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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 235

Terrible Colliery Disaster. a Pit on Fire. 350 Miners Entombed--Rescuing in the Adjoining Pit. LONDON, May 7

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 6

A terrible colliery disaster is reported from Leigh, in Lancashire. One of the pits in the neighborhood caught fire to-day, and cut off the egress of 350 miners employed…

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Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 7

DEEPWATER, Wednesday. -- The machinery at the Castle Rag Proprietary mine was started to-day and is working smoothly and well. The concentrates look rich. Massive galena ore has…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 9

Central, Block 10, and South changed hands in large numbers at the Exchanges yesterday. Centrals remained at the previous day's improved prices, selling from £13 6s to £13 1s, and back again…

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The Barrier Mines. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday. -- The pumps at the Central mine are being kept constantly at work and they have succeeded in reducing the water at the 400ft. level to such an extent that…

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Gold in Ireland. London, May 7

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 6

Payable gold has been discovered at Dunnode, County Cork, Ireland…

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The Central Silver Mine. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 7

Sir, -- I am surprised beyond expression at the directors of this mine refusing the reporters admission on the plea that they, as managers of the company, were entitled to the first and…

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Coal-mining Townships Floured. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 8

The rain is causing obstruction to traffic in the mining townships, and great inconvenience to the residents. Hundreds of tons of sand have been washed into the Lake road. In Burwood, Merewether, and…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 7

At an extraordinary general meeting on the Maritoto Gold and Silver Mining Company, held on Wednesday last, a resolution passed at a previous meeting and authorising the writing…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster. a Pit on Fire. 350 Miners Entombed. Rescuing in the Adjoining Pit. LONDON, May 7

The Australian Star · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 5

A terrible colliery disaster is reported from Leigh, in Lancashire. One of the pits in the neighborhood caught fire to-day, and out off the egress of 350 miners employed…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 9

Mining specutators yesterday paid considerable attention to South, Central, British, and Block 10 scrip, but other shares were neglected. Centrals were slightly easier; a large business…

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Colliery Disaster. Fire Explosion. 350 Musters Entombed

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 4

LONDON, May 7.-Another coal mine disaster is reported. An explosion of fire-damp took place to-day at the Alram Colliery, in Lancaster. and a fire followed which…

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The mining Exhibition

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 4

LONDON, May 7.-At the request of Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, the opening of the Mining Exhibition, in London, has been postponed…

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A Colliery on Fire. Three Hundred and Fifty Men Entombed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- A disastrous colliery explosion occurred to-day at Leigh, in Lancashire, and the mine is now on fire…

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Gold in Ireland. London, May 7

The Australian Star · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 5

Payable gold has been discovered at Dunnode, County Cork, Ireland…

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General Cable News. Gold Discovered in Ireland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- Gold is reported to have been discovered at Dannode, in the county of Cork, Ireland…

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The Barrier Mines -- Rich Ore in the Junction. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday. -- In extending the stope upwards from the 300ft. level at the Junction mine another deposit of very rich ore has been struck. A great amount of work has…

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The Sydenham Mining Exhibition. Postponement of the Opening. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 7

At the request of Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, the opening of the Sydenham Mining Exhibition has been postponed until the middle of July…

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The New Coal-mining Bill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 13

The new bill for the registration and proper working of coal mines, which Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, has ready, is in principle similar to that which he introduced…

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Colliery Operations

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Work is to be resumed at the Great Northern Colliery in a few days. Eight gentlemen have purchased the mine for L20,000, and they intend paying the…

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Sale of a Colliery

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.-The Great Northern Colliery, at Teralba, has been sold for £20,000 to a syndicate of gentlemen residing in Sydney and Melbourne. The company started operations in…

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