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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1888

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Bulli Mining Disa

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 4

On the opening of the Banco Court morning, before the chief Justice and the action in which Jane Birch sued the mining Company for £2000 compensation…

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Fire at the Kimberley Diamond Mines. Eight Hundred Miners Entombed. Five Hundred Believed to Have Perished. London, July 13

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 July 1888 · page 5

News has been received to the effect that a terrible catastrophe has occurred at the diamond mines in South Africa. A fire broke out at the entrance to the…

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Gold and Silver. Sydney, July 20

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 July 1888 · page 5

Geld went up and silver down in the share market yesterday…

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Mining Managers and Directors

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1888 · page 3

"TUBAL, CAIN" writes in the Register :-" The question is being asked daily in mining circles all over the world as po suitability or otherwise of men entrusted with the management of mines, and…

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Coal Miners' Strike. Sydney, Aug. 10

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 5

The result of the ballot through the coal mining districts is almost unanimous in favor of a strike. A terrible commercial calamity appears inveritable as it will…

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Telegrams. the Newcastle Miners. Sydney, August 14

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 3

The Newcastle miners have given fourteen days' notice of strike. It is estimated that 6,350 men will be out of work by this action…

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The Coal Trade. Sydney, August 14

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 3

The Government, the merchants and the Gas Company of Adelaide are almost entirely without stocks of coal, aud all things will become paralised by the strike at Newcastle…

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Coal and Shale. Sydney, August 14

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 3

The whole of Jervis Bay, which comprises some 35,000 acres, has been applied far by a Sydney speculator for the purpose of mining for coal and shale…

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Gold in South Australia. Sydney, August 14

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 3

A bonus of £10,000 has been claimed by the Government of South Australia because of the discovery of payable goldfields in the colony…

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Colliery Crisis. Sydney. August 17

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 August 1888 · page 5

The colliery crisis at Newcastle is assuming a more favorable aspect…

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The Miners Strike. Sydney, August 17

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 August 1888 · page 5

A feeling prevails that the contemplated miners' strike will still be averted…

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Gold Discovery. Sydney, August 24

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 August 1888 · page 3

A gold discovery lias been made at Hargrave…

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Want of Coal. Sydney, Augus 24

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 August 1888 · page 3

Several factories in Victoria have already stopped work for the want of coal…

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The Woolongong Coal Pits. Sydney August 24

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 August 1888 · page 3

The coal pits at Woolongong are overwhelmed with orders. The strike will not affect the Ilia warm miners…

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Victorian Coal Supply. Sydney, August 28

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1888 · page 3

Tee Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Railways has offered the Great Northern Coal Company 12s per ton for 100,000 tons of coals delivered within the next 12 months…

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Discovery of Coal. Sydney, August 31

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 5

Coal has been discovered near Picton. The finders claim to have struck the Bulli seam…

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Influence of Mr. Brunker on the Miners. Sydney, August 31

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 5

It is confidently expected that the influence of Mr. Brunker, the new Minister for Lands, will be successful in bringing the strike to a termination…

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Mining Operations Near Blayney. Sydney, Augus 31

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 September 1888 · page 5

A Melbourne syndicate is about to spend half-a-million of money in mining operations near Blayney…

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Proposed Import of Miners. Sydney, September 14

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 5

An offer has been made to bring out 3,000 miners from Belgium at £4 per head…

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Miners to Be Advertised For. Sydney September 18

The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1888 · page 2

Two to three thousand men are to be advertised for to work the Newcastle mines…

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