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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1847

36 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 2

Molong Mining Company

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 10 July 1847 · page 541

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Molong Mining Company was held on Tuesday afternoon, at the office of Messrs. Graham and Montefiore, Spring-street, for…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 20. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. Coal Monopoly

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1847 · page 2

The COL. SECRETARY laid upon the table a return to an address adopted some time since, upon the motion of the hon. member for Murray, and comprising copies of all correspondence relative to…

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Council Papers Australian Agricultural Company's Coal Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1847 · page 2

Return to Address; Mr. Murray, dated 8th Juue, 1847, calling for:— "Copies of all Letters addressed to the Secretary of State, relative to the Coal Mines at Nowcastle,'and…

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Labuan.—coal Discoveries

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 4 August 1847 · page 4

By the arrivall of H.M.S. Wolf. we have received intelligence from Labuan down to the 20th March. The Columbine, brig of war, relieved the Wolf. Whilst the Wolf was stationed at Labuan,…

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Coal Monopoly

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 11 August 1847 · page 3

A petition, of which the following is a copy, is now in course of signature, with a view to its being presented to the Legislative Council on an early day. It has already been signed by some of the principal…

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New Zealand Coal

The Australian · Saturday 14 August 1847 · page 2

WE trust the subjoined paragraph, taken from the Nelson EXAMINER, of the 29th May, will meet the eye of the Home Government. It will show tho authorities in…

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Fatal Colliery Explosion—73 Lives Lost

Sydney Chronicle · Wednesday 18 August 1847 · page 1

A fearful coalpit accident, attended with the loss of 73 lives, took place on the afternoon of Friday week, at the Great Ardsley Main, or Oaks Colliery, near Barnsley.—…

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THE Sydney Morning Hearld. Wednesday, August 18, 1847. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Coal Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1847 · page 2

THE exclusive privileges of the Australian Agricultural Company are at an end. Some arrangement has been made in England, by which the Company give up…

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Report From the Select Committee on the Coal Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 September 1847 · page 2

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 28th of May, 1847, "to inquire into the nature of the agreement made by the Government with the Australian…

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Council Paper. the Coal Fields of the Colony. Evidence Given Before a Select Committee of the Legislative Council by the Rev. W. B. Clarke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 October 1847 · page 3

THE Rev. William Branwhite Clarke, M.A., called in and examined:— 1. You are a fellow of the Geological Society of London? I am…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, October 14, 1847. " Sworn to no master, of no Sect am I." Coal Inquiry Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 October 1847 · page 2

THE arrangement entered into between HIS MAJESTY'S Government in England and the Directors of the Australian Agricultural Company having prevented the…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, October 18, 1847. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Coal Inquiry Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 October 1847 · page 2

IN pursuance of our intention, as stated in a former notice of this subject, we come now to consider the evidence collected by Mr. MURRAY'S Committee relating to the…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, October 19, 1847. " Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Coal Inquiry Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 October 1847 · page 2

IN concluding our notice of this Report, we have first to refer to the evidence of Captain P. P. KING, R.N. Although the arrangement at present in…

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Copper Mines of Cornwall and South Australia. (From the South Australian Mining Journal.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 November 1847 · page 2

WE find, in the City Article of the Times of July 12th, the following abstract of the produce and value of ores of the principal copper mines of Cornwall, for the quarter ending…

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Upon Mining

The Australian · Friday 24 December 1847 · page 3

IS THIS COLONY LIKELY TO BECOME OF IMPORTANCE AS A MINING COUNTRY, OF ARE WE TO BE CONTENT TO REMAIN "AS YOU WHERE," OR WORSE, "STAND-AT-EASE," WHILE SOUTH…

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Original Correspondence. the Molong Mine. To the Editor of the Australian Journal

The Australian · Friday 24 December 1847 · page 3

SIR,—I presume you are aware of the existence of the Molong Mine; and some weeks back, I noticed a few remarks from your Wellington correspondent, relative to the second mine…

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