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Mining & the mines, 1889

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 24

TUENA.—At the Tuena Quartz Mine, 27oz gold were obtained for a fortnight's crushing. The manager reported 20 tons ore at grass, calculated to go 3oz per ton. The North and South Cordillera…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 12

A special miners' delegate meeting was held at newcastle to-day. All the lodges were represented, with district officers, Messrs. J[?] Thompson, Hunter, an Curley, being also present. Correspondence was…

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A New Coal Company.--boring Near Clifton. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 7

CLIFTON, Friday.--A syndicate has been formed for the purpose of boring for coal on Hamilton's property, Riverdale. The operations are being carried on by Sands' No. 2…

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Ascot Heath Meeting. The Ascot Gold Cup. LONDON, June 20

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

At the third day's racing of the Ascot summer meeting to-day the race for the Ascot Gold Cup resulted as follows : -- ASCOT GOLD CUP…

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Northern Miners' Delegate Meeting. the West Wallsend Difficulty--a Strike Not Improbable: (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The miners' delegates held a special meeting to-day. The lodges represented were--Borehole, Wallsend, Lambton, Co-operative, Back Creek and…

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Ascot Heath Summer Meeting. the Gold Cup. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, June 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 12

The race for the Gold Cup—the principal event on the third day of the Ascot Heath Summer Meeting—was decided to-day, and resulted as follows:—…

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Third Edition. Star Office, 3 p.m. Latest Cables. Gold Discovery in Ireland. In Payable Quantities. LONDON, June 21

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

Payable gold has been discovered on the shores of Crookhaven Bay, in the county of Cork, Ireland. There is great excitement over the discovery, and numbers of people…

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News from the Sudest Goldfield. Cooktown

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 1299

The Curlew, with 10 passengers, and the Lucy and Adelaide, with 15, have armed from Sudest. The continued rain at St. Aignan has caused much fever, and many deaths have resulted. A…

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New Tale Colliery

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 6

LITHGOW, Saturday.-about two months ago the coal seam at the New Vale Colliery appeared be running out. The seam, which is about 14ft 6in thick, came down to about 2ft 6in, and…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 7
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The Mines Department having received intimation of a discovery of gold near Cadia, in the Carcoar mining district, communicated on the subject with the warden at Orange. The…

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Gold at Cadia

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 6

A communication has been received at the Mines Department from the warden's clerk at Orange containing the report of Mr. Larnack, of Orange, which states that the discovery of gold in quartz is at the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 9

Business in mining circles on Saturday was quiet, but values remained firm. The principal transactions were in silver scrip, Broken Hill stock being most in request. Junctions sold at 37s. and New Norths…

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Gold in Irelaad

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, June 22.-Gold has been discovered in payable quantities at Crookhaven, in the south-west of Ireland. The district around Crookhaven has long been…

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Gold Discovered in Ireland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--Payable gold is reported to have been discovered at Crookhaven, in the County of Cork, Ireland. The discovery has created considerable…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 8

Broken Hill South, Block 5, Co. Ltd. -- The mine manager reports for week, ending June 17 : -- "Main engine shaft has been sunk 9ft. 6in; now down from surface 84ft. At…

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Meeting of Miners' Delegates. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.-- At an adjourned meeting of miners' delegates yesterday a letter was read from Mr. Justice Owen, intimating the appointment of Mr. Edmund Barton, Q.C.,…

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Mining at the Etheridge

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 7

Considerable interest is evinced in the recent development of gold-mining in the Etheridge district, North Queensland. English capital was first introduced in connection with the…

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Strike of West Wallsend Miners. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--It is reported in town to-night that the West Wallsend miners have struck work. It appears that some difficulty has arisen between the management and the…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster. Fall in the Glebe Colliery. Seventy Miners Entombed. Two Bodies Recovered. Latest Particulars. Narrative of a Survivor. The Work of Rescue. -- Heartrending Scenes at the Pit Mouth. How the Fall - In Occurred. NEWCASTLE, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 24 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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