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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

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Mining. Article Iii

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 5

THE Mining Act and regulations under it were originally intended to prevent monopoly of the land and to give safe tenure to the holder, but they have…

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[?] Hair was a Gold Mine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 2

A MAN with a veritable gold mine in his hair was arrested recently in New York. He it Motet Isr[?]lsky, a goldsmith, recently from Russia. He worked for Elden Hayden, a…

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Mining. Article Iv. Salting

Macleay Argus · Friday 16 October 1891 · page 6

THIS practice has also had its inevitable effect in assisting to retard the proper and legitimate development of our great mineral wealth, and has been…

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Sir Henry Parkes on the Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 3

On the Coal Mines Regulation Bill on Thursday night, Sir Henry Parkes said: This bill has an issue very peculiar as far as I am concerned. Although I am head of the…

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Mining News. No. 1, WEST

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of directors was held on Saturday at the registered office. Various routine business was dealt with. A second…

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Mining

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 October 1891 · page 4

The following mineral lease has been applied for at the local Warden's office: -- 40 acres, parish Boonanghi, county Dudley, to mine for antimony,…

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Mining

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 October 1891 · page 4

We learn that No. 1 West, Deep Creek, is now down 84 feet, and the stone obtained shows pyrites pretty extensively, corresponding to that of…

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The Young Miners' Association. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 October 1891 · page 4

The Young branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association has decided to affiliate with the Barrier district…

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The Coal Mines Bill

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 4

THE following is [?] speech on this [?] as reported in Hansard: Sir Henry Parkes (St. Leonards), Colonial Secretary: This bill has a history very peculiar, so…

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Coal Neat Dover. a Company Formed to Work the Seams

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 6

THE discovery of coal near Dover has proved a practical success (says a writer in a contemporary.) A company to work the [?] has been formed, and will commence…

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Mining. Jumping

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 October 1891 · page 4

THE "art" of jumping has passed through many phazes since its first institution in the earliest days of gold mining. Then it was a very simple…

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Mining. the Lady Bella Gold Mining Company, No Liability, Little Nimboi Creek

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 2

Messrs. Ward and Forbes, the proprietors of the Lady Bella Claim, of 8 acres, arrived in Kempsey last week, having arranged for the sale of…

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Mining. a Valuable Deep Creek Assay

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 17 November 1891 · page 2

With a view to obtain a further corroborative test of the value of Deep Creek stone Mr. O. O. Dangar recently forwarded a piece picked up from the…

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The Miners' Strike. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 November 1891 · page 4

The Hartley miners have agreed by 4 to 1, to continue the strike…

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Miners' Strike in France. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 2

Fifty thousand miners are out on strike in the north of France…

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Hartley Yale Miners' Strike. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 November 1891 · page 4

The Hartley Vale Colliery strike has terminated, the managers terms having been accepted…

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News by Wire. Miners Strike in France. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 2

The miners strike in the north, of France has ended. The men's wages has been increased 20 per cent…

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Miners Wages Reduced. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 December 1891 · page 4

The Nymagee copper miners have agreed to the reduction of 10 per cent. on their wages…

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£415 for the Moonta Miners. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 4 December 1891 · page 4

The Moonta miners have received an additional £415 contributions…

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Coal Exports. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 3

The Newcastle coal exports, exclusive of Sydney shipments, were 35,012 tons…

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