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

Mining & the mines, 1890

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The Strike. Action of the Governments. Coal Supply. Coal Refused to the Commissioners. £20,000 Applied For

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 October 1890 · page 4

UP to the present no definite action has been decided upon by the Governments of N.S.W. and Victoria in reference to the proposal to insist upon a conference being held between the…

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The Queensland Coal Miners. a New Union. Brisbane

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 October 1890 · page 4

A LARGE meeting of miners was held at Bundamba, near Ipswich, last night, to consider the advisableness of forming a union among the coal miners there. Mr. M‘Donald,…

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The Mining Exhibition. LONDON, Oct. 14

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

The Times suggests that the exhibits at the Mining Exhibition should be retained in England for the purposes of technical education…

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The Coal Mines Bill

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 18 October 1890 · page 3

WHAT is probably the most creditable achievement of this session, the Coal Mines Regulation Bill, was seen clear of danger in the lower house without…

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Mining at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 October 1890 · page 4

MINING.—Things are continuing very active in mining matters between Charleyong and Beula. The tunnel which is being out as the Horse-shoe Bend by Mr. Marshall on behalf of a company…

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Mining at Nowra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1890 · page 4

NOWRA, Tuesday.—The Pioneer Gold Mine, Yalwal, of five acres, has been sold to a Melbourne purchaser for £15,000 cash. It joins the Homeward Bound on the north, and is…

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The Strike. Another Disturbance at the Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 October 1890 · page 2

AT the Corrimal mine, which is being worked for the supply of coal for railway purposes by non-union men, another disturbance occurred an Wednesday. Mr. Mitchell, M L.A., endeavored…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 October 1890 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Carcoar on Saturday says:--Digby's Tribute, situated at Galley Swamp, crushed by Row's battery 100 tons, yielding 83 oz. 6 dwt. of gold,…

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Boro Silver Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 4

I ARRIVED at Boro on Wednesday morning last, and as the hour was some what early for action—about half-past five—I tried to amuse myself in the sitting-room at Williams's Accommodation…

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Coal in the Shoalhaven

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 3

The coal measures of the Shoahaven district form the subject of an important report which has been forwarded to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture by Messrs. T. W. E. David,…

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Mining on the Shoalhaven

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 6

THE Government are getting a portion of the bar of rocks in the Shoalhaven River at Warri taken away in order to let off the water which has been thrown back to the bridge a little…

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The Strike. Employers Interviewed. Engineers Remain Firm. the Disturbance at the Mines. Royal Commission to Be Appointed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 3

IT is understood that the, Government intend to take steps for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon all methods and proposals for preventing the…

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The Shoalhaven Goldfield. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 6

SIR,—I would respectfully direct the attention of the people of this city to the extensive gold. bearing country which extends for many miles on both banks of the Shoalhaven River. I am…

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Threatened Strike of Scotch Miners. LONDON, Oct. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 October 1890 · page 4

Owing to the coalowners of Fife and Kinross having refused to grant on advance of 15 per cent. in wages, the miners have threatened to strike…

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The Strike. Miners Return to Work. Signs or a Termination

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 October 1890 · page 3

FROM the present aspect of matters in connection with the labour difficulty it is more than probable that within a week or two the whole of the strikers will endeavour to return to work. The…

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Gold Rush at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 October 1890 · page 4

WE (Gundagai Times) are requested to publish the following about a new rush, at a place named BX Mill, Jones' creek. We desire that it be understood we do not guarantee the information,…

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Eight Hours for Miners. LONDON, Oct. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 October 1890 · page 4

The council of the Yorkshire miners has passed a resolution in favour of the eight-hour system for miners being placed upon the statute book…

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The Boro Silver Mine

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 31 October 1890 · page 2

SOME very exaggerated reports were floating round Goulburn last week about a tremendous rush having taken place to the Boro silver mines. To ascertain the…

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Miners Returning to Work

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 31 October 1890 · page 2

IMPORTANT news is to hand from Lithgow and Newcastle. A conference of northern, southern, and western miners has been held, with the result that there…

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Gold in Nature

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 October 1890 · page 1

FROM its feeble affinity for other sub [?] almost always met with in what is called the "native state;" that is, as gold itself, simply alloyed with a little…

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