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Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 14s. HOMEBUSH SALES. Owing to the auctioneers not having returned from Homebush, to-day's sales are…

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Colliery Stopped Work

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 3

The West Wallsend Colliery will stop work to-day. This will add 250 more to the unemployed in the Newcastle district…

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London. Wednesday. Colliery Disaster

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

Later details with regard to the colliery disaster at Thornhill slate that all the entombed miners perished. All attempts at rescue were prevented by after damp. The…

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Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Thornhill Colliery Explosion

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

LATER details regarding the colliery disaster at Thornhill state that all the entombed miners perished. All attempts at rescue was prevented by after-damp. The…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 13s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. The cattle and sheep sales of to-day are unobtainable…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 13s. fid. HOMEBUSH MARKET. There were 20,200 sheep penned to-day, the market being firm. Prime wethers…

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Colliery Disaster

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 6

A disaster has occurred in a colliery near Baltimore, United States, by an explosion of firedamp destroying part of the workings, and entombing 90 miners. Rescue parties…

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Rich Gold Discovery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 6

There is great excitement at Hill End owing to the rich discoveries of gold at the New Era claim, where wonderfully rich gold has been struck. Four bags containing five cwt. of rich specimens were…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 13s. 6d. HOMEBUSH SALES. There were 359 cattle yarded to-day, the market being much better, best beef…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 13s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. The auctioneers have not yet returned to town, consequently the reports of the…

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Lord Salisbury as a Gold Digger

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 7

THE PALL MALL BUDGET SAYS:—A good deal of mystification exists in many minds on the subject of the visit of the Marquis of Salisbury (then Lord Robert Cecil) to…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 5

The price of tin is unaltered. HOMEBUSH MARKET There were 379 cattle yarded to-day, the market being firm, best beef realising 15s…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Mining Market

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 5

Tin is unchanged. STOCK MARKET. 780 cattle were yarded, and the market was unaltered for good; other sorts were a…

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The Coal Miner's Strike

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 5

The British federated coal owners are offering to negotiate as to terms with the 300,000 men who are on strike against the 25 per cent. reduction in wages…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 13s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKET. There were 600 cattle yarded to-day, the market being firm, best beef realising 14s…

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Heavy Export of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 5

During the three years the Sherman law was in force the stock of gold in the the United States Treasury decreased by 26 millions sterling. The exports of gold from the…

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The Very Latest. Sydnet, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 5

Tin is unaltered at 13s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKETS There were 420 cattle yarded to-day, the market being easier; prime bullocks…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Mining Market

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 13s. 6d. HOMEBDSH SALES. At the above sales, to-day, 972 cattle were yarded. The market was better, best…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 13s. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. There were 889 cattle yarded to-day, the market being easier, best beef realising…

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London. Sunday. Colliery Disaster

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 3

By an explosion of fire damp in a colliery at Westphalia, Prussia, 50 miners were killed…

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