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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 235

Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 819

INQUIRER (Cobar-road)— Your sample assays as follows:— Gold, trace, under ldwt. per ton; silver, ditto. KANGAROO.— The sample sent is quartz with pyrites…

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North Australian Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The executive of the North Australian Territory Mining Company have decided to consult the shareholders before finally determining upon…

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Late Mining. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 805

A report received from Tumbarumba here to-day states there is great excitement over a rich find of silver and minerals at Jingellic. A store has been opened in the camp, and numbers are…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Bill April 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 832

A special meeting of engine-drivers was held last night to further consider the case of Ferguson, the driver who was dismissed from Block 14 for leaving the mine without permission. After some discussion it was…

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Wallarah Miners' Dispute. a Strike Threatened. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 6

At the Stockton miners' meeting last night a lot of discussion took place regarding the action of the committee of management of the Miners' Association in settling…

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The Inter national Mining Exhibition

Evening News · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 6

Mr. E. W. Bathurst, of 108, Pitt-street, has been authorised by the executive council of the International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy, which opens in the Crystal Palace, London, about the…

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Newspaper Comments on Mining Matters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 9

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--In a leading article in to-day's issue you ask whether I write in the interests of investors or gamblers. I beg to assure you that I lay no…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 24

Albury.—The directors of the Albury Gold-mining Co., May Day reef, Black Bange, have determined on submitting the lode now being worked in No. 2 shaft to treatment under the chlorination process, and 5…

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Attaching Mine Cars to Ropes. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 24

Mach time and ingenuity have been employed in devising convenient grips for attaching cars to the moving rope in underground haulage, but those which have been found the most serviceable in…

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North Australian Mining Co. London, April 11

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 5

The executive of the North Australian Territory Mining Co. have decided to consult the shareholders before finally winding up the company. Sir Samuel Davenport…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 45

Copper and Tin.—Sydney Prices.—The tin market is quiet, quotations being 15s 6d per unit. There is nothing doing in copper, prices quoted being £50 per ton…

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North Australian Mining Company. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 11

The North Australian Mining Company have decided to suspend operations, pending the receipt of an explanation regarding the recent unfavourable…

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Meeting of Newcastle Miners' Delegates. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 12

The miners' delegates met again to-day with closed doors. Mr. William Hunter was re-elected district treasurer. The principal business to-day was the matter of the reduced prices at the We larah Colliery,…

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Mining. Mount Morgan in the Market. £7,500,000 Offered

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1890 · page 20

THERE is considerable excitement in mining circles in Queensland consequent on the receipt of a cablegram from London that a syndicate has offered £7,500,000 for Mount Morgan, being at the…

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The Coal Miners' Strikes. London, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 7

The colliery proprietors in the Midland Counties having conceded to the miners an advance of 40 per cent in wages, the leaders of the men discourage any strike…

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The Great Labor Movement. the Midland Coal Miners. the New York Carpenters

Evening News · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 4

LONDON, April 12.-The colliery proprietors in the Midland Counties having conceded the miners an advance of 40 per cent, in wages, the leaders of the men…

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Northern Miners' Association

Evening News · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 5

Newcastle, Saturday.-The adjourned meeting of the Miners' Association was held on Friday. All the lodges were represented. Mr. W. Hunter was elected treasurer by ballot. A large number…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 3

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.-The following are the smelting returns for the week ended April 11: Broken Hill Proprietary: Ore treated, 2973 tons, yielding 505 tons of bullion, containing 143,792oz…

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Coal at Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 April 1890 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

Messrs. Mills, Pile and Wilson report that on Saturday they received a telegram from Liverpool stating that on the Moorbank Estate a superior seam of coal had been struck 6ft. 6in…

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