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Mining & the mines, 1890

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Country Complaints. Our Mining Laws

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 17

Thus a Young correspondent: Miners are considerably handicapped all through auriferous centres by not having the privilege of entering on private large estates, which are well known to have goldfields of…

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Investment and Mining Stock Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 13

The following list of sales of investment and mining stocks is published at the request, of the brokers who supply them:— Mr. Frank Blackley, 5 Spring-street (Friday), on…

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Late Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 580

The crosscut at 400ft. level in the Central mine still continues in the footwall country, tho only change to record being a slight increase in the flow of water. It was reported this morning that Block 14 had stopped…

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The Lucknow Mines. Splendid Yields. Orange, March 4

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 608

A good deal of excitement has been caused here by the extraordinary rich stone which has come from the Crinoline vein in the Reform Pups, Lucknow. I went to the mines a few days ago And saw the result with…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 24

COPPER AND TIN—SYDNEY PRICES.—The market value of tin is 15s 6d per unit, and copper is now at from £50 to £52 per ton. Business quiet. PEAK HILL.—Highly satisfactory results are being…

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An Electric Coal Digger. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 24

Our figure illustrates a machine for digging under a seam of coal by means of electricity. The machine in run into its place on wheels; and the electric motor is started by an electric current brought to it…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 45

THE MINERS' CONFERENCE.—The result of the conference held in Sydney between representatives of the Northern, Southern, and Western districts' miners was that a scheme for the…

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Tin-mining in Gippsland. London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 11

In consequence of the adverse comments made against the proposed registration of the Gippsland Proprietary Tin-mining Company, with a capital of £100,000, to…

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Strike of Miners in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 12

The miners, at the Alma mine, Victoria, in this colony, have struck work. The trouble is said to have originated in an attempt by the union miners to compel non-unionists employed in the mine to join…

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A Miners' General Strike. the Yorkshire Conference. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 11

The Miners' Federation of Manchester has resolved upon a general strike, to begin on Saturday next, unless the masters concede the terms proposed in the Yorkshire…

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Re-appointment of Mining Inspector. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 9

Sir,—I would ask the Minister for Mines, per favour of your valuable columns, why it is that men above the age of 45 years have been debarred from competing in the examination which will shortly take place for the…

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News by Cable. The Great Labour MOvement. the Liverpool Strike. the Miners' Demands. Strike of Grain Porters

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March 13.—The Liverpool dock laborers now refuse to submit their dispute to arbitration. At a meeting of the Miners' Federation…

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The Labor Struggle. Liverpool Dockers. Grain Porters' Strike. Sixpence An Hour--The Miners' Ultimatum--A Strike Imminent. LONDON, March 13

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 4

The struggle between the dock laborers of Liverpool and the dockowners still continues. The latter are firm in their determination not to yield to the demands…

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Law. Supreme Court. Friday, March 14. In Equity.--(Before the Chief Judge.) Red-hill Hole Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 10

An order was made that calls due to this company should be paid into court. MEANEY V. ALLT'S BREWERY COMPANY. The plaintiff in this case is executor in the…

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Gold-mining in Queensland

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March 15.—The Kilkivan Gold-mining Company has been registered. It has been formed to take over the property of the old Kilkivan Company near Gympie,…

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Gold-mining in Queensland. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 7

The Kilkivan gold mines, near Gympie, Queensland, are to be registered as a public company, to take over the property of the old Kilkivan Company. The capital…

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Newcastle Colliery Engineers

The Australian Star · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Monday. --The Colliery Engine-drivers' Protective Association held a meeting on Saturday night. After some discussion it was decided to adjourn the…

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Gold-mining in New Zealand. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 7

The Glenrock Gold-mining Company is to be re-formed with a capital of £315,000, for the purpose of absorbing the Premier Gold-mining Company, New Zealand…

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The Welsh Colliery Explosion

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March. 15.—It has been discovered that the terrible explosion at the Morfa colliery, Cardiff, was caused by a miner having fired a shot in a dangerous…

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General Strike of Coal-miners. (By Cable.) (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 7

The colliery proprietors having failed to reply to the terms proposed by the Miners' Federation of Manchester, viz., a 5 per cent. advance at once, with another…

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