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Mining & the mines, 1886

3,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 152

The Kimberley Goldfields. Official Information

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1886 · page 11

The following officaial information from the Government Resident at Derby (Dr. Lovegrove) and the officer in charge of the police force at that port (Sergt. Troy) has been furnished to the Perth Enquirer by the hon. the Colonial…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 7

The announcement in our issue of Tuesday, rotating to the probability of the opening of the Silverton railway by the end of the year, must be very gratifying to those who have large…

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Coal and Gas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 12

In connection with the Board of Technical Education, Mr. P. J. Edmunds gave a lecture on Thursday evening last, in the hall of the School of Arts, upon the subject of "Coal and Coal Gas." Mr. Edmunds stated that coal was…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 12

Mining sales in the Stock and Share Market up to noon yesterday were principally confined to silver stocks, in which a fair business was done at [?]tuating rates. Broken Hill silvers sold at about previous quotations. Broken Hill…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 8

Victoria Silver Mining Company, Limited.—Messrs. Greeley Lukin, and Co. have the following report from the mine manager to hand for week ending May 11:…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. the Several Routes. Some Advice to Miners. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The reports of the gold discoveries in the East Kimberley district, Western Australia, continue to attract attention, and already parties are organising to…

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Lambton Miners' Strike. Conference of Labor Representatives

Evening News · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 5

This morning, in the Temperance Hall, a conference of delegates from the various labor organizations, was held, for the purpose of arranging joint action in order to bring about a settlement of the miners…

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Two Men Suffocated in a New Zealand Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 7

The Thames correspondent of the N.Z. Hora[?], telegraphed on April 28:— "Two men, Hugh Hill and Thomas Casley, were suffocated by gas in the Caledonian mine this…

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Mining at Forbis. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 7

FORBES, Wednesday.--Good stone is being got in the Old Britannia roof, near Forbes, and gold in plainly visible. The party have completed the erection of their machinery, and will…

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The Kimberley Gold Fields. Latest Particulars. an Important Message. Fresh Parties Forming. Melbourne, This Day

Globe · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 3

Carr-Boyd, the explorer, has been engaged to go to Kimberley to furnish information to emigrants by Howard Smith's steamers. Harry Gamson, a son of a…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 14 May 1886 · page 5

KIMBERLEY.—Mr. E. W. Morgan writes that finding there is so mach interest in the newly discovered gold field in Western Australia, and anticipating that many men will attempt to go there quite unprepared…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 14 May 1886 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

CLONCURRY GOLDFIELDS.—Warden Uhr, writing to the Queensland Under-Secretary of Mines, said he had visited the top camp diggings at Cloncurry, and laid off one claim of three men's ground on granting…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1886 · page 9

A slight improvement in prices was noticeable in the mining market yesterday, and in silvers a rise was observable in Broken Hills. Silver Kings and Sunny Corners showed a somewhat falling tendency. The following…

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Miners Entombed. Cannibalism Resorted To

Evening News · Friday 14 May 1886 · page 5

A Boulogne correspondent wrote to the London TIMES:—Excavations in the Chancelade quarries, where it may be remembered a landslip occurred last October, burying a number of workmen, have been…

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Terrible Mining Disaster. Fifteen Men Killed

Evening News · Friday 14 May 1886 · page 5

At Kimberley, South Africa, on March 18, a terrible accident happened at Du Toil's Pan mine. Half a million loads of blue and yellow ground and reef fell into the Anglo-African, Gordon. Phoenix, and Smythe…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. Diggers Warned. £5000 Claimed by the Discoverers. Melbourne, This Day

Globe · Friday 14 May 1886 · page 3

Mr. Grant, a Legislative councillor of Western Australia, has been interviewed concerning the Kimberley goldfields. He anticipates a rich field being discovered,…

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Lithgow Colliery Fund

Globe · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 3

The central committee appointed at the public meeting convened last Monday at the Town Hall by his Worship (John Young), Mayor of Sydney, held the first…

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The Late Colliery Disaster

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 1008

A public meeting was held in the Town Hall on Monday night in aid of the fund now being raised to assist the sufferers by the late Lithgow Colliery disaster. The Mayor (Mr. J. Young) presided. There was only a…

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Mining

Evening News · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 10

PORT MACQUARIE.—A small party is prospecting for gold at the bead of the Hastings. No payable gold has yet been discovered. URALLA.—Two representatives of the Mines…

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