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Mining & the mines, 1888

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The Sea Pit Colliery Difficulty. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--At a special meeting of the Hamilton miner last night, a delegate stated that the deputation from the delegate board to Mr. Gregson, of the A.A…

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Han Francisco Coal Market

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 8

Mr. J. W. Harrison reports in his weekly review of the [?]…

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Broken Hill Mining

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, This Day.--Smalters are nearly ready at the Terrible Dick, stoping going on at 50 and 107ft levels. The character of the are is galena mixed with…

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The South Waratah Mining Trouble

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The South Waratsh dispute is apparently drawing to a close, although nothing yet is definitely decided on. The three blacklegs who…

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The South Waratah Mining Trouble

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The South Waratah miners yesterday appointed collectors to stand at various pits to-morrow, to collect money for their family relief…

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The New Gold Discovery. Brisbane, This Day

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 8

Warden Murray Unlay forwarded his report no the gold discovery at tho head of the North Fine River, lie states that the stone contains secre[?]…

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Tin-mining in Queensland. Allocation of Fraud

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 6

IN the Supreme Court to-day, before his Honor [?] Darley and a jury of four, the hearing of the action, [?] v. the Severn River [?]…

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Mining Telegrams. (From Our Correspondents.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 4

In gold companies, Band and Albion Consols, Star of the East, Berry Conrols, and Madame Berry, realised advanced prices. Sandhurst companies were neglected. The market in silver companies was very weak, and considerably lower…

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Meeting of Miners at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 8

The Lambton miners last night adopted a resolution to support the federated seamen in their endeavour to boycott the Chinese working in steamers trading to this colony. A special meeting of the A. A. Company's miners…

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The Reported Gold Discovery in Queensland. the Find of No Value (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Warden Murray, whom the Government despatched to the new goldfield ut Lacey's Creek, North Pine, returned to-day. He reports to the Mines Department…

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Jackson's Reef Gold-mining Company. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The half-yearly meeting of the Jackson's Reef Gold-mining Company, Kimberley, was held to-day, when some stormy scenes occurred. Mr. John Hanson,…

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Gold Mining in North Wales. London, June 25

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1382

A company has been successfully formed to work the rich gold mine near Dogelly, in North Wales, discovered by Mr. William Pritchard Morgan. The amount of capital…

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The Waratah Colliery Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 4

The directors of the Waratah Coal Company had conference yesterday with a deputation representing the Waratah minors, the conference having been brought about at the…

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Bara Silver Mine

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 8

WE extract the following from the Mudgee INDEPENDENT:— The Bara silver mines are looking splendid in the prospectors' lease. The lode is very rich, solid galena gossan 5 to 7 feet wide,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 7

From the Armidale Chronicle we learn that the shareholders of the Eleanora Mine have empowered the directors to complete the sale of the mine to Miss Cornwell…

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A New Queensland Goldfield. Great Excitement Among the Miners

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 8

BRISBANE, June 27.— The discovery of a new goldfield, 40 miles from Brisbane and near the head of the Pine River, has been reported. The discoverer (a man named Watts) declared he found gold at…

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Mining Matters

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 4

NEWSCASTLE, This Day.--Right throughout the district the pay of miners this fortnight has been very satisfactory. The Wallsend Colliery pay-sheet shown nearly…

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MINING Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1409

To meet the growing demand for reliable information in connection with mineral discoveries, the proprietors of the MAIL have arranged for the services of a competent assayer and mineral expert, who will examine or assay…

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Mining Action

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, This Day.--The Moan Morgan Gold Mining Company have Issued a writ against the Mount Morgan Consols Co., of Melbourne, restraining them from…

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The Wingello Coal Company

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1409

Our London correspondent writes on May 18:—In consequence of erroneous reports coming to this country from Sydney respecting the Wingello Coal Company, three of the directors petitioned for the winding-up of the…

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