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Mining & the mines, 1890

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Colliery Engine Men. Dissatisfaction at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 5

A meeting of the Colliery Engine Men's Association was held on Saturday night. There was a very large attendance. The eight-hour question was…

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Opening of the Monk-wearmouth Colliery. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Yesterday morning a number of gentlemen connected with the coal trade of Newcastle met, pursuant to on invitation, at the Newcastle railway station to…

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Late Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- A private telegram just received states that 80 tons of stone from the Thane's Creek crushed 160oz. retored gold, of which about 80oz., came from 4cwt. of stone…

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An Australian Mining Trust

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March 7.—Miss Alice Cornwell's Wining Trust has been underwritten…

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(From Our Correspondent.) The Gippsland Tin Mines

Evening News · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March 8.—The MINING WORLD, referring to the registration of the Gippsland Proprietary Tin-mining Company, declares it is an audacious thing for the…

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News by the Mail. the Great Colliery Disaster. London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 7

The Llanerch Colliery, near Pontypool, Monmouth, was the sce[?]e of a terrible disaster on February 6, when explosion occurred by which 120 lives were lost. About 400 men are employed…

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Payable Gold in the Hay District. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 7

HAY, Saturday. -- Reports from 1 Yallock station, about 150 miles from-Hay, state that some 14 prospecting shafts have been put down to a depth ranging from 15 to 5ft. The dirt taken…

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Miss Cornwell's Mining Trust. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 7

Miss Cornwell's Mining Trust has been underwritten…

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Tin-mining in Gippsland. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 7

The Mining World, in referring to the registration of the Gippsland Proprietary Tin-mining Company, with a capital of £100,000, to work the Gippsland tinfields,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 8

A ballot for the election of treasurer for the H. R. Miners' Association yesterday resulted again in the return of Mr. William Hunter. At auditors Messrs. Thomas Owen and Thomas Hitchcock were elected…

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Official Opening of the Monkwearmouth Colliery. an Important Gathering. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 March 1890 · page 9

The official opening of the Monkwearmouth Colliery took place on Saturday with great success. At 11.15 a.m. a special train conveyed a large number of gentlemen interested in the coal trade from the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 7
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At a meeting of directors of the Webb's Consols Silver-mining Company held yesterday in Melbourne a resolution was passed calling an extraordinary meeting to repeal the present…

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Brave Miners Rewarded. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The bravery of the minors who made strenuous efforts in the face of terrible dangers to recover the body of the unfortunate mining manager, James…

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The Barrier Mines. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The crosscut at the 400ft. level, Central mine, is being pushed ahead, but the lode has not yet been tapped. It is pretty certain that it is very close at hand…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 3

Major's Creek Proprietary G.M. Co., Limited.--Mine manager reports under date, March S:--"United Miner's Reef: Main shaft--The water was got out…

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Another Colliery Disaster. Terrific Explosion in Wales. Over 100 Men Entombed. LONDON, March 10

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 6

Another fearful colliery disaster is reported from Wales. The messages to hand state that while the miners were at work in the colliery a terrific explosion occurred,…

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Rich Find of Gold. Fifty, Ounces to the Ton. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 6

A rich find of gold has been made in Mount Ogilvie, Northern Territory, South Australia. The yield is estimated at 50oz, to the ton…

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The Strike at the Moonta Copper Mine. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 7

A telegram from Moonta states that the adjourned meeting of the Moonta Branch Association was held on Saturday afternoon, when Mr. Sampson, the president, occupied the chair. The final…

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The Victorian Mining Report. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 7

The report of the Mining Department for the last quarter of 1889 shows that the gold produced during that period amounted to 162,902oz., being the highest yield of any single quarter since the…

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