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Mining & the mines, 1887

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The Teetulpa Goldfield. Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 199

The Register's special correspondent at Teetulpa telegraphs that 2oz. to the load have been obtained in two cases from Windlass Gully. A party got 6oz. 18dwt. from eight loads in Goslin's Gully. The bank bought 203oz…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 7

Our Broken-hill correspondent telegraphs the Proprietary yield last week as follows "Smelting returns: Three hundred and fifty-two tons are gave 51 tons bullion, containing…

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Coal Merchants and Tem Sydney Coal Act. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 5

Sir,—Among the novel sights of Sydney we have the peculiar and cumbersome machine carried by the coal waggons of Sydney. We naturally wonder what has brought all this about. What is the object or aim of the…

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Victorian Gold Returns. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 7

SANDHURSE, Saturday.--Messrs. Clarke and Co., Sydney and Melbourne, report the following yields of gold:--Sadowa, 415oz.; Devon, 280oz.; Catherine, 200oz.; South Devon, 190oz.;…

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The Bulli Colliery Dispute. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 8

The Bulli Coal-mining Company's steamer Merksworth arrived this evening from Sydney, bringing 16 men to work in the mine. These men were met at the jetty by a party of police and escorted to the pit without any obstruction…

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The Illawarra Miners' Strike. Arrival of More Men. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--Sixteen blacklegs arrived at Bulli this morning and were escorted by a large force of police from the jetty to the mine. A large number of miners and their…

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The Lambton Miners' Dispute. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 8

The locked-out Lambton miners hold a meeting yesterday at noon on the Lambton Reserve. Mr. H. Hanlon was in the chair. Mr. Curley, miners' general secretary, informed the meeting that he had received the following…

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The Teetulpa Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The following telegram was received yesterday by the Commissioner of Crown Lands from Warden Hack:--"Diggings very quiet. A man obtained a piece of gold…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1887 · page 7

Mr. J. B. C. Miles, secretary of the Lankelly Killing Company, Limited, reports that on the 19th inst, there were despatched from Sydney to the mine an engineer, engine-driver, carpenter…

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The Illawarra Miners' Strike. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 January 1887 · page 6

Sir,--I beg to take exception to that part of your sub-leader m your last Friday's journalias regards men taking the place of others out on strike. What docs this " taking the place"…

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The Lambton Miners' Dispute. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1887 · page 8

The A. A. Company's miners held a meeting on Saturday night, and discussed the Lambton look-out, and resolved that their delegate be instructed to write in accordance with the action previously taken by them, viz.—that…

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The Mount Keira Intimidation Cases. Prosecution of Five Miners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1887 · page 8

The cases against the five men who were prosecuted by Mr. H. O. M'Cabe, the manager of the Mount Keira mine, in connection with the obstruction of the men on their way to work at Mount Keira were heard the morning at…

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Sale Oe a Sandhurst Gold Mine. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 7

The South Prieman mine, Sandhurst, Victoria, has been sold for £4000, subject to the approval of the shareholders…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 7

A gentleman who has recently visited the Croydon goldfield has formed a very favorable opinion of it. He believes that in a very short time it is destined to rival Charters…

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The Illawarra Miners Difficulty. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--J. Hilton, W. Dobbins, C. Yates, R. Kenning and J. Fitzgerald were charged yesterday before Messrs. A. A. Turner, P.M., A. Armstrong, W. J. Wiseman…

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The Coal Merchants v. the Inspector and the Coal Act. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 5

Sir,—Permit me to state, in reply to "Justice," that he should learn before he presumes to teach. His first remark is that coal weighing machines are a novelty here. Does it follow that they should remain so when the…

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The Bulli Colliery Strike. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 8

The steamer Merksworth arrived about 5 this morning. Only one man came by her. There was an alarm, as usual, but only a small muster, there being only 30 or 40 at the railway crossing. They tried to persuade the man to join…

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The Lambton Miners' Dispute. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1887 · page 8

The Lambton miners held their meeting last night to discuss the lock-out question. The resolution of the delegates to rescind the resolution respecting the work of the back shift was the subject of the whole discussion. Some…

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Queensland Gold-mining. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 7

The directors of the Day Dawn Block, and Wyndham (Queensland) Gold-Mining Company have announced their intention to issue 40,000 fresh shares, with the view of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 January 1887 · page 7

The twentieth half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Coal-mining Company was held at Newcastle on Tuesday. Mr. W. A. Steel, chairman of the board, presided, and there was a fair…

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