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Mining & the mines, 1891

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Accident to a Mine Manager

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 6

ROCKHAMPTON (Q.) Thursday Mr. Charles Johnson, manager of tie Mount Morinish Gold Mine, met with a serious accident on Tuesday. Shortly after 8 o'clock Mr. Johnson wished to go…

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The Miners Dispute. Amicable Settlement

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.—The mining situation, which was thrown into a somewhat unsettled condition through the coal owners suddenly breaking-up the conference, last week,…

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Gold Discovery. Hillgrove

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 6

A new discovery of gold-bearing stone was made to-day in Snow and party's claim, adjoining the Golden Gate mine and near the Baker's Creek claim. The…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 2

Peak Hill Proprietary G.M. Co. (no liability).--The manager reports under date January 19:--"No. 2 shaft: Sunk 6ft. (total 112ft.), producing about 12 tons of…

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Mining in Netherlands India

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--To-day's Observer publishes the following:--" We have received for publication the following memo, from an authentic source on the subject of prospecting…

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Proposed Removal of the Central the Mine Management

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 7

The stock Exchange of New South Wales held a meeting yesterday to give an expression of opinion as to the proposed removal of the management of the…

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Management of Broken Hill Mines. Sydney v. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 6

A LARGELY-ATTENDED meeting of the members of the Stock Exchange of New South Wales was held at noon to-day to protest against the management of the…

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Fatal Search for Gold. Deaths From Thirst. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 7

It is reported that about 400 men are on the Shaw River, to the north-west. Only half are doing well. Several large nuggets have been found, one weighing 140oz., another 200oz., and…

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Gold mining in Wales

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 21.—A decision of the Court of Appeal has been obtained restraining Mr.W.Pritchard Morgan, M.P. for Merthyr Tydfil, from working gold mines…

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Gold-mining in Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Mr. W. Prichard Morgan, M.P., has been restrained by a decision of the Court of Appeal from running in Wales without a Crown…

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Gold-mining in Wales. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

The Court of Appeal has decided that Mr. Pritohard Morgan, M.P., must not mine for gold is Wales without a Crown licence…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Nswcastle-Wallsend Coal Company was held yesterday, Mr. W. B. Walford presiding. The report and balance-sheet, particulars of…

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The Coal Trade

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Statistics of the colliery outputs for the last year show that 2,195,890 tons wore raised in the district, as compared with 2,624,347 tons in 1889…

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The Southern Collieries. Prospects of a Final Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--The situation in connection with the coal-mining industry in this district has now assumed a more hopeful aspect. In consequence of the conference…

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The Southern Collieries. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong, Thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 6

It Is reported that a fresh conference is being arranged between the coal owners and the miners. Dr. Robertson, representing Kembla, is alleged to have [?]egotisted for a fresh conference. It is ststed that he…

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A Gold-saving Machine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 7

Mr James Piercy, of this city, has lately invented a machine which he claims will be very valuable in saving gold in its dressing. By it the water and tailings from the battery…

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A New Gold Amalgamator

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 3

A NEW patent machine designed for the purpose of saving fine, free gold from quartz-crushings and tailings, and named the " Piercy Improved Gold Amalgamator,"…

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The Mining Industry

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 4

LIKE most other industries mining operations were seriously affected by the labor troubles of last year, which, among their other evils, unsettled the…

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The Mining Industry. Crushings and Assays. Managers' Reports

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 2

Ethel May Gold Mine.—Battery crushed 51 tons, and have taken 56oz amalgam off the plates. Mount Stewart Lead and Silver Mine.—January 20: Thirteen samples of are from 60ft lode…

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Colliery Explosion in Russia. One Hundred Lives Lost. [By Cablb.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1891 · page 5

A terrible colliery explosion has taken place at the Jasnovada Colliery, Azov, in the south of Russia. One hundred miners have been killed,…

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