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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

73 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 4

The Gold Mines in Wales. London, January 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 18

Mr. Samuel Owen, a Sydney gentleman, has secured for mining purposes 500 acres of land adjoining Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan’s gold mine, near Dolgelly, in Wales…

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Colliery Explosion in Spain

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 January 1889 · page 2

London, 5th January.—A serious colliery explosion is reported from the city of Orviedo, in the north-wost of Spain. The effects of the explosion has not yet been fully…

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Miners’ Holdings

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 25

The following correspondence has been banded to as for publication :— ‘‘ Legislative Assembly, November 7th, 1888…

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The Gold Stick in Waiting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 27

The appointment of a successor to Lord Lucan in the Colonelcy of the 1st Life Guards is exciting an Unusual amount of interest, because that post carries with it the office of…

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Extraordinary Discovery of Gold at Black Range

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 17

A valuable disovery was made yesterday afternoon in the claim of Mere[?]it h and party, eastward of the Albury Goldmining Company’s ground, on the Mayday line. The party had…

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Mining Superstitions

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

"I do not know of a more superstitious class of men in the world than miners. Their strange fancies and beliefs are at least called superstition, but…

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Exciting Rescue of Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 27

The London Daily News says an instance of what patient perseverance will do in the case of a mining disaster has just been shown in Hungary. On the 7th November, a day…

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Discovery of Gold. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 2

An important discovery of alluvial gold has been made here at Walmer. There are 200 men on the ground…

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"Wilt Thou Be Mine." Thought Reader's Recipe for Making a Proposal. Just How a Man Should Ask the Woman He Loves to marry Him—Stick to the Point, State Your Salary and Bo Courageous

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 2

A girl may, in the sweetness of her heart, overlook the clumsiness of a wooer, and pledge herself to a man whose offer lina not been made in the proper form; life is full of…

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"Wilt Thou Be Mine." Thought Reader's Receipe for Making a Proposal. Just How a Man Should Ask the Woman Ho Loves to Marry Him-Stick to the Point, State Your Salary and Be Courageous

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 January 1889 · page 1

A girl may, in the sweetness of her heart, I overlook the clumsiness of a wooer, and pledge herself to a man whose offer has not been made in the proper form; life is full of…

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Fatal Colliery Explosion Near Manchester. London, January 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 18

A terrible explosion occurred yesterday in the Hyde Colliery, near Manchester. Thirty of the miners were killed…

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The General Election. the Minister of Mines at Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 3

The Hon. J. M. Chanter, Minister of Mines, the late senior member for the Murray, and a present candidate for re election, arrived at Deniliquin by yesterday afternoon’s train, and was received at the…

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Gold in His Brain

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 10

According to a New York correspondent one of the medical students of the College of Physicians and Surgeons was the lucky finder of a piece of gold worth [?]20 under…

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''Wilt Thou Be Mine." Thought Reader's Recipe for Making a Proposal. Just How a Man Should Ask the Woman He Loves to Marry Him--Stick to the Point, State Your salary and Be Couragoous

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 1

A girl may, in the sweetness of her heart, overlook the clumsiness of a wooer, and pledge herself to a man whose offer has not been made in the proper form; life is full of…

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A Dreadful Colliery Explosion. Twenty-one Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 9

A disastrous explosion occurred shortly after 9 o’clock on the morning of January 18, at the Hyde Colliery of Messrs. Joseph Watson, Sidebotham, and Brothers, England…

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Mr. Abigail As Minister for Mines. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 March 1889 · page 26

SIR,—In your Banner of March 8th, page 15,1 find an attack made by Mr. Dibbe on Mr. Abigail, by stating that the latter had “acted in a diabolical and contemptible manner.” Now,…

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Poisoning by Coal Stoves

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 9

On February 16, at a village in Wales, four persons were found in the sleeping-room of a small cottage overcome by the fumes from a coal stove. In the case of…

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How They Work the Mountain of Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 15

Under the sensational title “A Mountain of gold,” Mr. W. H. Dick, late editor of the Rockhampton Daily Northern Argus, has published a history and description of the…

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Spanish Miners

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 7

At night the aspect of the works is not less imposing than by day. In the great open quarry innumerable lights move to and fro. A dim atmosphere of smoke and…

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Great Colliery Strike in Germany. Collision with the Military. London, May 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 18

Forty thousand men employed in the coal mines of Westphalia, in Prussia, are now on strike. Serious disturbances have occurred, and it has been found necessary to call out the…

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