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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 235

The Coal-miners' Strike. the Men's Demands Conceded in Several Instances. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 7

The colliery owners in the Bristol district and parts of Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, have conceded the demands of the men, the…

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The Barrier Mines--rain at Last (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--Rain has at last come, and there is a splendid prospect of a heavy downfall. It is several months since rain fell here in a sufficient quantity to be of any…

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The Labor Struggle. 150,000 Miners Idle. LONDON, March 17

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 4

No settlement of the coal-mining difficulty having been arrived at the gigantic strike has begun, and there are now 150,000 men idle. The result is already' proving most…

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Second Edition. the Colliers' Strike in England. 150,000 Miners on Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--No settlement of the coal-mining difficulty having been arrived at the gigantic strike has begun and there are now 150,000 men idle…

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Gold-mining Lease

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

GLEN INNES, Tuesday.--W. Shakespere and party have applied for a gold-mining lease of 10 acres at Bear Hill…

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Strike of British Miners. a Coal Famine Imminent. The Strike Unexpected. Closing of Factories. Conference of Colliery-owners. LONDON, March 17

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 4

The immense strike by the English colliers has been unexpected even by the coal merchants and others interested. No precautions having been taken to guard against…

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Illawarra Miners' Dispute

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--The ballot taken throughout the district on the matter of the Clifton miners strike was almost unanimously in favor of the action taken by…

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The Coalcliff Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5
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The following letter was yesterday sent by the secretary of the Coalcliff Land and Coal-mining Company to the secretary of the Trades and Labor Council:--…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 7

The extraordinary general meeting at shareholders in the Broken-hill Junction North mine, which was called for to-day, has been postponed to Friday, the 21st inst…

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Colonial Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March 18.—The prospectus of the Mount Osborne Silver Lead Mining Company has been issued…

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Stoppage at the Greta Colliery. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5

GRETA, Tuesday.--Owing to through traffic between East and West Maitland being stopped on account of the floods the Greta Colliery had to lie idle from Thursday until yesterday…

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The Welsh Colliery Disasters. 43 Bodies Recovered

Evening News · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 6

LONDON, March 17.—Latest accounts from the Morfa Colliery, in South Wales, state that the attempts to rescue the bodies of the miners who were entombed in the…

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The Barrier Mines. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--When the rain ceased falling last night 104 points had been registered. Complaints are numerous regarding the wretched drainage of the town, for at…

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The Coal Miners' Strike. the Masters Yielding. Prospects of a Settlement. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 7

The coal-owners have appointed a committee of their number to meet the delegates of the men now out on strike. The conference will take place on Thursday…

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The Mount Osmond Silver-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The prospectus has been issued of the Mount Osmond Silver-mining Company with a capital of £100,000…

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A Mine Manager Suffocated. Four Others Narrowly Escape. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 4

A fatal mining accident occurred at Gympie to-day, Henry Irvine, manager of the Seven and Eight Monkland claim, being suffocated by the foul air in the mine…

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The English Colliers' Strike. Advance in the Price of Coal. the Men Determined

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The strike of colliers in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Midland Counties is not expected to be of long duration as it is hoped that a…

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The Big Mine. a Chat with Its Chief. Broken Hill as Good as Ever. Not a Speculator--Can't See Beyond the End of his Pick--38 Years Active Mining--Halls from California--The Bonanza

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 5

SINCE the largely-augmented output of the Broken Hill Proprietary mine first took place the name of W. H. Patton has been intimately associated with all that is…

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Mining Dispute in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 7

Owing to a personal attack on Captain Hosking, of the Alma mine, appearing in an Adelaide paper, for which the executive of the miners admitted their responsibility but refused to apologise…

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