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Mining & the mines, 1893

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A Mining Appeal

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 3

The case of Samuel Mackay and the Land Acts of 1884 and 1889, which was remitted back to the Land Court for amendment on Thursday week, again came before the Full…

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50 Miners Killed and 150 Wounded

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 2

Another account is as follows:—LONDON, AUG. 18. The position of affairs in connection with the miners' strike in South Wales is…

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The Colliery Strike. Further Riots in Wales. London, 17th AUGUST

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 2

Serious rioting has again occurred in connection with the strike of Welsh miners. Mechanics and tradesmen who have been thrown out of employment in consequence…

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The Miners' Strike in Great Britain. London, Aug. 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1893 · page 2

A BALLOT of the miners on strike at Aberdare, near Merthyr Tydvil, has been taken, and is in favor of the resumption of work by the men…

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The Miners' Strike in Wales

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 7

The situation in South Wales, where the miners are on strike, is still very grave (says a London cablegram, dated Aug. 21), and there has been a continuance of the serious…

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Reported Gold Discovery near Eurongilly

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1893 · page 2

WE were informed yesterday morning by Mr. B. Moin, a well-known resident of Wagga, of what, from present indications, promises to be a rather important gold…

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Yalgogrin Gold Field

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 4

ON Saturday the following telegram was received, by the Minister for Mines from Mr. Slee, chief inspector of mines, at Barmedman.—"Just returned from Yalgogrin gold…

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The Yalgogrin Gold Field

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

THE following telegram was on Saturday received by the Ministar for Lands, Mr. Slattery, from Mr. Slee, dated Burmedman: —"Just returned from Yalgogrin goldfield…

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The Coolgardie Gold Field

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

FROM an exhaustive article on this field by a special reporter of the Age we take the following:—Is the rush warranted? Well, that depends entirely upon the circumstanccs…

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Reported Gold Discovery near Eurongilly

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 8

WE (Wagga Advertiser) were informed on Monday morning by Mr. B. Moin, a well known resident of Wagga, of what, from present indications, promises to be a rather…

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The Coolgardie Goldfields. Warnambool

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 4

A RESIDENT of Warrnambool has received a communication from a friend who has been on the Coolgardie goldfield for about three months. It is dated the 13th August at…

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Eurongilly. Alluvial Gold

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1893 · page 3

GREAT excitement prevails here consequent on the discovery of gold Mr. C. J. McCarthy's paddock. The prospectors, a party of miners from Wagga, have been…

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The Western Australian Goldfields. a Magnificent Yield. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1893 · page 2

Messrs Begelhole, Everard, Browne and Crossman have arrived with 4200oz. gold at Southern Cross. At Bayley's Howard claim they have now extracted 13,000oz. of gold…

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The mining Riots in England. London, Sept. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 2

The mining riots in the vicinity of Barneley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was renewed yesterday on a serious scale. A body of 600 miners in strike assembled…

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The Gold Dissovery near Eurongilly

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 2

FROM two residents of Wagga who arrived in town yesterday from the late gold find near Eurongilly, we have learned some interesting particulars regarding the…

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Mining on Private Property. Why Copeland Wants to Pass a Mining on Private Property Bill

The Worker · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 4

Minister Copeland, who always poses as a "friend of the working miner," last session evolved a Mining on Private Property Bill out of his own head, which, like somebody's pills, was…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty when freeborn men, Having to fid advise one public, may speak free." Milton. Tuesday, September 19, 1893 Mining on Private Property

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 2

THE announced intention of the Government to re-introduce the Mining on Private Lands Bill in the approaching session has been received with…

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Mining at Muttama

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1893 · page 4

OUR representative paid a visit to Muttama on Monday, and found that mining operations were tolerable active. Readers, of course, know that it is an old field, and that…

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Mining on Private Lands

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 September 1893 · page 3

REPRESENTATIVES of the recent Mining on Private Property Conference waited on the Minister for Lands on Thursday, and presented the amendments suggested by the…

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The Coolgardie Goldfields. Scarcity of Water. Distress Among the Miners

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 September 1893 · page 2

A PERTH telegram of Tuesday says;—There is bad news from Coolgardie. The water question has become serious. The tanks are dry and a large number of men are…

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