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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 227

Hell Hole Silver Mine

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 5

IN the District Court this morning the case of De Kantzow against James Inglis and others was mentioned. This was an action to recover £50, the amount of…

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The Hell Hole Silver Mine. He Wants His £50

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 2

IN the District Court yesterday, before Judge Filzhardinge, Charles de Kantzow, of Manly, sued James Inglis, W. C. Wall, J. Neild, W. H. Robberds, C. E. Davies,…

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Mining Intelligence. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Friday 29 March 1889 · page 8

The north drive at the 300ft level or the Junction mine is now in about 50ft from crosscut, and the lode improves with driving, which is also opened out easterly,…

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Wallsend Mine

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

WALLSEND, This Day.--The Wallsend pit still continues working full time, and there seems a good prospect for a continuance of work…

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Miners' Conference

Evening News · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

LONDON, March 29.—A miners' conference which has been sitting at Birmingham, recommends that work should be limited to eight hours on five days of the week. Three hundred…

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Miners' Grievances

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Mr. Oliver's resignation of the position of referee caused some surprise yesterday. The miners appear of one opinion, that the…

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Mining

Evening News · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 6
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Curlew has arrived a Cooktown from Sudest with five diggers. Reports as to the health of the miners at Sudest are better. One hundred and fifty diggers are doing well at St…

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Accidents at Wallsend Mine

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

WALLSEND, This Day.--There have been an unusually large number of accidents in the Wallsend mine of late, the amount paid by the local lodge for accidents for…

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Electric Transport in Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 24

One of the most recent and successful applications of electricity in mining is that to be seen at the Drain Colliery, Osceola, Clearfield County, Pa., where there is placed a Sprague electric motor for the operation…

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Mining Shares

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 636

The initiatory step in what will in all probability prove an interesting case to the mining community, and more especially to those whose business it is to buy oud sell shares, was taken…

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Green and Gold Watermelon

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 634

Messrs. P. L. C. Shepherd and Son exhibited to us last week a green and gold watermelon grown by them. The flavour was delicious, and had an ininess about it foreign to other descriptions of the melon tribe. We…

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Latest Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 12

COPPER AND TIN.—In copper there is absolutely nothing doing in Sydney; and there are, consequently, no quotations to report. Tin is 16s 3d per unit…

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The Owners of Mount Morgan Mine

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 16

A RETURN has been published of the shareholders who signed the memorandum of articles of association at. the time of the registration of the Mount Morgan G. M. Co.. Queensland. The…

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The Moonta Copper-mine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Meonta mines to-day a statement was made by Sir William Malne, who occupied the chair, respecting the…

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The Miners' Referee Court. Miners Dissatisfied with the Beferee's Awards. Mr. Oliver Resigns. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--It had been arranged that a referee court should be held in Newcastle this morning to decide a dispute between the A.A. Company and their miners…

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Mining Assays and Opinions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 637

R. (Junee).—Copper ore, containing 17 per cent. of copper. H. H.—Serpentine rock, with iron and quartz, may carry gold and is worth an assay. We have kept the…

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An Extraordinary Mining Swindle

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 9

AN instance of how mines are systematically salted has just come under the notice of the South Australian Government. Some time since the Great Northern Goldmining Syndicate requested the…

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Miners' Conference at Birmingham. London, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 11

A miners' conference, which has been sitting at Birmingham, recommends that work should be limited to eight hours on five day a of the week. Three hundred…

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The Mining Court at Newcastle. Resignation of Mr. Oliver. the Miners Dissatisfied. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1889 · page 12

The Referee's Court opened this morning for the purpose of desiding the dispute between the A. A. Company and their miners. Before the proceedings commenced the Referee (Mr. Alexander Oliver) said he…

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