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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 227

Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 10 April 1889 · page 3

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—Families are arriving here from South Australia, attracted by the Hillgrove Mines. A grand specimen of quartz impregnated with gold has been brought in from the Sunlight…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1889 · page 9

The following transactions were yesterday reported by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—Morning: Burwood Coal, 25s., 25s. 6d.; Katoomba, 6s. 6d.; Stockton, 52s.; British Broken Hill Silver, 67s.; Block 14.97.;…

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Fatal Fall Down a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1889 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday. -- A miner named James Larcombe met with a terrible death yesterday at the Maitland Colliery. Two men were at work down the shaft, and Larcombe…

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The Mines Department. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 April 1889 · page 2

Sir,--Kindly permit me to avail myself of your progressive columns to draw the attention of the general public to a matter of some public importance. Few…

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Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Mining Company, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1889 · page 9

A meeting of shareholders in the abovenamed company was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon to receive the report from Mr. A. D. Nelson, who was deputed by the shareholders and directors to…

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Wallsend Miners' Lodge

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A prominent member of the Wallsend Miners Lodge, it is alleged, has been threatened by the manager with a Supreme Court writ for…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 11
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Business in the Mining Market during the past fortnight has only been moderately active and restricted to silver scrip, the characterising feature in the market being the closing of the Mount Costigan…

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Mines Accident Fund

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 5

LAMBTON, This Day.--Mr. T. Croudace, manager of the Lambton Colliery, has forwarded a donation of £12 10s to the Lambton Miners' Accident Fund…

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Fall of Coal

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A miner named James Oswald met with severe injuries to his back and cheat by a fall of coal in the A.A. Co's pit yesterday. He is in a…

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Trouble at Wallsend Mine

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 6

WALLSEND, This Day.--The Wallsend miners have made a formal demand for extra payment for the difficulty in the work occasioned by their being compelled…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 9

The following transactions were recorded yesterday by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—Morning: Burwood Coal, 24s. 6d.; British Broken Hill Silver, 63s.; Broken Hill Proprietary, £28 15s.; Bl[?] 10, 53s. 6d.;…

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The Mining Industry

Evening News · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A deputation from the Miners' Association to-day waited on the Premier, and urged that a Minister be appointed to the Mining Department, and that action be…

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Victorian News. Victorian Coal Association

Evening News · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The members of the Victorian Coal Association held a meeting on Tuesday evening at Scott's Hotel. Although the attendance was small, a considerable amount of…

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Mining Intelligence. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 8

News has reached here that efforts are being made in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne to weaken the market regarding Souths and Centrals, and that the…

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A New Township Near the Mount Pleasant Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 8

Within the last two or three years, a township known as Balgo[?] has sprung up near Mount Pleasant Colliery. After considerable agitation, principally carried on by Mr. Keigan, one of the residents,…

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Rumored Attempt to Weaken the Mining Market. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--News reached here to-day that an attempt has been made in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney to weaken the market regarding Souths and Centrals, and the…

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Alleged Libel on a Mining Agent. £25,000 Damages Claimed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Mr. Thomas Buckland, lately, a mining agent at Charters Towers, Queensland, has brought an action for libel against the "London…

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Alleged Libel on a Mining Agent. Action for £25,000. LONDON, April 9

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1889 · page 5

Mr. Thomas Buckland, the well-known mining agent of Charters Towers (Q) is suing the London ECHO (an evening newspaper), for £25,000…

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Bonang Gold-mining Co

The Australian Star · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 8

The mining manager writes" Bonang, Aprils. Mr. Vale, from Parke and Lacy's arrived here on March 28, and has been attending regularly to the machines…

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