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Mining & the mines, 1886

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Mining Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 6

Sanny Corner Silver-mining Company, Limited.--The secretary reports that during the week ended 9th inst. 282 tons of are were furnaced by the Probert furnace, which was the…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 5

The hon. secretary of the Stock Exchange reports the receipt of the following telegram from the secretary of No. 1 North Phœnix Gold Company, Gympie :—"1058…

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Mining. Silverton News

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 6

Mr. G. M'L. Matheson, formerly road superintendent in Maitland, wrote from Silverton to a friend in West Maitland very hopefully of the future prospects of the mining industry, the…

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The Lambton Miners Strike. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--This afternoon, in accordance with a resolution passed at a meeting of the Lambton miners held in the morning, a deputation waited upon the…

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Mining Intelligenge. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1886 · page 7

A large area of diamond country is being prospected, and favourable results obtained. WAGGA WAGGA, WEDNESDAY. A parcel of eight tons of mixed stonr from Egar's Reef,…

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Mining. Lambton Miners' Strike

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—A meeting of ninety-six Lambton miners was field on Wednesday in the Recreation Reserve, Lambton. Mr. Agnew occupied the chair. That gentleman said that he had sent a…

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The Northern Coal Mines. Alleged Bad Ventilation. Deputation to the Minister

Globe · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

FOR some considerable time past there have been great complaints among the miners of the northern districts with regard to the bad ventilation of some of the…

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Newcastle Miners' Grievances

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The Executive Miners' Union have resolved to wait upon the Minister for Mines to-morrow, to point…

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The Gold Medallist

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

Clausen aud Sons' Champagne Lager Beer was awarded highest award and gold medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition, 1876, beating Annheuser and Co., Bergner and Engel,…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

The Silver King Mining Company, Limited, Sunny Corner, January 14.—The manager reports having extended the east crosscut a further distance of 13ft.; total…

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Mining Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 7

Silver King Mining Company, Limited, Sunny Corner.--The mining manager reports on January 14 having extended the east crosscut a further distance of 13ft.;…

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The Lambton Miners' Strike. Newcastle, This Day

Globe · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

During the week the following sums have been received in aid of the Lambton Strike Fund:—Illawarra Miners' Association, £61; Tades and Labour Council,…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Reported Find of Gold Near Bateman's Bay. Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 8

Gold in payable quantities is reported to have been found by different persons, near Bateman's Buy, during the present week. A large number of men from the surrounding districts have been attracted to the locality, but nothing…

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Newcastle Wants. Ventilation Op Mines. School of Arts and a New Road

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 5

To-day a deputation -consisting of Mr. Curley (secretary), and members of the executive committee of the Hunter River Miners Association; and Mr. Turton, of the Waratah Council, was introduced to…

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The Silver Mines of New South Wales. Iii.—silver King. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 3

The Silver King mine has on area of 20 acres, and is worked by a company having a capital of £96,000, in 96,000 shares of £1 each. When I visited the mine I was courteously shown over it by Mr. G. Lomon, the…

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Deputations. Coal Miners' Grievances.—the Air Supply in Coal Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 10

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Vaughan, was waited on yesterday by a deputation consisting of the whole of the executive committee of the Miners' Association of Newcastle, who brought under his notice several matters of…

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The Gold Mines of Siam

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 15

THE London Roman Catholic papers of Saturday, November 28, contain some interesting particulars relative to the recent movements of the well-known Australian priest and scientist, the Rev. Julian E…

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Mining. Gold in the Interior. Prospecting Expedition Suggested

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 4

Adelaide, Friday.—This morning a large and influential deputation waited on the Minister of Education to ask that a Government party he equipped and sent cut to prospect the interior for payable…

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Queensland Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 13

BRISBANE,.Tuesday.—Mr. A. J. Boyd, of Nundah, near Brisbane, has discovered coal on his property, comprising 1400 acres, and he anticipates striking a seam at a depth of 100 feet. Another valuable…

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Coal. Ii.—the Different Kinds of Coal

Globe · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 6

Those who are devoted to the study of words may like to know that the original signification of the word "coal" was different from that which is now accepted…

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