Cablegrams. London, Sunday. Colliery Explosion
AN explosion of firedamp occurred in a colliery at Westphalia, Prussia, and 50 miners were killed. MINERS' STRIKE…
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Mining & the mines, 1893
157 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 8
The Miners' Strike
Seven thousand Rhonda miners marched to Mertyr Vale, Wales, and compelled the miners there to stop work. The police are powerless to deal with the miners. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quest for Gold. at Mrs. Macquakie's Chair.—an Old Bank Robbery
ON Monday morning there was an exciting hunt for gold at Lady Macquarie's Chair. Acting on information received at an early hour, several men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Combs Colliery Disaster. Over 130 Lives Lost.—discovery of Survivors
ON the 4th July the town and neighbourhood of Dewsbury (England) were thrown into a condition of intense excitement by a report…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining
Tin is quoted at 13s. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. Owing to the auctioneers not having returned from Homebush, the cattle and…
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At the adjourned meeting of gold mine owners held yesterday, it was decided to reduce the wages of miners from the 4th September to 7s 6d a day for eight hours for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Hewing Rates
The Miners' Association, Newcastle, have informed the Associated Northern Collieries that they have considered! the subject of a further reduction in hewing rates at the end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Very Latest Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining. Tin is quoted at 13s. Homebttsh Markets
There were 500 cattle yarded to-day, the market being very firm, best beef fetching 16s. per 1001b. 30,000 sheep were penned, the market being firm, best wethers fetched…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Found Gold in a Grave
GOLD was discovered in California in 1848, and in Colorado in 1858. The discovery was accidental in both cases, and the fact created the impression that mines were ' lying around…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Very Latest Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining
Tin is quoted at 13s. 3d. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. There were 927 head of cattle yarded today, the market being firmer for prime;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Closed
Messrs. J. and A. Brown have decided to close their colliery at Minmi, where 350 men are employed…
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The Miners' Conference to-day further discussed the Mining on Private Property Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The English Coal Miners' Strike. Serious Rioting—the Mob Fired On. London, Sept. 8
SERIOUS riots have taken place at Nottingham in connection with the coalminers' strike. Colliery offices were set on fire by the strikers, and machinery destroyed, A force of police has been sent from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Gold in a Grave
GOLD was discovered in California in 1848, and in Colorado in 1858. The discovery was accidental in both cases, and the fact created the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loss by Colliery Strikes. London
It is estimated that the total loss through the miners strike has already reached a total of twelve million sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining on Private Property
The suggestions of the Conference on the Mining on Private Property Bill were laid before the Minister for Lands to-day. The Minister promised to fully consider the proposed amendments…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining for Soap
SOAP is now apparently to be numbered among the many extraordinary natural products to be obtained by mining in America-- the land of lager beer springs, whisky wells, and cheese…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Find
A find of alluvial gold is reported to have been made Bungowarmah, near Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Mining on Private Property
To the Editors of the Armidale Express. GENTLEMEN,—Much of late has been written on the above subject, and judging by the expressions and suggestions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining on Private Property Bill
The Minister for Lands has given consideration to the proposed amendments at the recent conference on the Mining on Private property Bill. What he intends to do with…
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