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

Mining & the mines, 1898

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It was not Gold Apublican Taken Down for £20

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

INFORMATION was given to the Bathurst police on Saturday (reports a local paper) of what appears to be an attempt to raise money on "hand painted" stone. A stranger came to…

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Miners' Riot in West Australia. a Second Eureka Stockade. the Premier Mobbed. the Riot Act Read

National Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 3

A serious riot is reported from West Australia, arising out of the recent regulations with regard to alluvial workings. The Governor, Sir Gerald Smith…

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Mine Concentrates. Mining at Wattle Flat. Wattle Flat

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 3

The scarcity of water for all purposes still keeps mining in a doll state. A start has been made by a syndicate to erect cyanide works at the old…

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A Mine Disasters Fund. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 3

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has signified his intention of introducing a bill to provide for the establishment of a permanent relief fund for…

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The Welsh Collieries. Threatened Strike. London

National Advocate · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 3

The miners of several large collieries in South Wales have ceased work. A general strike is feared at an early date…

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The Shale Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 4

AIRLY, Wednesday.--Messrs. Adams and Greenacre arc the successful tenderers for driving the coal tunnel on the New Hartley Co's, lease, and they have commenced operations. The plate-laying of…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 4

It is stated that the coal-fields of Western Australia are being rapidly developed. The promoters of the now colliery at Collie have submitted their coal to several tests, and it is understood that the Government has…

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Mining Requisites

The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 8

Including explosives, fuse, picks, shovels, dishes, axes, ropes, &c. at the great western Provision Emporium, Herbert-street, Gulgong…

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Prospectus of [?] Red Hill Consolidated Gold Mining Company. Gulgong New [?] WALES No Liability

The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 10

To be Registered under the Companies’ Act of New South Wales as a No Liability Company, Capital. £4800…

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The Coal-weighing Trouble

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 4

Messrs. Blackwell (Lithgow), Mathieson (Newcastle), and Macoabe (Illawarra district), who form the committee appointed by the united colliery proprietors "to inspect and report on the…

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Wattle Flat Mining

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 4

The dry weather is retarding the mining operations greatly. Many of the alluvial miners find it a hard matter to got sufficient water to treat their wash-dirt. Sluicing is out of the question altogether of late. By…

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The Coal Trade and the War Scare

Molong Argus · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 4

AT last the war scare is beginning to have some slight effect on colonial industry. It is stated that the Admiralty have purchased 60,000 tons of…

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The Goal Weighing Trouble. Meeting of South Bulli Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 6

BULLI, Monday.--An important special meeting was held on Friday night of the South Bulli miners to consider the weighing question. Two hundred men were present. Mr. George Hendor…

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Mining Disasters. Permanent Relief Fund. Action by Mr. Sydney Smith

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 6

The Minister for Mines is taking stops which merit alike the attention and approval of all workers in mines. For some time past he has been considering tho question of establishing a…

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The Mineral Wealth of Gulgong. Correspondent to the London Mining Standard

The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 1

Gulgong which has maintained its reputation as a rich alluvial field. Will continues to improve its yearly output. The phenomenally rich deposits which this dis[?] of the…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. LONDON, Thursday night

National Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 3

The Canadian Senate has rejected a bill providing for the construction of a line of railway to Klondyke…

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West Australian Miners. Their Grievances Remedied

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 2

The Executive Council met on Saturday, and decided that the regulation of January 20 last, proscribing the limit of 10ft. as a maximum depth to be sunk…

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Coal and Shale Mines

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 4

We have received from the Under-Secretary for Mines a copy of the Chief inspector's report "on the inspection of mines under the Coal Mines Regulation Act for the year ending December 31." The…

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Mine Concentrates. Mining at Wattle Plat. Wattle Flat

National Advocate · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 2

Riley's Creek Co. has cleaned up 33oz of gold from 70 tons of stone, giving an average of a little under half an ounce. The stopes continue to look well, and they have resumed…

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Mining News

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 4

A Mt. Victoria Herald wire : -- "More activity is being shown at Hartley Vale in getting out shale. Certain portions of the mine from which only the best quality of shale was mined several years ago are…

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