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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 2

The mine manager of the Steward Brook G.M. Co. reports for the week ended 16th April, as follows:—"The level going south has been extended…

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A Permanent Relief Fund for Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 2

YESTERDAY there assembled at Newcastle, Tinder the presidency of the Mayor of the city, a number of gentlemen representing the coalminers and the municipalities, to confer…

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A Fearful Colliery Accident. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

A fire has broken out in a colliery at Whitewick, Leicestershire. Thirtysix miners who were entombed in the workings perished…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 6

A fire has broken out in a colliery at Whitewick, Leicestershire. Thirty-six miners perished. The total export of gold from West Australia for March is 75.480, worth £286,444 sterling…

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Shipment of Gold Specie

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

"The wisdom of the public press publishing information relative to the out[?]ing mail[?]ats having golden specie on board has been questioned by the Napier Chamber of…

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The Miners' Strike in South Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

The miners strike is costing South Wales [?] weekly. Including those rendered idle in the ironworks, some 200,000 persons have been thrown out of work by the strike. The local…

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News by Cable,. Congress of Miners. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 2

The National Federation of the Miners of Great Britain is arranging to hold a congress to consider the widespread increase of wages…

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Coal Cargoes

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

The first coal cargo by American vessel to leave this colony since the declaration of hostilities, was the barque Big Bonanza, which…

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Gold-Paved Streets

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 5

Farmers and people in rural districts who have never visited the metropolis have some very queer ideas of what a large city really is. The yellow metal is not to be picked up in the streets ; and, in…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 2

The mine manager of the Stewarts Brook G.M. Co reports for the week ending 23rd April as follows:—"The main level south has been extended 13…

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Late News by Cable. London, April 25. the Miners' Strike in South Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 5

Representations have been made to Mr. C. P. Ritchie, president of the Board of Trade, on behalf of the miners on strike in South Wales, Mr. Ritchie has replied that the Board of Trade was…

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Hayti Refuses to Supply Spain With Coal

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 2

The Republic of Hayti, in the West Indies, has refused to supply coal to the Spaniards…

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Collapse in Western Australian Mining Shares

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 5

A great collapse has taken pace in sharos of Western Australian mines, in which Mr. Horatio Bottomley is interested. It is estimated that the value of the shares has decreased to the extent of…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 3

Help somebody worse off than yourself, and you Will find that you are better off than you imagined. The fountain of beauty is the heart, and…

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Threatened Miners Strike Trouble Looming Up at Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 3

THE threatened strike of the Newcastle colliery-owners raises one of the most anomalous positions ever witnessed in connection with New South Wales…

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West Australian Mining Collapse. a Drop of £4,000,000 in Shares

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 3

A CABLEGRAM announces that a great collapse has occurredrin the group of West Australian finance companies of which Mr Horatio Bottomley was the…

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The Miners' Strike in South Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has. granted £30,000 to the South Wales miners' strike fund…

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Late News by Cable. English Miners. London, April 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

The Miners' Federation of Great Britain has demanded of the English celliery proprietors an increase in the wages of the miners amounting to 10 per cent…

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Heavy Coal Orders

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 5

The rumour which appears to be current in the metropolis to the effect that an advance in the price of coal is imminent is without foundation…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 6

A party of miners at Brown's camp, near Delegate, has obtained a return of l09oz. of gold from 45 tons of stone. A great collapse has taken place in shares of…

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