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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 194

The Gold-mines in Northern Queensland. Railway Extension to the Goldfields. Alteration in the Mining Laws. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 3

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

A deputation from the directors of the Etheridge gold-mines in Northern Queensland waited upon Mr. Thomas Archer, the Agent-General for Queensland, with the view…

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The Bulli Colliery Case

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 18

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

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 6
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The Under-Secretary for Mines yesterday received the following telegram from the warden's clerk at Sofala:--"Re prospecting vote, the prospector, George Williams, has struck a…

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Waratah Colliery Dispute. the Arbitrators Appointed

Evening News · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday. — The South Waratah miners commenced work on Monday. On Thursday the directors of the company notified that the arbitrators appointed to act on their behalf in…

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Latest Mining News. "Well, Adrian, what fresh news from the mine?" Old Play

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 13

LATEST QUOTATIONS, July 11.—Coal: Burwood, Bellera 37s 6d; Stockton, buyers 53s, sellers 55s, business done 54s; West Wallsend, business done 26s; Wickham and Bullock Island, business done 25s…

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MINING Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 93

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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Official Opening of the Vale Colliery, Lithgow

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 96

The opening of the Vale Colliery took place on Tuesday, and was made the occasion of a day's thorough enjoyment for those who attended. A party of 20 started from the Imperial Hotel at 10 cum. to inspect the mine. They…

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An Australian Coal Company

Evening News · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 6

LONDON, Jane 30.—The North Stockton Coal Company of Newcastle, New South Wales, with a capital of £125,000, has been announced…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 93

An important discovery was made on the Eaglehawk line recently, when ore was struck carrying native silver freely. Specimens have been sent to Adelaide by the manager. He also states that the iron pyrites found…

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Mining Assays and Opinions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 65

AZ over W.—Ironstone, containing neither gold nor silver. J. C. (Sanmary Ponds).—Ironstone; gold nil, silver a trace. S. LE B.'(Gulgong).—Those are simply iron gossans, and…

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The Latest Mining Bill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 12

Subjoined are the principal provisions of the bill passed hy the Assembly to requinte mining on church and school lands. It may be remembered that in 1860 these landa, which had originally been granted for church and school…

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The Gold Discovery in Western Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 10

PERTH, Monday.-Specimens of stone have ar-rived at Perth from the reefs recently opened on the Hall's Creek line of reefs. Some from the Ruby and Queen claims, obtained from a depth…

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North Stockton Coal Company. London, June 30

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

The North Stockton Coal Company, Newcastle, is announced with a capital of £125,000…

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Mining Intelligence. Orange, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 5

Spicer's Company have come upon a magnificent lode of pyrites at the 58ft level, and after sinking a little deeper will drive for the wall and along the lode…

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The South Waratah Colliery Dispute. Difficulties About an Arbitrator. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 15

Although on Monday last the South Waratah miners resumed work pending arbitration, a difficulty has since arisen. Yesterday the directors intimated that the arbitrators appointed to act on their behalf in the…

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A Colliery Disaster

Evening News · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 7

A disaster, imperilling the lives of fifty men, occurred on Thursday evening, May 21 (says the WEEKLY DISPATCH), at the Maritime Colliery, Pontypridd, North Wales. About 8 o'clock it…

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Accident at a Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--A man named Francis John Derry was seriously injured in the Homeville Colliery, near Maitland, yesterday, through a large mass of coal falling on…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 8

SILVER AT COOMA.—The warden at Cooma has reported to the Mines Department the results of his assays on quartz raised by Messrs. Casey, Jackson, and party, about three miles above the junction of…

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The Rosedale Silver Mines

The Australian Star · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 5

A visitor to the Rosedale silver mines, near Orange, writes :--"Having determined to visit the district in which these mines are situated, I arrived at Orange by…

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