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Mining & the mines, 1891

3,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 185

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 7

Sir William Milne, of Adelaide, has been appointed a director on the local board of the Central Broken-hill Company, in lieu of Mr. W. K. Sims. M.L.C., who has resigned in…

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A Coal Case

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 3

IN the Full Court yesterday arguments were heard in the matter of an application for a new trial in the case of Ford v. the Australian Agricultural Co. In the trial,…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 8

Sunlight G.M. Co., No Liability.-- The mine manager reports, under date March 2 :-- "No. 3 level: There has been 81ft. taken out of the different stopes for the past…

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Trades and Labor News. Lambton Miners

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 8

The above miners held their monthly meeting last evening in Ralph's Hall, Mr. H. Hanlon in the chair. The minutes of three committee meetings were read and…

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Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 5

The liquidators of the New Lowie Ponds Gold and Silver Mining Company asked Mr. Justice A'Beckett in Chambers to-day for directions as to what course to pursue in dividing the assets of the company, which…

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The Hero Silver-mining Company. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 7

Sir,--Seeing a paragraph in your issue of to-day in reference to winding up the above company, I also strongly protest against it unless the shareholders receive the same number of…

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The Western Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

LITHGOW, Friday,--The western coal trade continues somewhat dull, and this, with occasional scarcity in the supply of trucks, leaves the earnings of the men at a low figure. In…

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Gallen Bullen Coal Mine. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 26

The picturesque little coal-mining township of Cullen Bullen is situated 115 miles west of Sydney, and two miles from Carson's Siding, on the Mudgee line. It owes its existence to the…

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Strike of Miners in Germany. Purchases of Coal in England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--A general strike is feared among the coalminers in Germany, the mine-owners having refused to concede demands made by the men…

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The German Miners' Strike. Coal From England. London, March 6

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

Owing to the threatened strike of miners throughout the coal mines of Germany the Government intends purchasing supplies of coal from England to guard against the…

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The Denniston Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. Spence, general secretary of the Amalgamated Miners Association of Australia, to-day cabled a farther sum of £200 to Denniston, New Zealand, in support…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 6

Messrs. Leonard Dodds and Co. report that the directors of the Sunny Corner Silver-mining Company have decided to erect another 50-ton furnace. This will make in all four 50-ton…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--The quantity of water flowing into the crosscut at the 515ft. level Jamieson's shaft, Proprietary Mine, is not increasing now, but the crosscut is still being…

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Newcastle Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--With the exception of the New Lambton Colliery, which worked 11 days during the past fortnight, the other pits have not worked anything like full time. The…

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Mining Gossip

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 20

A LAST item from Hill End is to the effect that 320ozs. of specimens have just been banked at Lonsdale from the Golden Gully claim. FROM Cobar we learn that a few days ago the…

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Mining Stock

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 518

The declaration of the Colonial Treasurer made last week to a deputation composed of politicians, members of the stock exchanges, and others connected with mining, that he intended to lose…

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Discovery of Granite and Gold

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 11

We learn by telegram from Forbes than an important discovery has been made at Eugowra of splendid Devonian granite. A party is now at work procuring huge blocks for the foundation of…

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Thorpe’s Patent Block Coal Company

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 4

THE first general meeting of the shareholders was held at the offices, Macquarie-street, on Tuesday evening last. Messrs. T.W. Pollock (chairman), F. Beames, J. W. Walkin, F…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, Feb. 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 550

Great activity is being shown in the mutter of prospecting for iron flax for the supply of the mining companies which are smelting. A fine deposit of iron is being opened on Poolamacca, sear Gainor's Hotel, and…

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German Miners. General Strike Feared. London, March 5

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 6

The strike movement continues throughout Europe. A general strike of German miners is now feared, owing to the objections raised by the men not receiving the favorable…

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