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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 194

Wanted--a Market for Coal

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 4

THE announcements of now coal mines in New South Wales are getting to be a trifle monotonous, especially as there is not now much national joy in the…

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What Silver Mining Does

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 7

In reviewing the progress, or rather the creation, of a large mining town in the Barrier Ranges, it is not unworthy of consideration to estimate the enormous…

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Mining Law and Colonial Legislation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 4

Two judgments were given by the Privy Council on February 4 in the cases of Osborne and others v. Morgan and others and Williams v. Morgan and others of very material…

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School of Mines. to the Editor of "The Australian Star."

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 6

Sir,—I hope you will grant me a small space in your paper on above subjects, By Parliamentary reports I conclude the Department of Mines is about providing for…

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Proposed School of Mines. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1888 · page 2

Sir,--In your issue of this morning a leader is devoted to the above subject. In reading it carefully over it appears you advocate a school of mines in connection with…

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Mining Accident

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.—Thomas Griffin and Edward O'Brien, miners, were working at East Waratah in a new tunnel, when by a fall of coal O'Brien had his…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 11

The following transactions were recorded yesterday morning by the Australasian Mining Exchange, viz.:—Coal: Burwood, seller 30s., buyer 32s.; Wickham and Bullock Island, seller 18s. Copper: Nymagee, seller 22s, 6d,…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 3

AT a meeting held at the Australasian Exchange last evening, and attended by many of those deeply interested in mining. Mr. T. W. Fergusson in the chair, it was…

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The Lithgow Miners. Report of the Brisbane Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 5

A meeting of the Western Miners' Association was held on Monday evening in the Temperance-hall, Lithgow, to hear a report from Messrs. Jobu Norton and J. D. Fitzgerald,…

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The Croydon Goldfields

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day.—An old miner has just returned from the Croydon goldfields. He describes the place as very rich in gold, silver and other minerals. Living…

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Moruya Gold-mining Company. London, April 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 7

The shares in the Moruya Gold-mining Company, New South Wales, which was lately placed on the London market, have been allotted…

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Accident at a Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 5

Newcastle, Wednesday.--Two miners employed at the new tunnel, East Waratah, named Edward O'Brien and Thomas Griffin, were seriously injured yesterday afternoon…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 7

A handy and well-executed map of the Tnena and Mount Costigan group of mine has been published by Mr. E. R. Morris, of 7 Sutton's-chambers, George-street. Persons interested in…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 5

The following quotations were recorded by the associated brokers yesterday morning:—Silver: Block 14, £13 2s. 6d.; Junction, £7 2s. 6d., Now North, 68s., 69s.; South (paid up), £11 12s. Gd., £11 15s. Central, £6 5s.;…

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The South Waratah Colliery Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 5

Newcastle, Wednesday.--This morning, at the usual meeting of the South Waratah miners at present on strike, the following letter from the manager was read :--"Mr. J. Kelly, Miners'…

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The Newcastle Coal Traffic

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Much satisfaction la felt with the report which has reached here this morning that the authorities me making arrangements to…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 2

The absence of all public mining business in Melbourne damps our local transactions, except in these stooks which are operated on exclusively on this market…

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COUNTRY. The South Waratah Miners' Strike

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At a meeting of the South Waratah miners this morning a letter was read from the directors, declining to go to arbitration. The whole…

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Cable News. the Moruya Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 5

London, Tuesday Right.--Shares have been allotted in the Moruya Gold and Silver, Mining Company, Hew South Wales, the capital of which is £85,000,…

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Mining Intelligence. (Continued from Page 2.)

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 5

AT the Australasian Exchange members were slaw in rolling up, a had sign for a heavy business. Now North, South, and I Rising Sun were well supported, the first…

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