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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 227

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 7

The first general meeting of the Cullen Bullen Coal and Coke Company was held on Wednesday last, when the directors and auditors were re- elected. From the progress…

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Mount Nicholas Miners' Strike

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- Mr. Curley theminers' general secretary, has received a communication stating that the strike of miners at Mount Nicholas has been…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 8

Britannia G. M. Co., Limited, Forbes. -- The manager reports. -- " Shaft skidded to bottom, and cage at work; shamtrae opened out at 2ft from shaft ; struck a…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 4

Shortly after 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a miner named Francis M'Namarra, aged 32 years, expired in the Prince Alfred Hospital. It appears that on Saturday the deceased was…

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To-day's Mining. Grenfell, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 6

Miners are again at work. In a few weeks it is probable there will be good news from Sandy Creek, where some 50 men are now engaged, and where the…

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Mining Intelligence. (By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1889 · page 9

The mining manager of the Mount Carrington G. and A. M. Company telegraphs as follows:—Have cut what is evidently Smith's reef in the tunnel. The reef is about 15in. wide, and prospects [?]z…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Monday.-The silver yielded by the Proprietary Mine, last week, amounted to 115,049oz, and the yield at Block 14 was 14,258oz. New Lewis Ponds Gold and Silver Mining Co…

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Killed in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Benjamin Rutherford, a young miner, was killed in the New Kong Meng mine, Majorca, through a quantity of timber and debris falling on him…

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Coal in Northern Queensland

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 3

On the 15th instant Townsville was en fete on the occasion of the inaugural ceremonies attendant on the sinking of a shaft at Stewart's Creek, seven miles from the city. It appears that…

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To-day's Mining

The Australian Star · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 5

At the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning there were no sales…

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Mining Intelligence. Managers' Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1889 · page 9

The Baker's Creek Gold-mining Company, No Liability, Hillgrove, New South Wales, April 15.— During the past fortnight Smith's tunnel has been extended 15ft., making a total of 429ft.; the reef here is…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion Near Wrexham

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 7

A DISASTROUS explosion of gas occurred on March 14, at Brynnally colliery, about two miles from Wrexham. There were about 120 men in the workings at the time. The…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The directors of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited, have resolved to declare a dividend for the half-year ending March 31, 1889, of 15 per cent. per annum…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 9

At the Australasian Mining Exchange the following sales were recorded yesterday afternoon:—Broken Hill South, 36s., 36s. 6d., 35s. 6d., 35s.; Broken Hill Junction, 18s., 18s. 6d. The following quotations…

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VARIETIES. The Scottish Gold Fields

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 4

The Scotch counties in which gold is known to exist even now, are Lanarkshire and Sutherlandshire ; but there are also records at different times of gold-working in…

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To-day's Mining Quotations

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 5

The only sale effected at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning was: -- SILVER. Central, contrib, 20s…

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Mining Intelligence. Cobar, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 8

During the recent rains, of which we have had no small share, a vast change has taken place throughout this entire district. Squatters, who had vacated their homes…

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Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Mine. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 9

Sir.—Two letters have appeared in the Herald of recent date, one bearing the signature of "Unfortunate," and the other "Shareholder." I trust you will grant me space for a few remarks in reply. It is…

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