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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 235

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 6
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An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Broken-hill Junction North Silver-mining Company was held yesterday. Mr. S. L. Bensusan presided. The special resolution…

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Coal at Liverpool

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 5

A TELEGRAM has just been received that coal has been struck on the Moorbank Estate, near Liverpool, at a depth of about 2450 feet. The Moorbank Estate is situate…

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Victorian Gold Coinage

Evening News · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March 21.—Mr. Goschen, of the chequer, who is giving much attention, to the question of gold coinage, stated in reply to a question in…

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Trades Movements. Coalcliff Miners' Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 12

With reference to the offer made by the directors of the Clifton Coalmine to the miners recently in their employ, the following letter was received yesterday by Mr. T. J. Houghton, sceretary to the Trades and…

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The Barrier Mines. (By Telegraph)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--The week's run at the Broken-hill Proprietary mine was :-- Ten furnaces 3203 tons of ore, producing 677 tons of bullion and 139,520 oz of sliver. At Block 14…

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The Colliery Disaster in Wales. London, March 13

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 634

The fire in the Morfa Colliery, Cardiff, which succeeded the terrible explosion in the mine, has now been extinguished. Eighty-seven more bodies bare been…

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A Mining Case

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 2

IN No. 2 Jury Court yesterday afternoon G. R. Mellin and F. A. Plumstead, of Armidale; sharebrokers, sued W. Small for refusing to accept delivery of 1000 shares in…

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Latest Cables. London, Thursday. Miners' Strike

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 5

The Miners' strike is now at an end, the masters having acceeded to the amended terms…

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The Coal Miners Strike. the Strike Ended. Terms of the Settlement. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 11

Owing to the miners' strike in the coal districts there are now half a million work-people thrown out of employment in Lancashire. Ten thousand cotton looms…

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Labor Disputes. The Lock-out at the Coalcliff Colliery

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 2

THE following letter was yesterday received by Mr. Houghton, secretary of the Trades and Labor Council, from Mr. J. B.Nicholson, the miners general secretary:--"Re the…

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A New Gold-panning Machine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 24

Our illustration shows the A.B.C. Portable Automatic Gold-panning Machine, Concentrator and Ama[?]gam[?]tor, which has recently been introduced into the dry mining regions of Arizona, New Mexico, and…

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The London Mining Exhibition

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 664

The representation of this colony at the Mining Exhibition, to be held at the Crystal Palace daring this year, is still receiving the consideration of the Government Further particulars have been received from Sir…

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The International Mining Exhibition[?]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 13

ADELAIDE, March 12.—A large deputation of mining men to-day asked the South Australian Commissioner for Crown Lands to appoint Mr. Rosewarn, Inspector of Mines, as representative…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 668

INQUIRER (Cobar-road).—The fee for assay is requisite before the sample can be sent for assay. The fee is 7s 6d for one metal, such as gold or silver; 10s 6d for two metals…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, March 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 664

The position of affairs at the Central mine continues much about the same as yesterday. The crosscut at the 400ft, level is about 30ft. in vest from the shaft, and probably another 10 or 15 ft, will have to be driven…

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Late Mining. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 635

The favourable developments of ore found in the lower western levels of the Umberumberka Mine, where a valuable block of new ground has been opened between the fourth and fifth levels, continue to look well…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 24

Tin and Copper.—Sydney Prices.—The market value of tin is 15s 9d per unit, with a steady demand; and copper is now at £52 per ton, with nothing doing…

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The Colliers' Strike in England. 150,000 Miners on Strike

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 16

London, March 17.—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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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 41

Deepwater.—Tuesday: The weather has now sat in fine. The new pumping gear at Castle Rag Proprietary Mine is completed, and the water is all clear, and active operations are resumed on the field…

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