Britannia goldmine has been sold to be re-erected at Peak Hill…

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The Welsh Coal Strike

National Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

The strike of coalminers in Wales has resulted in great distress, and it is rereported that 1000 of the miners have been reduced to a state of starvation…

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Mining on; Private Property

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

Now that this question is being freely agitated, it will be well for owners of property to peruse the latest regulation issued by the Department…

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Gold In the Hank of England

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 3

Large quantities of gold are being deposited in the Bank of England…

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Great Cobar Copper-mining Company

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 3

A special meeting of the shareholders in the Great Cobar Copper-mining Company was held yesterday afternoon at the Mercantile Mutual Insurance "chambers…

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