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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 81 of 194

Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 5

The sales at the Australasian Exchange this morning were as follow:--SILVER. Sunny Corner, 48s 6d., 50s, 50s 3d, 50s 6d…

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Miners' Troubles. the Wollongong Men Organising

Evening News · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—No fresh trouble has arisen at Mount Keira and Mount Kerabla Collieries over the formation of the union. The management threaten to discharge the men for joining the…

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COUNTRY. The South Waratah Mining Difficulty

The Australian Star · Monday 16 July 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The South Waratah miners object to both the representatives appointed by the masters sitting on the board of arbitration. On Saturday…

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COUNTRY. Accident in a Colliery

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A youth named Daniel Crook has had both his legs injured by an accident in the New Lambton Colliery pit, and it is feared that one of his…

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The Melbourne Coal Ring

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Chamber of Manufactures have resolved to obtain their requirements of coal in future from such firms as may be the first to reduce…

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The Vale Colliery. a Banquet to the Workmen

Evening News · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.—The above colliery having been officially opened last Tuesday by the company, as before reported, Mr. J. B. Turnbull gave a banquet to those who are employed at the…

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Mining Law Reform

Evening News · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 5

The Minister for Mines got a good reception in the House last night on introducing his new Mining Bill. On all sides it is agreed to be one of the simplest and yet the most comprehensive…

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Reported Gold Discovery at Cobar

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 5

The warden at Cobar has wired to the Mince Department that there is considerable excitement in the district over a report that splendid gold was struck on Saturday in…

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The New Mining Bill

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 4

MR. ABIGAIL introduced the new Mining Bill last evening in a speech which had evidently been written for him by some one who understands what such a law should…

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The Coal Ring in Melbourne. (By Telegraph,)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The council of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures to-night passed the following resolution :--"That the members of the chamber pledge themselves to…

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The South Waratah Miners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 8

A special meeting of the South Waratah miners was held on Saturday. It was unanimously resolved that objection be taken to the appointment of Mr. H. Stokes and Mr. Hugh Walker as arbitrators for the South…

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Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. the Ranelagh-spunkie Collision. Melbourne Centennial Exhibition. Amendment of the Electoral Act. New Mining Bill. the Torpedo Defence Debate. the Tramway Frauds. Absence of Nerves in the Chinese. Petroleum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 6

LEADERS: LAST NIGHT'S DEBATE IN THE ASSEMBLY. THE ANNUAL SALES OF STUD SHEEP. YESTERDAY'S DEPUTATION ON THE…

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Mining Memoranda

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 2

A payable reef is reported to have been discovered at Spring Creek, near Sofala, by a prospector named George Williams. Another rich quarts reef is reported to have…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 5

The following were the sales at the Mining Exchanges this morning :--SILVER. Sunny Corner, 50s…

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The Coal Importing Ring

Evening News · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The council of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures on Monday night passed the following resolution:—"That the members of the chamber pledge themselves…

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Australasian Mining Exchange

Evening News · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 4

The call sale at the Exchange, this morning, was thinly attended. The following sales took place:—Sunny Corner, 50s; Centrals, 36s; Centrals (contributing) 29s 6d; South Extended, 13s 3d;…

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Miners' Troubles. the Appointment of Arbitrators

Evening News · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A special meeting of the Wallsend miners took place on Monday evening, when a motion from the delegate board relative to a deputation interviewing the…

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The Newcastle Miners. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A special meeting of miners' delegates was held at Newcastle to-day. The lodges represented were:--Borehole, Walisead, Lambton, Co-operative, Glebe,…

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Miners' Troubles. the Appointment of Arbitrators

Evening News · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A special meeting of the Wallsend miners took place on Monday evening, when a motion from the delegate board relative to a deputation interviewing the…

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Terrible Catastrophe in South Africa. Fire at the Kimberley Diamond Mines. Eight Hundred Miners Entombed. Five Hundred Believed to Have Perished. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, July 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 7

News has been received to the effect that a terrible catastrophe has occurred at the diamond mines in South Africa. A fire broke out at the entrance to the…

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