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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 194

A Rich Gold Reef in Victoria. Thirty Ounces to the Ton. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A rich reef has been discovered near Wedderburn, in the Inglewood district, and has been traced for four miles. Quartz 3ft. from the surface yielded at the rate…

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Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. Suicide with Carbolic Acid. British Footballers V. Junior Eighteen. Our Melbourne Letter. Chinaman Assaulted and Robbed. Foreign Coal-miners at Waratah. Accident to Mr. Thomas Buckland. Discovery of New Caves at Jenolan. Suicide of a Chinaman. the Chinese Question. Preparations for the Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 6

LEADERS: THE INTERCOLONIAL CONFERENCE ON THE CHINESE QUESTION. THE CITY RAILWAY…

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Mining Memoranda

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 2

AT Broken Hill on Friday shares valued at £5 were offered for 6s, without finding purchasers. The depreciation since last Friday in the…

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The Miners' Trouble at South Waratah. Newcastle, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 5

A [?] feeling of indignation exists among the South Waratah miners and their friends with reference to the action of the blacklegs…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill. This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 8

The share market is active to-day, owing to more cat[?]ractory telegram from Adelaide and Melbourne, but prices lessened to turd last night, as the…

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The South Waratah Mining Dispute. Serious Consequences Predicted. NEWCASTLE, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 8

The strike at South Waratah mine is assuming a serious aspect, and at Adamstown, where the majority of the locked out miners reside, great excitement exists…

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Colliery Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, This Day.—J. Gwynne, a miner in the Mt. Keira colliery, sustained very serious injuries on Tuesday. 11 seems that a set of loaded skips which…

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The Coal Miners' Trouble. Chinese Labour Spoken Of. Newcastle, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 5

The whole of the alleged blacklegs who were engaged in the South Waratah Colliery, have left again. On hearing the rumour that they had left and were…

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Accident at a Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--An accident of a very severe nature took place at the Mount Keira colliery yesterday, a miner named John Gwynne receiving injuries that are feared…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 7

The case of Kelly v. Henriques, decided yesterday against the plaintiff, is remarkable chiefly for the disclosures made in the evidence. The four samples of ore on which the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 6

Good payable gold was strack at the Happy Valley claim, near Gulgong, has week at about 170ft. There is every prospect of goldmining going ahead here…

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A Mining Syndicate Case

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 8

In the Equity Court this morning his Honor Mr. Justice Owen was occupied for a considerable time with the hearing of a case of some interest to those interested…

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The South Waratah Colliery Dispute. the "Blacklegs" Return to Sydney. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- The Italian "blacklegs" have been persuaded to leave the South Waratah Colliery. All sorts of rumors aw abroad as to the manner in which the…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 8

Splendid rich chloride are was found in the Junction mine yesterday, and pretty fair chlorides in the Rising Sun and White Lead…

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The Foreign Miners at South Wara[?]ah. the Topmen and Shiftmen Stop Work. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 8

The topmen and shiftmen at South Waratah Colliery, who have been at work since the dispute commenced, preparing roads, &c, at the mine, knocked off yesterday, refusing to work with the Italians lately introduced by the…

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News From Kimberley Goldfields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 8

News has been received from Kimberley Btating that the country is looking well, but that native depredations are becoming very serious, calling for prompt action on the part of the Government. One settler has been…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 7

Writing on the subject of the mining royalties levied by the British Government on the Welsh gold mines, the Mining Journal says :--"Her Majesty's Government are going…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 6

THE directors of the Kohinoor G. and S. Mine (recently floated) have obtained the services of Mr. Alfred Chappie as mining manager, and work will now be resumed as…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 5

At the Alpha mine, on Wednesday night, a fatal accident occurred. In the shaft which is being sunk, two men, W. Moore and James Staney, were working. They…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 5

There has been a general advance in prices all along the line. Broken Hill stock was firm in the morning, but easier in the afternoon…

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