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Mining & the mines, 1899

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"All for Gold."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 2

It was announced that Messrs. J. B. [?]field and George Kedwell would, assi[?] by metropolitan artists, initiate a dramatic [?] of three nights at the Town Hall last…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 3

FROM Stewarts Brook, we learn that the New Royal Standard on Tuesday had their shaft down 18ft., or 198ft. below the 500ft. level, on about 8…

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Late News by Cable. London, April 19. Mining Frauds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, to-day, Louis Henry Goodman and Herbert James Squier were indicted for having conspired to defraud the public in connection with the Western…

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The Mining Laws. Deputation to the Minister of Mines

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 10

An important deputation, comprised of Members of Parliament and representatives of the Chamber of Mines, waited on the Minister of Mines on Wednesday with respect to suggested mining…

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Coal Trouble Ended

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 2

The "Newcasrle coal troublo is practically ended. The quarterly meeting of the colliery employees' .Federation took place at the Trades…

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"All for Gold."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 4

The Belfield—Kedwell Dramatic Combination concluded their season at the Town Hall last night, when the sensational and military drama, "All for Gold," was produced to a large and appreciative…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 3

A new copper discovery is reported on Cooper's Creek, Gippsland, half a mile from its intersection with the Thomson River. Mr. John Gilders, a miner, was killed at…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 5

Love suffers, but it never forsakes. Boldness is a good steed when wisdom is the driver. There is only one person you need to…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

True religion is sweet reasonableness and sanctified common sense. Sooner or later the world comes round to see the truth and do right…

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Grains of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 3

Scientific truth is marvellous, but moral truth is divine, and whoever breathes its air and works by its light has found the lost paradise…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Co. the Half-yearly Meeting. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 April 1899 · page 3

The half-yearly mooting of shareholders of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company (Limited), was held to-day. Mr. J. F. Burns, who presided, in moving the…

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The Belgian Coal Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 3

The Belgian coal-miners on strike number 48,000…

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Gold for China

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 3

The s.s. Airlie which left Sydney for Hongkong to-day took nine boxes of sovereigns (£6350) shipped by Chinese…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 3

It is reported that the miners at Oakey Park, near Lithgow, have accepted 18d per ton for filling with a fork. A telegram from the police at Marble Bar, West…

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Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company (Limited), was held to-day. Mr. J. F. Burns, who presided, in moving the…

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A Boom in Mining. The Mania Extending to Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 6

THERE has been a tremendous boom in West Australian shares in Sydney the last few days. Anything like it has not been seen since the swell days…

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Miners' Strike in Idaho

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 3

One thousand masked and armed miners seized a train in Idaho, United States, and loaded it with dynamite, which was exploded by a warder, with the result that mills worth 250,000dol, were…

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Mining Trouble at Greta

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

Some days ago the manager of the mine at Greta made a proposal on behalf of the proprietors to the miners, namely that they should allow the present weighing…

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Fearful Disaster in a Mine. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

A gold mine in Troiska, Russia, was suddenly flooded and 62 miners were killed…

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Official Correspondence. Department of Mines & Agriculture. Sydney, 24th April, 1899

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 3

Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 17th instant, asking that a special grant be made to the Durham Agricultural Association, I am…

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