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Mining & the mines, 1891

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Mines Department Annual Report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 September 1891 · page 3

The annual report of the Mines Department, which was laid on the table of the House on Thursday night, shows (says the Herald) that the work of this Department has fairly increased as compared…

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More Gold

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 3

Rich [?] gold has been discovered near Nackera, South Australia…

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The Rix's Creek Coal Mines

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

No thoughtful of server could visit the Rix's Creek coal pits at the present time without being much impressed with the great importuced of the…

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Gold for Germany

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

Large quantities of gold are being shipped from America to Germany…

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The English Coal Supply

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1891 · page 7

Lord Aberdare confessed that "as a colliery owner" his nerves have been rather severely shaken by Mr. Forston Brown's suggestion that we may some day discover a substitute for coal. But Mr…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Greta. Miners' Monthly Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 2

This meeting took place in Page's Hall on Tuesday evening, and was well attended, Mr. John Rylett being in the chair. The minutes of last meeting, held on September 22nd, as also…

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Miners' Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 3

A special meeting of the miners was held on Monday night to hear a report from the delegate, re the case of the four " victimised" men and the treatment which has been meted out to them by…

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Stewarts Brook and the Denison Gold Mines

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 2

IN the annual report of the Department of Mines for 1890, a copy of which recently reached as, we find the following reference in the report of the Warden (Mr, W. F…

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Colliery Explosion and Loss of Life

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 3

A serious colliery explosion, the first which has happened for several years in the Bristol district, occurred on August 31 at Malago Vale, Bedminster, in which nine lives were…

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Mining Progress. an Important Appointment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 2

Fob many years past the appointment of a capable Government Metallurgist has to all who know anything about mining been considered a great desideratum…

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Mining for Monsters

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1891 · page 6

Some years ago we had a spasm of intense interest over antediluvian animals It was in the days when the Crystal Palace was being founded with all sorts of highly…

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A Mining Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 3

A serious disaster has occurred at the Aunconda mine, in Montana, America. While a cage was being lowered into…

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Greta. Miners' Special Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 6

A special meeting of this lodge was held on Wednesday evening, Mr. Spink in the chair, the business being to hear the delegates' report and attend to other matters of the lodge. The minutes…

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Finding the Gold

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 1

Is was dark, and down a retired, street in Paris a man rode along on horse back. Suddenly tha horse stopped as if frightened. Then a man rose from the pavement in the…

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Mining Camp Names

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1891 · page 4

In travelling through the mining districts of the Rocky Mountains, one is often surprised and amused at the queer, fanciful, or poetic names given by miners to their mines…

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The Miners' Strike at Hartley Vale. (From the Herald.) Lithgow

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1891 · page 2

Up to the present matters in connection with the strike of shale miners at Hartley Vale remain unchanged. The strike affects about 100 men in all, and work was suspended during all last week. A…

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Curiosities of Coal

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 2

Does anyone except a practical chemist ever stop to think of all the substances which we get from pit coal, and the almost inconceivable variety of their uses Ererybody…

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Miners' Strike in France. Pits Guarded by Soldiers. London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 4

THE miners on strike at the collieries in the north of France have become rioters, and large bodies of troops are guarding the entrances to the pits…

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The Colliers' Strike. Seizing a Mine. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 3

The colliers' strike in the north of France is assuming widespreatl proportions. A body of- 4000 miners at Courriers captured the Liven mine,…

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Miners' Strike in France

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 December 1891 · page 2

The miners strike in the north of France is ended, the arbitration committee having granted an increase of 20 per cent in the wages paid to the men…

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