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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 235

The Late Coal Miners' Strike at Newcastle. Newcastle. April 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 891

The effects of the late miners strike are still shown by the almost empty harbour. A number of vessels have recently been ordered to take Southern coal to Singapore. Until he last general…

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Lambton Miners

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The Lambton minors held a meeting last night, and upheld the action of the delegates regarding the Wallarah men…

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The Silesian Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The coal miners in Silesia, a Gorman province on the borders of Poland,are resisting the owners in their refusal to accede to shorter hours of labor…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 7

The hon. sec. Sydney Stock Exchange received th following telegram from the manager British Broken -hill Silver- mining Company, Port Pine, South Australia:--"1095 tons stone…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster in South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 853

By the arrival of the R.M.S. Cartilage at Albany on Sunday we are placed in receipt of the following telegraphic account of the terrible colliery disaster in South Wales:—…

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The Northern Miners. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—In accordance with a motion from the Borehole Lodge the miners' committee of management have decided that all the men and boys…

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The Barrier Mines. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 7

BROKEN -HILL, Friday.-- Friday being the nay fixed for visitors at Block 10 a very large number of persons availed themselves of the opportunity of inspecting the underground workings,…

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King Solomon's Mines. Startling Discovery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 11

LONDON, April 15.—Much excitement has been caused here by the receipt of the news that a number of extensive caves, showing ancient workings, have been discovered in…

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The Mining Exhibition

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 35

Active preparations are being made for the proper representation of the colony at the Crystal Palace Mining Exhibition in July next. The whole of the mineral specimens sent to the New…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 892

OLD SUBSCRIBER (Poverty Point)—The sample forwarded is Hornableade rock. It carries no metals of any value. J.W. (Dubbo),—The sample sent if an iron gossan…

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Select Poetry. an Old Sweetheart of Mine

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 1

As one who cons at evening o’er an album all alone And muses on the faces of friends that he has known,…

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The Wallarah Colliery Dispute. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 7

The Lambton miners last night upheld the action of their delegate at the late meeting of delegates in opposing the district chairman's ruling on the Wallarah minutes…

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The Barrier Mines. [Bt Telegraph.] Broken Hill. April, 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 888

The North Broken Hill mine shaft, is sinking to the 400ft. level, and is making good progress by the use of a machine driller. A parcel of 49 tons of ore was despatched this week…

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Mining. Good Returns From Hill End

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 20

O'RILEY and party, working Brown's old claim at Hill End, have put through 20 tons of stuff for a yield of 126oz. 7dwt. 12gr. Specimens still held are said to contain 400oz…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 24

Copper and Tin.—Sydney Prices.—Business in the tin and copper market is quiet. Tin is quoted at 15s 6d per unit, and copper at £51 per ton. Important Discovery of Silver.—Advices…

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A New Gold Reef in the Bathurst District

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 20

MR. Robert Clifton (says a Bathurst exchange) reports that he has discovered a new gold reef at Cheshire's Creek, adjoining the site of the engine of the Albert Victory Goldmining Company. The…

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Mines and Their Enemies. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 7

Sir,—I hope that Mr. Margules is not asking for your space for the purpose of parading his knowledge of our Mining Act. He is at one with me in what I deem to be essential points, and where he differs from me he…

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International Exhibition of Mining and Metallurgy, 1890

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 888

This exhibition, which trill he held at the Crystal Palace, London, is expected to open on the 2nd of July. Mr. E. "W. Bathurst, proprietor of the Mining Standard of this city, is the general…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 40

Armidale.—April 15: The Primrose Gold-mining Co., Hillgrove, cleaned up for their first crashing this afternoon; result, 129oz 4dwt of gold from 35 tons of stone…

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The Runter River Miners' Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 7

The miners' committee of management' has decided that all men and boys in mines should be members of the Hunter River Miners' Association…

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