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Mining & the mines, 1888

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The Dispute at the Ferndale Colliery

The Australian Star · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- On Saturday night the representatives of the Ferndale Colliery miners met the proprietors to discuss the dispute. After a deal of…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 3

A bulk assay of ore from the Patience S.M. went 22o[?] of silver and 27 per cent, of lead. Mr. Wall, M.L.A., has furnished a very…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A fall of earth occurred at the Chiltern Valley mine, Chiltern, ! yesterday. Michael Griffin, a married man with a family, was entombed. When extricated…

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The Ferndale Colliery Dispute. a Conference Between Masters and Men. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--In connection with the dispute at the Ferndale Colliery, a conference of the representatives of the proprietors and of the officers of the Miners' Association,…

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A Mining Dispute. T[?]erara, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 6

At the Warden's Court, held in Yalwal yesterday, an interesting case, adjourned from April 13, was proceeded with, John Maclean and party…

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Miners' Conference at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1888 · page 8

A miners' conference was held yesterday at the Fe[?] Colliery's Office, Newcastle, between Messrs. H. Stokes, James Fletcher, jun., and G. Hewison, representing the Ferndale colliery proprietors, while Mr. John Powell…

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Prosecution of a Colliery Manager

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At the Police Court yesterday, Richard Thomas, manager of the Stockton Colliery, charged with a breach of the Coalfields…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 7

The Greta Coal Company, Limited, issues its prospectus in our advertising columns this morning. The company has been formed to work the united properties of the Greta Colliery…

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Alleged Breach of the Coal Mines Regulation Act. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 8

Richard Thomas, manager of the Stockton Colliery, was summoned this morning by the Examiner of Coalfields for alleged neglect to observe sub-section 4 of section 12 of Act 39 Vict., number 31, which provides that in every…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 7

Very encouraging reports have been received at Broken Hill regarding the richness of the Argus S.M., hitherto known as Coegrove's Secret Mine. It comprises two…

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Late Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 May 1888 · page 8

The Sandhurst gold returns continue to improve. During April the banks purchased 15,195oz. of gold, as against 11,449oz. for the same period of last year. The yield for four months this year was 8352oz. above the yield for the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 May 1888 · page 7

A correspondent calls attention to a find of silver ore at the Peak, Burragorang, near Camden. It would of course be premature to judge from a few assays that a property will prove…

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Mining Memoranda

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 9 May 1888 · page 1

Mount Costigan North Silver and Lead Mining Company.—April 28 :—“ The work is now in full swing and the prospects of A shaft are looking well. The lode is confined between…

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Mining Experts. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 May 1888 · page 11

Sir,—A remark passed by one of the witnesses at the District Court last Thursday—viz., "Men are sent to report on mines that know no more about mines and smelting works than pigs do of astronomy"—reminds me of an…

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Broken Hill Mining News. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 May 1888 · page 8

Good rich oro is being daily found in the South. The Concentrators Company started work this morning, and is giving…

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Painful Colliery Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day,--A boy named Duncan yesterday had his leg terribly cut about by getting it caught in a wheel of a coal waggon at Burwood. The flesh was…

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Burwood Miners

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At their meeting on Tuesday evening, the Burwood miners followed the example of other lodges by voting in favour of…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 11

The past fortnight has witnessed a continuance of the revulsion in prices of silver stock which was alluded to in our last summary of news for Europe. Values, in a large number of cases, have retained,…

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Victorian Gold Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--There has been a great improvement in the gold returns of Sandhurst. Since the beginning of the year the yield for the four months of 1888 has been…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 May 1888 · page 6

The Hidden Treasure P.C. has crushed seven tons quarts, yielding 27[?] retorted gold. It having been decided to float tho Lady…

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