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Mining & the mines, 1891

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What Gold Cannot Buy

Evening News · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 7

"You are very kind to say so. Yes, I will have a cup of tea. My mouth feels parched." "No wonder ?" cried Lord Everton. "I…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 7

The Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Limited. -- The mine malinger reports under date March 28 : -- "Week's run : Ore treated and sold, 5378 tons; producing 810 tons bullion,…

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An International Miners' Congress. London, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1891 · page 7

An international congress of representatives of British, French, Belgian, German, and Austrian miners, will meet in Paris to-morrow. The delegates to the congress…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--The underground workings at the South mine continue to look well and when the smelter in started some very [?] will be ready for putting through. No…

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The Country. the Greta Colliery Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 5

GRETA, Wednesday.--The Greta Colliery has been idle all day. The miners have held two special meetings to-day. Mr. Thomas Dix, the miners' general secretary, was present this…

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An International Miners' Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--An International Hitters' Conference is now sitting in Paris, at which delegates are present representing 1,000,650 men. Mr. Thomas Burt, M.P., has…

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The Great Congress of miners

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 4

LONDON, April 1.—The International Miners' Congress opening to-day in. Paris represents nearly half a million operatives, the half of whom, are trade unionists…

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What Gold Cannot Buy

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 7

"That does not seem a hardship to me. It is true I never knew what ambition meant, and therefore I am no fair judge of what is essential to an ambitious spirit;…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 3

Jersey G.M. Co., No Liability, Walcha. -- The mine manager reports under date April 11 -- "Sinking in shaft going on ahead nicely; surface water thoroughly stopped. Depth…

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The Mining Industry. Crushings and Assays. Managers' Reports

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 6

Lady Jersey Mine, Chandler's Creek.—March 28: On opening out to give room to pot in jumpup, struck quartz, with better prospects than ever. Am sending by this mail a sample of iron…

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Great Mining Congress. Representing 1,000,000 Men. London, April 1

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 5

The International Miners' Congress met in Paris yesterday. Mr. Thomas Burt, M.P., was elected president of the gathering. The delegates present represent…

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The Depression of the Mining Industry. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 8

Sir,—Of the scores of mining ventures that were floated a few years ago with a flourish of trumpcts the majority have long since died a natural death, not, however, before the pockets of unfortunate…

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South-east Africaa Goldfields. Extraordinary Richness

Evening News · Thursday 2 April 1891 · page 4

LONDON, April 1.—Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the Premier of Cape Colony, has received reports describing the richness and extent of the gold reefs discovered in Mashonaland…

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What Gold Cannot Buy

Evening News · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 7

"I am not absolutely without resources," returned Hope; "and I should try to find pupils or some similar employment to this."…

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Mining at Pambula

The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 6

PAMBULA, Friday.--The Mount Gahan Co. (the prospectors) cleaned up yesterday at the local Huntingdon mill 107 tons 17cwt. for a total yield of 127oz. 9dwt.;…

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The Miners' Congress. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 5

The Miners' Congress now sitting in Paris represents nearly a million miners, half that number being trade unionists…

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Strike in America. All Pennsylvanian Miners Called Out

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The American Labor Mention has ordered a general strike of miners in Pennsylvania, the men to cease work to-day. This step has been adopted in…

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Mining Favoritism. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 3

Sir,--Some three or four months ago two mining companies applied to the Warden's Court for suspension of labor upon their properties. But as the reasons put forward…

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Gold in Mashonaland. Rich and Large Deposits. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 5

The Hon. Cecil J. Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, has received reports from Mashonaland, indicating that the gold deposits recently found there are of…

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The New Cape Colony Goldfields. Some of the following items appeared in our later editions of yesterday. Fabulous Finds

Evening News · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, April 1.—The official reports which have come to hand respecting the much-canvassed goldfields discovered in Manicaland, South Africa, state that their…

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