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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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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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 6
Also in Evening News
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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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.âCoal: 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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 93 →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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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 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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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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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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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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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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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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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 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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