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Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Coal Mining Difficulty. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 2

THE miners' delegate board at Newcastle held a full and representative meeting to-day to discuss the position of the Stockton and other collieries at which agreements…

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Strike at Stockton Colliery Threatened. Sydney, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 2

Newcastle reports that the case of the Stockton miners was laid before the Miners Delegate Board to-day. Terms have been submitted by the proprietors to the men…

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Charters Towers Gold. a Deep Mine

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 6

Intense interest is felt in the developments at the Brilliant Extended shaft, Charters Towers (says the North Queensland REGISTER), which is now…

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The Gold Discovery at Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 5

A REPORT has been received by the Minister for Mines from Mr. Thomas Love, warden's clerk at Barmedman, with reference to a visit to the site of the new gold discovery on…

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The Murchison Gold Field. a Glowing Account

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

A PERTH telegram of Wednesday says:—Warden Downey, interviewed yesterday gives a glowing account of the prospccts of the Murchison gold Hold, which hay been…

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The Mining Difficulty in New South Wales. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 4

The district officers of the Newcastle miners sought to arrive at an amicable settlement with the Stockton Company today, but without avail. The manager, Mr…

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Fatal Dynamite Explosion. Two Miners Killed. One Man Blown to Pieces

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

A FERNMOUNT telegram of Friday says:—The town was thrown into a painful state of cxcitement to-day on the reception of news that two men had been killed by an…

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Tarcutta Mining

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

A travelling correspondent writes from Lower Tarcutta:—Visiting Mr. Joseph Martin's claim, on the main Sydney Road, I was informed that an application had been…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, January 11, 1894 Mining on Private Property

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

IT has been decided to hold another meeting of the conference of mining delegates to urge the passing of the Mining on Private Property Bill during…

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Coolgardie Goldfields. Experience of Two Miners

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 January 1894 · page 8

The great goldfields of Coolgardie have (says the Sunday Times) been glowingly painted in highly-coloured Press accounts as a veritable Paradise…

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The Mining on Private Property Bill. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 3

A meeting was held in the Australia Hotel to-night to urge the immediate passing by Parliament of the Mining on Private Property Bill. A number of members of…

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The Coolgardie Goldfields. Rush to the Diggings. the Town Deserted. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 2

THE latest reports from Coolgardie state that the town is practically deserted, everybody having left for White Feather, Siceria, and Ninety-mile. There is said to be any…

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The Colliery Trouble. Police Protection for Non-unionists

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 2

The management of the Stockton Colliery have applied for police protection at the mine, and when work is resumed as it is anticipated it will be within the next few…

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Non-unionists at the Stockton Colliery. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 4

In response to a request from the Hetton Colliery for a local agreement, the manager, Mr. Mathieson, has promised to consider the proposal. The Stockton Colliery is still at…

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West Australian Goldfields No Water Available

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

A PERTH telegram of Friday says:—Sir John Forrest, the Premier, has received a communication from his colleague, Mr. Venn. the Commissioner for Public Works,…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 3

The Premier, Sir John Forrest, has received a communication from Mr. Venn, the Commissioner of Public Works at Coolgardie, stating that the water supply on the…

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Reported Gold Discovery. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Hill End reports the discovery of an extraordinary rich reef far surpassing anything previously discovered, in the district, and which, it is said, will…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield. Threatened Water Famine. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 4

The Commissioner of Crown Lands to-day received the following telegram, dated 4th February, from Mr. J. M. Finnerty, warden at Coolgardie:—"Scarcity of water becoming…

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Mining Riot at Newcastle. the Police Overmatched

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

AN alarming disturbance occurred on Monday at Plattsburg and Wallsend, near Newcastle. The uproar commenced at about 3 o'clock, when an immense crowd of miners,…

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Yalgogrin Mines

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 13

WE have just had some splendid rain. Nearly three inches fell in 24 hours, and the weather is still threatening. The rain did not come a bit too soon, as everything…

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