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Mining & the mines, 1888

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Review of the Mining Sharemarket

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

The fall which characterised the month of May reached in lower pa[?] on June 2. Since that time through there have been great f[?]tions from day to day, the courts of the…

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Mining Intelligence. Brisbane, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 5

A rumour is current to the effect that the Cooper mine, Yeppoon, will be floated in Melbourne. Capital £1,000,000. The hon, secretary Sydney Stock…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 14

The adjourned minors' meeting was held to-day. It resolved that a deputation from the board interview Mr. J. Gregson, superintendent of the A. A. Company, regarding the Rochole dispute; that the district officers and two…

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Mr. Abigail's Western Trip. Visit to the Lewis Ponds Mine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 5

ORANGE, Friday.--The Minister for Mines, with the several M's.P. accompanying him on his tour, paid a visit to Lewis Ponds this morning. About 40 gentlemen from Orange, the…

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The Chinaman's Gun. a Reminiscence of Gold Digging in Australia

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 1

The scone of the following sketch opens at the Bendigo Diggings, (Sandhurst), in 1858, a period at which gold digging was then at fever heat. Inflated reports…

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Visit of the Minister for Mines to Orange. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 14

On Thursday evening a social gathering took place in the Oddlollows Half, in honour of the visit of the Flon. F. Abigail, Minister for Mines, who was accompenied by Messers. Henson, Cooke, Ball, and Stephen, members of…

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COUNTRY. Wallsend Colliery

The Australian Star · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 5

Newcastle, This Day.—At the "Wallsend Colliery, on Friday, an unusually good day's work was put in; no less than 287 waggons were despatched, containing 1800…

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The Waratah Colliery Dispute

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 6

Newcastle, Saturday.-The South Waratah miners cavilled for working places on Friday, and out of 115 on the roll when the trouble started between eighty and ninety responded to their…

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Illawarra Miners' Union

The Australian Star · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, This Day.—A meeting of miners, chiefly from the Keira and Mount Pleasant, was hold in the Temperance Hall on Saturday night, for the purpose of…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Monday.-An aggregate meet­ing: of miners of the Wollongong district was held, in the Tempeaance Hall on Saturday night. The hall was well filled. Mr. Armstrong, treasurer…

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The Lambton Miners

The Australian Star · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.—The Lambton miners have again worked full time this fortnight, and all the collieries in the district are very brisk…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 7
Also in Evening News, Evening News

Under the heading of " A Big Dodge Crusher" an American contemporary has the following:--" The largest ore-crusher ever built was completed at Savage's Foundry this…

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The Minister of Mines

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 6

Orange, Saturday.-Mr. Abigail visited Lewis Ponds on Friday in company with about forty Orange residents, He made minute inspection of the several properties, and gave his opinion that…

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Miners' Troubles. Strike of Wheelers

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.-Another mining difficulty is impending. The wheelers at Mount Keira colliery, in receipt of 5s 9d per day, made a demand for an advance of 3d, which was refused…

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Australasian Mining Exchange

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 4

At the soles of mining stock [?] this morning at the call sale in the Exchange, George-street, were the following Silver: Sunny Corner 48s, 48s 6d; South Pinnacle 1s. B H. South £5 18s. South…

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Miners' Union in The Illawarra District. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 7

A considerable number of miners, chiefly from the Keira and Mount Pleasant collieries, assembled in the Temperance Hall this evening for the purpose of re-forming the unions throughout the Illawarra district. Three delegates from…

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Bulli Mining Disaster, the Widow's Case Postponed to August 20

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1888 · page 4

On the opening of the Banco Court this morning, before the Chief Justice and a jury of four, the action in which Jane Birch sued the Bulli Company Company for -£2000 compensation for…

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The Bulli Colliery Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 4

The hearing of the action brought by Jane Birch, whose husband lost his life in the Bulli Ccolliery disaster, against the Bulli Coal-mining Company for £2000 damages has been…

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