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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 227

Terrible Colliery Disaster. Fall in the Glebe Colliery. Seventy Miners Entombed. Great Sensation in Newcastle. Two Bodies Recovered, NEWCASTLE, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

A report has just reached town to the effect that a portion of the A.A. Co's. Colliery, at the Glebe, has fallen in, and that 70 miners have been…

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Miners' Troubles

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—It is reported hore that Mr. Edmund Barton has accepted the legal appointment of referee in terms of the general agreement made between the masters and miners…

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Mining. West Australian Goldfields

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 20

THE NORTHERN MINER reprints a letter received from one of the West Australian explorers by his wife who is now in Victoria. He left Charters Towers some time ago. We give some extracts:…

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Some Rich Miners

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 3

Senator Hearst, of California, is the best minor in America. He began in the mountains as a day laborer. Today be is the richest man in the United States. There is not a…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 7
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The hon. secretary Sydney Stock Exchange reports the crushing of the Band and Albion Gold-mining Company, Ballarat to be 240 tons stone for a yield Of 136oz. gold…

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The Newcastle Miners' Dispute

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- A special meeting of the miners' delegates took place yesterday at West Wallsend. The dispute was first considered, and it was resolved that in…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 13

There was a decidedly healthier tone in the mining market yesterday, and a moderate amount of business was transacted. Among silver scrip the market opened firm, but in the afternoon business became a trifle easier…

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New Caledonia Coal Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 10

Noumea advices to the [?] contain the official report of the commission nominated by Captain Be[?] of the cruiser Fabert[?] to investigate the quality of the coal obtained from the mine at Portes de Fer,…

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A Prudent Coal Dealer

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 10

Gagley—By jove, Skinnem, I can't Bee why you don't keep your office warmer. Skinnem—Can't afford to; coal's too high…

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English Capital in Australian Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 1330

Our London correspondent telegraphs on the 12th instant: Mr. Buckland has registered and floated the Central Day Dawn Gold-mining Company, Charters Towers, for £120,000. The Mount Morgan Extended…

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The Ascot Gold Cup

Evening News · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, June 20.-The Gold Cup, at Ascot to-day, resulted as follows: Trayles, Rada, Cotillon. The Gold Cup, value 1000 sovs, given from the fund, with 200 sovs for the second and 100 sovs for the third…

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Latest Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 44

COPPER AND TIN.—There have teen no transactions in copper in Sydney, and no quotations can be given. Tin is at 15s 6d per unit. MOLONG.—At Delanoy's Dyke 105 tons were…

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Serious Mining Accident

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- A miner named Henry M'Neish, whilst at work in the Glebe Pit yesterday, met with a serious accident. He was engaged in putting in a…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 1315

J. W. (Wilcannia).—In the samples forwarded by you the cement may carry gold in patches, sometimes payable, but it cannot be depended on. The quartz is promising and is worth trying. An assay will be…

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Late Mining. Silverton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 1325

The following minerals have passed through the Customs during the week:—360 bags silver lead ore, 20 tons 14cwt 2qr., Alberta Silver-mining Company, value £310; 1128 bags silver lead ore, Pioneer…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, June 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 1330

A very important alteration has taken place in the quality of ore being raised from the winze sunk from the 170ft. level in the South mine. To-day massive carbonate of lead was passed into, carrying a high…

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English Sporting. the Ascot Gold Cup

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--At the Ascot Summer Meeting to-day the race for the Gold Cup resulted as follows:--THE GOLD CUP…

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Miners' Complaints. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 13

Sir,—In your this morning's issue some complaints are foreshadowed in respect to issuing mining leases, but as the cause is generally misunderstood, I venture to ask space to explain it. When the Mining Act of…

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Silver Mining at Lewis Ponds

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 1330

When the boundary rider discovered the outcrop which lead to the finding of the wonderful silver lode at Broken Hill, he set adrift a kind of silver mesmerism that, taking up the older and…

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