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Mining & the mines, 1873

2,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 103

The Newcastle Coal Miners. (Al[?]d from the Lambton Correspondent of the Newcastle Chornicle.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 2

AFTER whole week spent in idleness, with any nu[?]er of meeting, delegations, and diplomacy, the Lambtor men have a last got to work, on the same terms they came out, wa the exception of obtaining the ten hours—jut the…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of the Rebeca Gold-mining Co., Wattle Flat, under date the 9th ihstant, reports as follows:—We are pushing on with the work with good speed. The stone is changing very much in…

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Mining. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 8

WE have to report a further decrease in the demand for shares. In gold the day's business was lighter than it has been for months. Browns at 14s. 9d. to 15s., Beyers and…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of the Rebecca Gold-mining Co., Wattle Flat, under date the 9th instant, reports as follows:—"We are pushing on with the work with good speed. The stone is changing very much in…

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The Mining Bill. Letter Iii. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 3

SIR,—The running commentary which you kindly permitted me to make in my two former letters upon the subject which heads this communication enabled me to treat comprehensively a rather miscellaneous variety of subjects,…

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The New Mining Bill.— Meeting at Hill End. (From the Observer.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting of miners and others interested in the Tambaroora and Hill End gold-mining districts was held at Wythes' Metropolitan Hotel, on Thursday evening, for the purpose of considering the different features of the…

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Minister for Mines

Sydney Punch · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 1

DEAR MR. PUNCH,--In peroosin yor invalyuable jurnel I find yu ar in dowt az too the cumin man, and in konseekwense I me perswaded to offar miservisses, in the ope ov beein axhepted. I orlso no yer av grate inflewense, and wud, tharefor just arsk yu too put in a…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 2

A meeting, of promoters of the Cook's Vale Creek Consolidated Copper Mining Company, took place yesterday, when the company was declared daly formed, Messrs. W. Holborow and R. Gray being appointed…

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Mining. Wednesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 5

WE have very little to report respecting the Share market to-day. No sales were made of coal or copper, and not a great many of gold. What there were of the latter exhibited an…

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Coal and Iron. London, January 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 5

Coal and iron are advancing in price in consequence of a strike of miners in Wales…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 2

A meeting of promoters of the Cook's Vale Creek Consolidated Copper Mining Company, took place yesterday, when the company was declared duly formed, Messrs. W. Holborow and R. Gray being appointed…

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Separation of Gold From Pyrites. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of this morning (15th), a paragraph appears under the above heading, describing " Dr. Beer's new patent process of extracting gold from pyrites." I believe Dr. Beer has taken out many patients in this…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 4

Messrs. H. Fairfax and Co. report having received a letter from the manager of the Molong Copper Company, in which he says the contractor and his two men are hard at work sinking shaft, which is down over forty…

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Mining. Thursday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 6

THE disposition to invest in shares is daily becoming lets. A few favourite claims always find a market, but the progressive mines meet no favour unless they are in the…

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The Miners' Strike. (From the Wallsend Correspondent Newcastle Chronicle.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 5

ON Monday morning, a meeting of the miners was convened to consider the terms upon which the Lambton men had resumed their work. The meeting was largely attended, and at the appointed hour (10 o'clock) Mr. Alnwick took…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 2

The following is the manager's report of the British and Australian Gold Mining Company's lease, near Ophir.—"The new shaft a down 110 feet, having cut several good looking leaders this last 15 feet, showing a…

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Representative to the London and Vienna Exhibitions. Swagsman Killed Near Bathurst. the Rumoured Elopement From Melbourne. J. L. Heavily Backed for Sydney Cup. the Recent Mock Marriage by an Auctioneer. the Victorian Flour Market. the Newcastle Miners. Four Men Picked of the Glennies. Reduced Rate of Bank Discount. the Steamship Parana. the Ocean Mail Service. South Australian Wheat Market. Bathurst. Friday, 12.31 p.m

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 2

A swagsman, name unknown, was run over and killed on Macquarie Plains-road, last night…

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The Newcastle Coal Miners

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 78

AFTER a whole week spent in idleness, with any number of meetings, delegations, and diplomacy, the Lambton men have at last got to work, on the same terms they came out, with the exception of obtaining the ten hours—just the…

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Mines and Mining. Hydraulic Mining. (From Cronise's "Natural Wealth of California.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 13

EXPERIENCE has demonstrated that the larger the volume of water employed in the process of hydraulic mining, the greater the efficiency and economy of the operation. The proper…

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New Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 7

THE Government Gazette, published yesterday, contains proclamations setting apart the following as gold-fields:— About 56 square miles. County of Grosham, at the junction of the Boyd or Little River with the Nymboi…

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