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Mining & the mines, 1886

3,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 152

The Uloloo Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 July 1886 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Gratifying news has been received by the Commissioner for Lands with respect to the Uloloo goldfields. Inspector Sanders, himself an old digger,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The Silver Age, of June 26, says that enough has leaked out to warrant the belief that payable silver has been met with in the 100ft. crosscut at the Broken-hill North. It has the…

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The Coal Miners' Dispute at Lithgow. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 12

Nothing definite has been arranged with regard to the dispute at the Eskbank, Zig-Zag, and Vale of Clwydd collieri[?]s. The men are still on strike. The Lithgow Valley Company's miners started work again this morning,…

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The Stockton Miners' Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday, -- The Stockton miners met this morning, when a deputation was appointed to interview the manager of the colliery. He expressed his intention of giving…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 13

In the Mining market [?] the morning sales included transactions in Broken Hill South Silvers (10s. paid), 10s. 6d.; and Victory Golds, at 16s. 6d. Afternoon sales were:—Broken Hills South (10s. paid), 10s. 9d…

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Newcastle Coal Trade Affairs

Evening News · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 9

A strike of the coal miners employed in the Stockton Mine, Newcastle, appears probable. Several interviews have taken place this week between the miners and the manager, out no progress has been…

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Latest Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 13

OFF TO EL DORADO.—A meeting was held in the Golden Age Hotel on Wednesday night in connection with the projected dispatch of the steamship Tagliaferro to the Cambridge Gulf and Derby, with…

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Public Smelting Furnaces. Deputation to the Minister for Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 7

A deputation, consisting of gentlemen interested in mining, and of representatives in Parliament of mining industries in the colony, waited on the Minister for Mines yesterday to…

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Mining in Queensland. To the Editor

Evening News · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 9

Sir,—In a recent trial a most important case was decided upon the meaning of the following regulation under the Queensland Mining Act of 1881, viz.:—"Our Miners Right Sufficient. Clause 15…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 15

SPECIAL.—Correspondents are requested, to write on one side of paper only, and to use ink…

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"Coal Kept in Stock at Out-ports. "Nelson, at Sydney, 12th June, 1885

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 8

"Sir,—Be pleased to inform their lordships, owing to the fact that no stock of coal is kept in Australian ports, save in quite the outlying ones, it became necessary for me to consider the question, and to make arrangements that my…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 12

Some interesting information has been [?]tained relative to the Kimberley gold[?]ields and the rival routes to the diggings. Mr. Durack, who has a station on the Ord River, on the boundary of the Northern Territory,…

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MININC The Kimberley Goldfields. a Trip to Cambridge Gulf. Thursday Island, June 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 43

Your readers will recollect that upon the arrival of the Victoria at Townsville I wired you briefly the result of our trip to that port. Believing that a description of the voyage will be of interest to those who have their…

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News by Telegraph. Kimberley Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The [?] Herald has a telegraph message from Adelaide of an interview with Mr. Durack, Cambridge Gulf pastoralist, who gives a glowing account of the…

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News from the Colonial Goldfields. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 24

Sydney, Tuesday, evening.—Fair business being done, in which all the mining interests share, coal, gold, and silver. At a general meeting of the shareholders of the Ellan Vannin Gold-mining Co, the…

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Coal Miners' Dispute at Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 July 1886 · page 4

The Lithgow Mercury of Saturday gives the following particulars concerning the coal strike referred to by the telegaram from our correspondent published on Friday:- "On the 15th June the various managers were notified by…

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The Royal Commission on Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 July 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Yesterday, the Royal commission on mines inspected the surface of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery, and to-morrow will examine the underground…

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The Lambton Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 July 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The Hamilton miners held a special meeting on Friday night, when several grievances were discussed. It was resolved that a deputation,…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 5 July 1886 · page 6

ANOTHER RUSH.—A number of persons have gone to the Boonoo Boonoo gold rush, distant seventy miles from Glen Innes. SOUTH PINNACLE PROSPECTING CO.—Watt and…

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