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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 194

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 7

Our Ballina correspondent wires that the Black Rock Gold-mining Company are inviting tenders for sinking a shaft on their mine near Ballina, and that several blocks have been taken…

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The Wallsend Colliery Dispute. The Outlook

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.—Considerable anxiety is felt as to what steps the management of the South Waratah coat mine will take this morning. The miners met…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 3

In Adelaide and Melbourne, as will be observed from our reports of those markets, Rising Suns illustrated the first part of their name by an advance of about 10[?]…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 9

The following transactions were recorded on Saturday by the Associated Brokers:—Stockton Coal, 60s.; Wickham and [?] island Coal, 19s.; Great Cobar Copper, 17s. 9d.; Broken Hill Junctions, £7, £6 17s. 6d.:…

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The Dispute at the Waratah Colliery. A Strike Probable

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.—At the miners delegate meeting yesterday, the action of the South Waratah miners in refusing the terms offered by the company was approved…

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The Territory of Montana and the Anaconda Mine

The Australian Star · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 3

A CHRISTMAS number of a journal published in the city of Butte, in the Territory of Montana, the other day affords so interesting a view of miner's life and…

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The Anaconda Mine

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 3

In a former article we wrote of the material wealth of Montana, a territory in the northern portion of the United States Up to 1869 the nearest railway was 420…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 7

The Minister for Mine has received the following report from Warden Brown, of Silverton Rubies are said to have been discovered…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 3

Coal-miners out of work will find employment readily at the barrier, as they may see from our Broken Hill correspondent's wire in yesterday's STAR…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 7

The following transactions wore recorded by the associated brokers yesterday morning:—Silver: Junction, £6 17a. 6d.; South, paid up, £8 15s., £9 5s., £9 10s., £9 12s. 6.: Central, paid up, £6 10s.; Mount Costigan, 80s.,…

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The South Waratah Colliery Strike. A Lock-out Reported

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A report has reached here to-day that the South Waratah minors are locked out, and that they meet this afternoon to discuss the…

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The South Waratah Colliery Dispute. 100 Men Locked Out

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day,--The deputation from the South Waratah miners waited upon the manager yesterday, but were told that the dispute was out of his power and…

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Mining Intelligence. Orange Monday Evening

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 3

The faith a market and depreciation in stock have not had any steadying effect [?], so far as the taking up of mineral [?] is concerned. To-day applications are…

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Strike at the South Waratah Colliery. the Pit Now Idle. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 5

Newcastle, Monday.--The South Waratah miners held a special meeting on Saturday night, when Delegate Adams reported that at the request of the district officer he had…

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Strike of the Waratah Miners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1888 · page 10

A special meeting was held at Waratah by the miners on Saturday night to consider the question of the strike. Mr. R. Adams, a delegate, stated that he had taken, sections of the seam on Thursday last,…

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The Newcastle Colliery Disputes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At a meeting of the Burwood miners on Monday night, it was resolved to support the Waratah miners during the strike. A motion for…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 7

It is notified in yesterday's Gazette that in future applicants for permission under section 28 of the Mining Act of 1874, to mine under reserves, must with each application, make a…

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Mining Intelligence. Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 3

Rising Suns are on the balance in the market, a trifle of news in their favour would send them to 40s or 50s. A Hood of hasty sellers may bring them to 25s. So…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 11

The following transactions were recorded by the associated brokers yesterday morning:—Silver:Broken Hill Block 14, £14 10s.; Junction, £6 15s., £6 17s. 6d.; New North, 66s., 63s.; South, paid up, £10 17s., £11; Central, paid up, £6…

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Mining at Croydon

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 7

A correspondent, writing under date March 4, gives the following particulars :—''The output of gold for February is' about 1000cz.less than January, owing to the company's mill not…

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