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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 235

Universal Mining Exhibition. Lonodon, Feb. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 7

A project has been set on foot to hold an exhibition of mining industries at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, next summer…

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Our Special Cable Service. the Colliery Crisis. Federation of Owners. LONDON, February 19

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 6

The colliery-owners of England and Wales are taking steps to federate, in order to resist the demands of the miners…

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Block 10 Mine.--reply From the Stock Exchange. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The committee of the Stock Exchange to-day replied to the letter from the directors of the Block 10 mine in reference to the complaints made as to full…

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The Newcastle Miners' Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 7

The committee of management of the Miners Association met to-day at Moroney's assembly rooms. Mr. J. Thomson (president) was in the chair. A large amount of routine work and correspondence was dealt…

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The Peak Hill Goldfield

Evening News · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 3

DUBBO, Wednesday.—Splendid stone is being raised on several of the leases that have been granted, and the developments show a large body of rich auriferous stone fully equal to anything…

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Difficulty at Wallarah Colliery

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—It has transpired that at Wednesday's meeting of the Committee of Management of the Miners' Association, a letter was read from the newly-formed (Wallarah)…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the Queenslander Gold-mining Company, No Liability, was held on the 19th inst., Mr. John Wheeler, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that work had…

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Colliery Explosion in France. Thirty-four Miners Killed. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

By an explosion in one of the collieries of Nevers, an important town on the Loire, in France, 34 miners lost their lives…

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British Labor. Federation of Colliery Owners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The colliery-owners of both England and Wales have decided to enter into a federation in order to more successfully resist the impending…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosion. Thirty-four Lives Lost

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 19.—A disastrous explosion has occurred in a coalmine near Nevers, the capital of the department of Nievre, one of the central departments of…

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Store Coal in England

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 20.—A coalfield lias been discovered, near Dover. It is supposed to be an extension of the coal deposits of Somersetshire, which are closely connected…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 2

Sunlight G.M. Co., No Liability.--The mine manager reports: "No 3 tunnel has been extended 5ft., total length 77ft. Cut a reef last Saturday at 73ft. from opening…

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Amalgamation of Miners' Unions. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

LITHGOW, Thursday.--At the last miners' delegate meeting a communication was read from Mr. Dix, the Newcastle miners' secretary, proposing that a conference be held in Sydney…

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The Coming Miners' Conference. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The South Australian branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association are sending four delegates to the conference to be held at Dunolly (Vic.) on…

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Miners' Conference. Proposed Amalgamation. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

The Lithgow miners are in receipt of a communication from Mr. Dix, Miners' General Secretary at Newcastle, conveying a request that delegates be sent from the…

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Labor Representatives Views of the Northern Miners. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

At a meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island miners on Wednesday night, Mr. Dix, the district general secretary, read the report of the committee appointed to arrange…

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Discovery of Coal at Dover. London, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

A coalfield has been discovered at Dover, being an extension of the coal deposits in Somersetshire…

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Our Special Cable Service. the Colliery Crisis. Federation of Owners. LONDON, February 19

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

The colliery-owners of England and Wales are taking steps to federate, in order to resist the demands of the miners…

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Miners' Conference in Sydney. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 6

The Lithgow miners have been requested by the Newcastle miners' secretary to send delegates to the conference in Sydney on the 12th proximo to consider the proposed amalgamation of the Northern, Southern,…

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The Non-union Question. Wharf Laborers and Coal trimmers. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 6

The conference on the subject of the employment of non-union labor on wharves was continued yesterday. After a long discussion it was resolved…

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