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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 227

Our Coal and Iron. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 8

Sir,—Permit me to say a few words, in reply to Mr. W. M. Foote's letter which appeared in the Herald of the 30th ultimo, in which he makes an unjustifiable attack on Mr. Donaldson's letter appearing in your…

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Australian Mining Schemes. Interview with Miss Alice Cornwell. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 7

The Pall Mall Gazette publishes a flowery interview with Miss Alice Cornwell, who is identified with Australian mining schemes, and also with the scheme…

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COUNTRY. Serious Colliery Accident

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--A man named Fred Connor met with a painful accident at Burwood colliery yesterday. He was engaged wheeling, when he got jammed…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

WILCANNIA, Saturday.-Milparinka reports: Crammond and party, at Stringer's Hill, have obtained 36oz of gold from 60 loads of washdirt, being an average of 12dwt to the load, which, is considered a…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 9

The following transactions were yesterday recorded by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—Morning: Wickham and Bullock Island Coal. 26s.; Broken Hill Junction Silver, 21s., 20s. 9d., 20s. 6d.; New North,…

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A Mining Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-A fall of earth took place in Lansell's No. 222 mine, at Sandhurst, almost burying two men. Edward Johns had his arm broken and scalp injured, while James…

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Gold Discoveries at Coba[?]. No. 1

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 3

Little or nothing is actually known by the general public in Sydney regarding the vast amount of mineral wealth that lies throughout this colony undeveloped…

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Our Coal and Iron. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 3

Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to thank Mr. [?] P. Sharkey, C.E., for the generous and unexpected manner in which he has endorsed my criticisms of Mr. H. T. Donaldson's letter of the 29th ultimo. The latter…

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Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correpondents.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 5

The market opened firm for silver. Centrals were in strong demand, and realised a good advance, but prices cased a shade at the close. Block 14, Block 10, and New North were also placed at higher…

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The Office of Mining Referee. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1889 · page 5

Sir,—In your paper of the 30th ultimo, under the above heading, is a letter from Mr. Curley, the miners' general secretary. In that letter the award of the Referee in the Wallsend case is not stated correctly,…

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The Taranganba Gold- Mining Co

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 6

THE ease of Merton v. The Taranganba Gold-mining Co. was concluded before Mr. Justice Owen in the Equity Court this morning. This was a part heard…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The case Morton v. Taranganba Gold-mining Company was regarded with considerable interest by the mining community. Theo plaintiff had purchased certain shares in the…

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Gold Discoveries at Cobar No. II

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 7

Having now at some length described the characteristics of this lode, I will give some particulars of the work done on the line, I limited myself to those claims at…

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Serious Accident at Burwood Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 8

Frederick Connor, working at the Burwood Colliery, got jammed betwern two ships yesterday, and was so seriously injured that he is not expected to live…

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Our Coal and Iron. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1889 · page 5

Sir,—Under the above heading in your issue of the 6th instant, Mr. J. P. Sharkey implores N. S. Wales to c[?]t aside "the" shackles of free trade, a proposition I need hardly say as paradoxical as a command to…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 9 May 1889 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

ALBURY, Wednesday.-A crushing of 11 tons from the claim of Meredith and Company, Mayday Reef, yielded 18 1/4-oz. BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.-The Cornwall…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 9 May 1889 · page 6

CARCOAR, Wednesday.-Mr. Plumb, M.L.A., passed through on Tuesday, bearing some magnificent specimens from the newly discovered reef on the Balmoral Company's property. The reef was discovered at a…

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