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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 235

Mining

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1890 · page 5

WILCANNIA, Friday.—Kilgour and party of Stranger's Hill washed forty-six loads of washdirt which, gave a return of 33oz of gold. BROKEN HILL, Friday.—The following are the…

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Gold for London

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 1.—It is rumored that £2,000.000 in gold from New York and some from Brazil will be received at the Bank of England shortly…

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The Eight-hours Question. Meeting of the Colliery Engine-men. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 3 February 1890 · page 6

A meeting of the members of the Colliery Engine-men's Association was held on Saturday night for the purpose of discussing the eight-hour question…

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Latest Cables. Terrible Mining Calamity. Collapse of a Shaft. Dreadful Gas Explosion -- Two Miners Killed -- A Great Number Fatally Injured. LONDON, February 1

The Australian Star · Monday 3 February 1890 · page 5

A despatch from America states that a terrible mining disaster has occurred at the town of Wilkesbarre, the capital of Lucerne County, Pennsylvania. The miners were…

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Arrival of Gold in London. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1890 · page 7

It is rumoured that £2,000,000 in gold from New York, and some from Brazil, will be received at the Bank of England shortly…

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Extraordinary Mountain Mystery a Goldfield Story

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1890 · page 7

'I suppose I should not detain you,' he said, a little disconcerted hy her excessive calm. 'You must he due at the theatre very soon.'…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 5

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—Mr. James Harris, C.E., the director of the Mining and Technical School, which is shoftly to be established in Broken Hill, has arrived in town, and is already making arrangements…

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Inspectors of Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 4

The examination of candidates for the office of inspector of coal and shale mines was commenced at the Geological Museum yesterday and will be continued to-day. There were 45…

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Australasian Gold Extracting Company

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 3.—The prospectus of the Australasian Gold Extracting Company, with a capital of £250,000, has been issued. The company is being formed to…

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A Gold-extracting Company

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The prospectus has been issued of an Australian company for the purpose of extracting gold from refractory ores under what is known as…

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Mining. Treatment of Refractory Ores

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 7

Responsive to an invitation from Messrs. Chappell and Lockwood, the patentees of a new process for treating refractory ores, a number of gentlemen deeply interested in the subject…

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Australasian Gold Extracting Company. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 7

The prospectus of the Australasian Gold Extracting Company, with a capital of £260,000, has been issued. The company is to be formed to acquire the colonial…

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Gold-extracting Co. Capital, £250,000. LONDON, February 3

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 5

The prospectus has been issued of an Australian company for the purpose of extracting gold from refractory ores under tho Pollock process with a capital of…

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South Coast Sketches. The Coal Country. In the Dairy Districts. Pretty Towns--A Slack Coal Trade-- A Natural Industry Depressed-- A Protected Industry Prosperous Working of the Dairies

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 3

LEAVING the city behind, and away through its environs along the Illawarra line, Helensburgh may claim to be the first place of note. This is a coal-mining centre, with…

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News by Cable. The Zambesi Question. a Conference Proposed. Boycotting English Coal. Clowns Cause a Riot. a Circus Wrecked. Prosecution of the Governor of Oporto

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 3.—The COLOGNE GAZETTE states that Portugal has appealed to the European Powers requesting them to convene a Conference with a view to a…

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Extraordinary Mountain Mystery a Goldfield Story

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 7

'Last winter,' she resumed, 'when I drifting on in the gloomy sort of comfort that was the only kind I knew, roaming from place to place, Singing in some theatre…

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Inspectors of Coal and Shale Mines

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 February 1890 · page 5

THE examination of candidates for the position of inspector of coal and shale mines is being proceeded with at the Geological Museum. The applicants for the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1890 · page 6
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The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of shareholders in the Taranganba Proprietary Gold Company, Limited, was held yesterday. Mr. G. R. Dibbs, M.P., prodded. The report and…

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A Labor Difficulty. Threatened Strike at Moonta Mine

Evening News · Wednesday 5 February 1890 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Another labor difficulty is threatened at Moonta mine, where a strike was prevented a few months ago only by the interposition of the executive of the…

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