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Mining & the mines, 1889

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

SILVERTON, Friday.—At Silver Bock mine ore has been discovered neat the surface. A shaft is being sunk 37ft, and it carried a fair grade of ore through the formation. The whole way rich patches of chlorides…

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A Coal Monopoly

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, March 17.—The proposal which was made some months ago for the formation of a powerful syndicate, to obtain control of the principal coal mines in the north of England, has…

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A Coal Syndicate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- A northern coal syndicate is projected with a capital of [?]100,000,000 sterling…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

The following sales were effected at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning:-- SILVER…

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A Coal Syndicate. London, March 16

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 5

A northern coal syndicate is projected, with a capital of £100,000,000…

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Latest Cables. Disastrous Colliery Explosion. Fifteen Persons Killed. London, March 16

The Australian Star · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 4

A disastrous colliery explosion is reported from France. The catastrophe occurred in a coal mine, situated in the department of Gard. So far as has been…

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The Terrible Dick Mine. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 7

Sir,--Mr. Iveson, the late manager of this much-abused mine, has again ventured to pen a letter which appeared in your columns of this morning in reply to one from a shareholder in…

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The Coal-lumpers' Grievances. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1889 · page 4

Sir,—Some prominence has been given to this subject in the daily press, and were the statements so published facts there would indeed be very great reason for the coal-lumpers to make known to the public their…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 7

The case De Kantzow v. Inglis and others is of considerable interest to mining men, as it involves important questions respecting the formation of joint-stock companies. It was…

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A Coal Syndicate

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, March 18.—A coal syndicate is being formed here with a capital of a hundred minions…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 8

Aldinga S.M. Co, No Liability.--The legal manager, Mr. J. W. Tonkin, has received the following report:--"The contract for sinking the shaft, viz., 79ft, on…

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Proposed Coal Syndicate. London, March 18

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

The report is still prevalent that the formation of an English coal syndicate is contemplated with a capital of £100,000,000…

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COUNTRY. Crushed by a Fall of Coal

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Henry Millington, who was crushed by a fall of coal in the Wallsend pit on Thursday, is lying in a precarious condition, suffering from…

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Coal-lumpers' Grievances. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1889 · page 4

Sir,—In answer to your correspondent of to-day's date, I would like to state a few plain and absolutely true facts. Mr. Healy says that he has never yet paid any of his men on Sunday; that 4 p.m…

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Bonang Gold Mine

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 8

A couple of weeks back Messrs. John Kidd, M.L.A., James Fletcher, jun., J. M. Sweet, and H. Goater, shareholders in the Bonang G.M. Co., paid a visit of…

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Country. a Colliery Difficulty

The Australian Star · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--William H. Morgan, the manager of the Linwood Colliery, was charged yesterday, by the Inspector of Collieries. Mr. Dixon, with…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—The reporter of the BARRIER MINER surreptitiously gained entrance to the shaft of the Junction Mine on Saturday night and discovered the lode in the north drive, at the…

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Coal-mining in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 7

To-day at a meeting of the Victorian Coal Association, which was formed to watch over the interests of coal-mining in Victoria, it was resolved that circulars be sent to all Parliamentary…

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The Mount Britton Mine. Finch Hutton Attacked

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, March 19.—The Evening Star, the new paper edited by Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., has made a violent attack on the Hon. Finch Hutton in connection with the affairs of the…

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