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Mining & the mines, 1839

8 stories in Sydney's papers

The Colonial Coal-trade

The Colonist · Saturday 2 February 1839 · page 2

Now that the Gas-Light Company, and the two great Steam Navigation Companies,— one for establishing communication with the mother-country, and the other for…

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The Coal Monopoly

The Colonist · Wednesday 6 February 1839 · page 2

WE have been favoured, since our last publication, with certain official documents which afford us some new instruction on the subject. of that "burning and shining…

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The Colonist. Wednesday, February 13, 1839. Colonial Politics. the Coal Monopoly

The Colonist · Wednesday 13 February 1839 · page 2

SINCE we last wrote upon the subject of that intolerable public grievance, the nopoly, to some unknown extent, of the working of coal mines in this colony b[?]…

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Vox Populi—Vox Dei. Navigation by Steam—its Mercantile Extension—its Scientific Improvements—its Advantages. Especially to the Commerce and to the Gold Government of the Colonies

The Australian · Tuesday 9 April 1839 · page 2

SOME short, time since, we mentioned, ns our readers will probably remember, our intentions of laving before them some epitome of the information, which…

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Coal

The Sydney Herald · Monday 22 July 1839 · page 2

COAL MONOPOLY. — The price of coals has been railed two shillings a ton, from twenty-two to-twenty-four shillings. We should like to hear some Member of the Council move that the…

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The Coal Monopoly. to the Editor of the Colonist. Hunter's River, September 2, 1839

The Colonist · Wednesday 11 September 1839 · page 2

SIR,—Some months ago you published in your paper a series of articles, relative to the Coal Monopoly at Newcastle, and promised to revert to the subject at some future time. It appears to…

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Coal Mines

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1839 · page 2

The late alteration in the upset price of Crown Lands in New South Wales, is wholly attributable, we believe, to the South Australian Commissioners. The minimum price of public land in…

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The Colonist. Wednesday, November 30, 1839. Colonial Politics. the Coal Monopoly

The Colonist · Saturday 30 November 1839 · page 2

IT is not our intention, as might probably be anticipated from the title with which we head this article, to enter into a special review of the history and effects of the…

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