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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 235

The Labor Struggles. Concession to Miners. End of the Strike. Colliers Jubilant. LONDON, March 21

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 5

The settlement arrived lit between the colliers of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midland counties and the mineowners is that the men shall have an immediate…

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Our Special Cable Service. the Labor Struggle. Threatened Engineers Strike. Saturday Half Holiday Demanded. Concession to the Miners. End of the Strike. LONDON, March 20

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 5

The engineers employed at the various collieries and ironworks on the banks of the rivers Tyne and Wear, in the counties of Northumberland and Durham, are stubborn…

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Summary of News, Per Orient Mail Steamer Ormuz, Will be published in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of Thursday next. CONTENTS: General, Political, Commercial, Mining, Shipping, Sporting, and Social News. Births, Marriages, and Deaths from date of departure of last mail per Orient line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1890 · page 10

Advertisements intended for the Summary number should be lodged at the Head Office, Hunter-street, or at the Branch Office, King-street, by 5 p.m. on the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 7

The 17th half-yearly report of the Victory Gold-mining Company, Limited, Charters Towers, the principal items of which read as follows:--"A crashing of 1064 tons of qua [?]…

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Coal at Liverpool

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 6

A telegram was received in Sydney on Saturday by Mr.J. Y. Mills that coal has been struck on the Morrbank Estate, near Liverpool, at a depth of about 245ft. The Moorbank Estate is…

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The Latest Coal Discovery

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 3

The discovery of coal in the bore on Moorbank Estate, two and a-half miles from Liverpool, on the right bank of George's River, created quite a sensation among the townspeople on Saturday,…

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Coal Found Near Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 4

Coal wan struck on Saturday at Moorbunk, near Liverpool, at a depth of about 2450ft Moorbank is situate at the bond of the navigation of George's River and the bore is about…

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The Barrier Mines. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--A connection has been made between the south shaft and the north-western drive from the winze sunk over 50ft. below the 300ft. level. A bulk assay of…

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The Gold Coinage. London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 7

When the pre-Victorian gold coins below the standard weight are all dealt with, it is intended by Mr. Goschen to proceed to the rehabilitation of defective…

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The Great Labor Movement. the Miners and Their Wages

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 4

LONDON, March. 22.—The Miners' Executive and the Coalowners' Federation are inclined to agree to a proposal that no action should be taken in the future…

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The European Labor Conference. Female Labor in Mines Prohibited

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- The International Labor Conference now sitting at Berlin has passed a series of resolutions prohibiting the employment of females in the…

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International Labor Conference. Female Labor in Mines, LONDON, March 23

The Australian Star · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 5

The International Labor Conference now sitting at Berlin has passed a series of resolutions prohibiting the employment of females in the underground workings of…

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The Minister for Mines at Bathurst. the Question of Agriculture. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 3

At the distribution of prizes to the students of the Bathurst branch of the Technical School last night, the Minister for Mines (Mr. S. Smith), in reference to the question of agriculture, said it was important that the…

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The Broken Hill South Mine. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Interview with the Chairman of Directors. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 8

During the last few days Mr. A. Clarke, the Chairman of the directors of the Broken Hill South mine, has been on a visit to the field conferring with the manager as to future proceedings with regard to the…

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Summary of News, Per Orient Mail Steamer Ormuz, Will be published in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of Thursday next. CONTENTS: General, Political, Commercial, Mining, Shipping, Sporting, and Social News. Births, Marriages, and Deaths from date of departure of last mail per Orient line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1890 · page 6

Advertisements intended for the Summary number should be lodged at the Head Office, Hunter-street, or at the Branch Office, King-street, by 5 p.m. on the…

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The Difficulty at the Western Collieries. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday. -- The replies to the fortnight's notice given to the colliery managers, requesting them at the end of that time to work under a uniform system, the same as that…

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Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 7

CROOKWELL, Monday. -- Encouraging accounts are in from Victoria Flat and Tirena districts, where gold can be distinctly seen in stone raised from the mines. The machinery…

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The Lambton Colliery. Working Short Time. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Affairs at Lambton are of a very unsatisfactory character. During last week the colliery only worked two days, and the pay on Friday for the fortnight, after…

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Southern Coal Co.'s Jetty and Coke Wqrks. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1890 · page 8

Several members of the Illawarra Mining Engineers' Institute visited the Southern Coal Company's jetty on Saturday on the invitation of the manager, Mr. Pringle On the journey to the jetty the party inspected the…

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The Northern Collieries. Strike at the Wallarah Mine. the Monkwearmouth Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 March 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday, -- The miners employed at the Wallarah Coal Company's mine at Catherine-hill Bay have ceased work owing to the management refusing to pay the district hewing…

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