Miners' Strike at Newcastle
The delegate board of the Miner's Association have declared the result of the ballot to be 2624 for an strike and 587 against. It was decided to give fourteen days notice of a…
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Mining & the mines, 1896
499 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 25
Rich Discovery of Gold
TUMBERUMBA, Tuesday.—A rich discovery of gold was reported to-day about 8 miles from Tumberumba, at Back Creek, in the direction of Paddy's River. Leases have been taken for miles,…
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HAS occurred in the Branner coal-mine, near Greymouth, on the went coast of the South Island of Now Zealand. About 9.80 yesterday morning a loud…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.—The little mining township of Brunnerton, situated about seven miles from Greymouth, on the west coast of the South Island, was the scone to-day of an appalling catastrophe in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Disaster in New Zealand. Harrowing Scenes. Auckland
THE whole colony has been profoundly stirred by the terrible mining catastrophe at Brunner. It is the most disastrous calamity of its kind that has ever occurred in New Zealand. Messages of…
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CONFIDERABLE excitement was caused at [?] last week owing to the rich find of gold by the [?] of Upper [?] members of a highly…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.—All the bodies but one have been recovered from the Brunner mine, the total amounting to 64. One man was found with his head wrapped in a bag. Some of the bodies were…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday.—A feature of the Brunner mining disaster is its appalling completeness. Not a soul who was in the mine at the time of the explosion was saved. The work of recovering the…
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A BATTERY FOR BUNGENDORE.—A capitalist has offered to erect a 10 head battery on Donnelly's Creek on a portion of the property of the Bungendore and Bywong…
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THE following application for permission to mine under roads under the Mining Act of 1874, section 28, has been refused by the Department of Mines, viz. :—Applicant, R. J. Pearson; description of…
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A NEW and sensational discovery of gold has been (an Albury telegram says) made by Heincke Brothers, at Back Creek, Tumbarumba. Three-hundred and seventy-three ounces of gold were got…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Disaster in New Zealand. Loss of Sixty Lives. 250 Windows and Orphans. Auckland
The noble efforts of the rescue parties at Brunner pit mouth have in no way lessened the extend of the awful calamity of yesterday. Not a single man has been taken alive from the poisoned…
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TUMBERUMBA, Wednesday.—Another rich reef has been discovered on the Upper Murray, about 40 miles south-east of Tumberumba, towards Mount Kosciusko. It is situated on a steep mountain side,…
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The little mining township of Brunnerton, situated About seven miles from Greymouth (N.Z.), on the west coast of the South Island, was on Thursday the…
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MEMBERS of a new organisation designated "The Surplus Labour League" were introduced by Mr. J. M. Chanter, M P., to the Minister for Mines on Thursday with a…
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ON Wednesday afternoon the Minister received a deputation of three members of the Surplus Labour League, representing about 100 men, their object being to ask for some concessions to enable…
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The Miners' Association at Newcastle is exerting every influence to make the strike as extensive as possible. They met again yesterday and us[?] decided to allow…
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EXTRACT from the report of the Lake George United Mining and Smelting Company, No Liability, week ended 31st March :—Total quantity payable ore mined for month of…
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We learn that the saleable mine at Bywong owned by Messrs. Lowe and party is changing hands, and is to be acquired by a company to be registered under the no-liabilty Act. The…
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THERE is an old adage that says "tickle the surface with a hoe and it smiles with a harvest." This you will find works out very tough, when you get down on the bad-rock of…
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