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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 227

Wollongong Coal Trade

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Mr. Joseph Mitchell, M.L.A., manager and director of the Wonoona Colliery, is proceeding rapidly with the construction of the jetty and the railway connecting the…

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The Co-operative Mine

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 5

WALLSEND, This Day.--The Co-operative mine is not working well at all just now, there being only five and a half days to take for the pay. The mine was idle…

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To-day's Mining

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 5

The sales effected at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning were:-- SILVER Central, 16s…

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The Mount Morgan Extended Mine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The first annual meeting of the shareholders in Mount Morgan Extended Mine was held to-day, Mr. M'Ghie in the chair. The report and balance-sheet…

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Mining Intelligence. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 8

The week's mineral exports from Proprietary mine are 523 tons bullion, valued at £27,071; Block 11, 153 tons, £5380; North, 142 tons ore, £713…

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South Australian News. An Alleged Mining Swindle

Evening News · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — A large meeting of shareholders in the Great Northern Gold-mining Syndicate was held on Monday afternoon, to consider the position of affairs. This syndicate, it…

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Consolidated Broken Hill Mining Co. London, April 2

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 5

The Consolidated Broken Hill Mining Co. has been placed in liquidation…

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The South Australian Salted Gold Specimens. [By Telegraph.) (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 7

About 20 shareholders in the Great Northern Gold Syndicate met on Monday to consider their position through certain Government officials having reported that samples from the company's…

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Shocking Mining Fatality at Charters Towers. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1889 · page 7

At Charters Towers, yesterday, a shocking accident occurred, by which two rainera lost their lives in the North Queen shaft. The men killed were Arthur Bristowe and Thomas Ace. They were…

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Brookstown Colliery

Evening News · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 6

Newcastle, Wednesday. — At a combined meeting of Plattsburg and Wallsend Councils the following motion was carried: " That the two councils conjointly request the Minister for…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 7

The annual report of the Ballarat School of Mines reached us a day or two ago. It contains the usual record of steady progress. The total number of students in the several terms…

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The Co-operative Mine

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 6

WALLSEND, This Day. -- The Co-operative [?]ine is not working well at all just now there being only five and a half days to [?]e for the pay. The mine was idle…

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Miners for Sud Est

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day. -- The schooner Curlew and the cutter Mercury left Cooktown yesterday for Sud Est, with 25 and 19 miners respectively…

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Blue Spur Mines, Otago

Evening News · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 5

London, April 3. — Sir Robert Stout has been instructed to commence an action against James Clarke Browne, agent for the vendor of the Blue Spur mines, Otago, New Zealand. The London…

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Miners' Troubles at Broken' Hill

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, This Day. -- It is not at all unlikely that complications may arise between the miners and managers which might culminate in a strike. At…

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The Blue Spur Mines, Otago. London, April 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 April 1889 · page 7

Sir Robert Stout has been instructed to commence an action ugainst James Clarke Brown, agent for the vendor of the Blue Spur mines, Otago. The London directors…

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The Lambton Miners

The Australian Star · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 8

The above miners held their monthly meeting on Wednesday evening at Ralp's Diuids' Hall, Mr. D. Mason occupying the chair. The minutes of previous meeting…

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Mining. Croydon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 7

Our Croydon correspondent, writing under date March 18, says : Business and speculation are much depressed on this field, the dry weather having fairly paralysed enterprise of any kind…

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A Mining Fatality

Evening News · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 3

YOUNG, Thursday.—A shocking raining accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the South Burrangong claim. A man named Richard Richards, a Victorian miner, went into the…

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South Australian News. A "Salted" Mine

Evening News · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The members of the committee appointed by the shareholders of the Northern Goldmining Syndicate on Wednesday waited on the Commissioner for Lands, and asked…

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