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Mining & the mines, 1890

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Mining. Red Rock Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 7

From the London Morning Post of November 18 we take the following report of an application made before Mr. Justice Kay in the Chancery Division of the…

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The Wallsend Colliery

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-A fall report from the Wallsend Colliery, which is by far the largest in the Southern hemisphere, shows that 366,115 tons of large coal valued…

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Coal Co

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 5

NOWRA, Thursday,--The prospectus of the Tianjin and Jervis Bay Coal Co., with a capital of L10,000 in L5 shares, has been issued. The provisional directors are…

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Badly Ventilated Mines

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE Thursday.--At a meeting of the Lambton miners last night several speakers complained of the scarcity of air, and the consequent heat in the mines in…

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The American Ozokerit Mines

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 7

In a recent issue of Bradstreet's it is stated that a company has been formed in New York to develop large deposits of ozokerit, a natural paraffine wax existing in the Wasatch mountains of Utah…

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The American Ozokerit Mines

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 5

In a recent issue of Bradstreet's it is stated that a company has been formed in New York to develop large deposits of ozokerit, a natural paraffine wax existing in the Wasatch mountains of Utah…

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Our Mining Laws

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 7

Sir,--For a number of years the mining portion of our community has been clamoring for some improvement in the mining laws of the colony. Times and again have amendments…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 8

Bingera G.M. Co., Limited.--The mine manager reports, January 6:--"During past fortnight I have extended main drive south 16ft., and broke into prospectors' old…

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State Aid to Mining Prospectors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 9

The following important minute bearing upon the development of the mineral resources of the colony has been penned by the Minister for Mines (Mr. S. Smith): —"I am of opinion that much more might be done…

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Our Mining Laws. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 9

Sir,—For a number of years the mining portion of our community bas been clamouriug for some improvement in the mining laws of the colony. Time and again have amendments been promised by different…

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Diseases in Stock. Important Proposals by the Minister for Mines. the Microbe of Pleuro PNEUMONlA the Cumberland Disease and M. PASTEUR

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 4

The Minister for Mines has proposed the following minute in respect to a proposed inquiry in Europe in regard to diseases in stock :--…

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Extraordinary Mountain Mystery a Goldfield Story

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 7

They had all gathered together, urging their horses close upon one another in the narrow road, and now Finlayson, who was very near Vernet, spoke sharply: '…

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Coal-miners' Strike. Coal Famine in Belgium. The Export Trade Stopped. LONDON, January 8

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

The strike of miners at the principal collieries in Belgium still continues, and the stocks of coal, in consequence, have been reduced to such an alarming extent that a…

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Lambton Miners

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7

The above miners held their usual monthly meeting last evening, in Ralph's Druids' Hall. Mr. R. Mooney occupied the chair. The minutes of two committee meetings…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 7
Also in Evening News

A meeting of the directors of the Port Stephens Coal-mining Company, Limited, was held yesterday to consider the exhaustive report of Mr. David, the Government geological…

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The Colliery Strike in Belgium. Menacing Attitude of the Miners. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 5

The colliery strikes at Charleroi, in Belgium, are causing much excitement amonst the miners, who have taken up a very menacing attitude towards the…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 8

Our Broken Hill correspondent wires : -- Influx of water in Block 10 has necessitated the men knocking oil work in the shaft…

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A Mining Fatality

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

HILLGROVE, Friday.-A man named Michael Greeney fell from the rope while being hauled up the shaft this morning at the Golden Gate Goldmining Company, and was instantly killed. The…

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Labor Representation. Miners' Resolution. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 6

At the quarterly meeting of the miners delegates held yesterday the following important motion was carried, the representative of the Wallsend Lodge alone dissenting:…

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