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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

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The Colliery Strikes in Belgium. LONDON, Jan. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 2

The number of miners on strike in the collieries at Charleroi, Belgium, in 20,000. It is feared that the strikes will result in a coal famiao…

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International Congress of Miners. LONDON, Jan. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 2

An international congress of miners will assemble in Berlin during the present year…

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Mining in New South Wales. What the Mines Department Has Done

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 3

THE past twelve months has been one of almost unparalleled activity in the mining circles of Now South Wales, and as any such stir reacts upon the department of…

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The Day Dawn Gold-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

MANAGER'S report for week ending the 4th January, 1890:—No. 1 level: Western winze sunk 6 ft., timbered 5 ft.; stopes about this level turning out a fair quantity of stone—poor…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

TUENA.--The report of the new Mount Costigan for the month shows that the furnaces have been running twenty-two days; 433 tons ore were treated for 14…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Charters Towers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 4

Charters Towers, Sunday.—A terrible and fatal accident occurred yesterday at the School Reserve deep shaft. Four man were down boring with the machine when an explosion was…

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New Process for Extracting Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 4

BATHURST, Tuesday.—A company has now been successfully formed for thoroughly testing Dr. Florence's, new process of separating gold from pyrites. Machinery is now being made for…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

NEWS from Carcoar states that the tributers on Digby's lease, Gaily Swamp, finished crushing 35 tons for a yield of 4Soz. 6dwt. of gold. At Burnt Yard the…

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New Process for Attracting Gold

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

BATHURST, Tuesday.--A company has now been successfully formed for thoroughly testing Dr. Florence's new process of separating gold from pyrites…

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Fatal Explosion in a Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A terrible accident occurred at the Laza[?]us Company's mine, Sandhurst, this morning. Three men employed on the night shift had charged four holes, and when…

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A Large Gold Nugget

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The discovery of a large gold nugget is reported from Dunnolly. Mondado and his mate unearthed a nugget weighing 19oz. of pure gold only 18in. below…

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The Colliery Strike in Belgium. LONDON, Jan. 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 3

The colliery strikes at Charleroi, in Belgium, are causing much excitement amongst the miners, who have taken up a very menacing attitude towards the proprietors…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 4

HILLGROVE, Friday.—At 5 o'clock this morning a miner named Michael Greeny was killed at the Golden Gate mine. He was working in the night shift with a man named Phillips, who…

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Withdrawal of Gold from the Bank of England. LONDON, Jan. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1890 · page 4

The anticipated withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England for the River Plate are delayed…

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Day Dawn Gold-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 2

Mine Manager's report for week ending 11th. instant:-No. 1 level: Western wine sunk 4ft. and timbered 5ft. No. 2 level: Western drive extended 7½ft. and timbered 6ft.; rails laid to…

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Explosion in a Mine

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 3

OWING to an unexpected explosion in the Lazarus Company's mine, Sandhurst, a minor named Moyle was killed on Friday morning and four others were injured…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 2

A FATAL mining accident occurred at the Golden Gate claim, Hillgrove, on Friday. Michael Grooney was sending up stuff in a bucket from the bottom of tho shaft,…

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Terrible Mining Accident at Sandhurst

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 January 1890 · page 3

A THURIBLE accident occurred in the Lazarus Company’s mine, Sandhurst, New Chum line of reef, on Friday morning, which caused the almost instantaneous death of a foreman of a shift,…

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The Miners' Strike in Belgium. LONDON, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 January 1890 · page 4

The miners' strike at Charleroi, in Belgium, has at last terminated, after much friction, by the employers yielding to the demands of the men. The attitude of the miners had become…

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Sir Joseph Banks' Gold Cup Handicap

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 2

There was a very large attendance at the Sir Joseph Banks grounds, Botany, on Monday afternoon, on the occasion of the running of the second and third rounds…

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