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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 227

The Great Colliery Strikes

Evening News · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, May 15.-Nothing has yet been done towards the settlement of the dispute which led to the strike of coalminers in Westphalia. The strike is rapidly extending throughout Prussia…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 7

The Minister for Mines yesterday received the following telegram from Warden Brown, Milparinks :--"Kilgour and party, Stranger's-hill, have washed 42 loads for 95oz…

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The Moonta Miners' Dispute

Evening News · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.- The Amalgamated Miners' Association having been called upon by the men employed at the Moonta Mines, South Australia, to take action regarding the trouble at…

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Mining Leases

Evening News · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-A deputation, consisting of the executive of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, waited on the Minister for Mines yesterday to urge that the labor covenants…

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The Gold Robbery

Evening News · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, May 14.-The discovery that a box of sovereigns had been robbed from the Iberia was first discovered on the arrival of the vessel at London. The Orient Company assumes that…

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Yesterday's Mining

The Australian Star · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 6

The sales effected at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning were:-- SILVER, C[?]ntr[?]l, 28s…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 9

The following transactions were recorded yesterday by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—Morning: Greta Coal, 30s.; Britsh Broken Hill Silver, 61s. 6d.; Block 10, 50s., 51s., 51s. 6d.; 52s.; Junction, 21s. 6d.;…

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Gold and Silver Production

The Australian Star · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 7

THE official estimates of gold and silver production in the United States during 1888 have been communicated to Congress by the Director of the Mint. They…

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To-day's Mining

The Australian Star · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 5

The sales effected at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning were:-- [?] Central, 20s 9d, 29s 10½d, [?]s 6d. Central, contrib., 26s 6d…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 6

BROKEN Hill, Thursday.-A man named John Mutton was killed in the Proprietary Mine on Wednesday. The deceased was engaged in removing old timbers in the 216ft level in…

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A Wallsend Colliery Difficulty the "Shooting" Question. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Complications are likely to arise at the Wallsend colliery between the miners and the management, over what is known as the "shooting" question. It appears…

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Coal Discovered Near Windsor. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 7

WINDSOR, Thursday.--Coal has been discovered on the property of Mr. John Hardie, jun., at Clydesdale, near Windsor, by Messrs. A. Smith, G. Eather and W. Melville. The vein…

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The Moonta Mine Dispute. [By Telgraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide, Thuraday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 7

A telegram received from Moonta this afternoon, states that an announcement by the crier, on Wednesday,, requested all the surface labourers receiving less than 4s. 6d. per day, to bring…

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The Wallsend Miners Dispute. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 8

The Wallsend miners have called a special delegate meeting, for the purpose of considering the difficulty, between them and the management of that colliery over the shooting question. The rule of the colliery is that…

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The Theft of Gold From the Iberia. London, May 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 7

It is stated that the discovery ot me robbery of the £5000 in gold from the Orient R.M.S. Iberia, on her passage from Sydney to England, waa first made in…

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A Queensland Mining Case. the Great Red Rock Company. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the Supreme Court to-day an action was commenced by Mr. W. Forrest, M.L.C., against George Wilkie Gray, managing partner of Quinlan, Gray and Co…

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Mines and Mining. PART I.

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 24

I do not think there is any country in the world richer in various metalliferous deposits than New South Wales; and the time must come when mining in all its different forms will be as profitable and safe…

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Great Colliery Strikes

Evening News · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 4

LONDON, May 17.-The Emperor William of Germany has advised a deputation of colliery owners in Westphalia to keep in close touch with the workmen, and to use every effort to provide…

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Hillgrove Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 1050

Hillgrove mines! What are they ? Where are they ? Such in our ignorance were the questions we asked when a month ago we came to Armidale. We have always had what may be termed a…

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Wallsend Miners' Trouble

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 5

WALLSEND, This Day.--A special delegate meeting is to be held on Monday to consider the case of the men who have been sent home day by day for…

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