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Mining & the mines, 1891

3,699 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 185

The Great Miners' Congress. a "Universal Strike."

Evening News · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 4

LONDON, April 4.—The Belgian, delegates at the International Miners' Congress, sitting in Paris, demand a universal strike of miners on May 1 in favor of the…

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Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 5

It is reported that a company has seoured two blocks of the Australian Broken Hill Consols Company for £500,000…

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The Miners' Congress. Threatened Strike for Eight Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The International Minors' Congress, presided over by Mr. Burt, M.P., now sitting in Paris, has passed a resolution to request the Governments…

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The Miners' Strike in America. Troops Dispatched to Pennsylvania

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.--A thousand United States troops have been dispatched to Pennsylvania in sylvania in order to restrain the miners on strike from further rioting…

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A Coal Ring in Germany. London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 5

German companies are buying enormous quantities of coal in England and America, with the object of breaking the German coal ring…

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The Mining Industry. Crushings and Assays. Managers' Reports

Evening News · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 2

Cobar.—The escort with the gold from the Occidental Claim left on April 3, taking 317oz smelted gold from 280 tons stone reduced since the last clearing up…

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The International Miners' Congress. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1891 · page 5

The Belgian delegates at the International Miners' Congress, at present sitling in Paris, demand a universal strike of miners on the 1st of May for the…

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Midland Collieries. a Coal Trust. London, April 6

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 6

The various midland collieries in England have agreed to form a coal trust for the purpose of keeping up the price of the fuel…

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The Miners' Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- The International Miners' Congress, presided over by Mr. Burt, M.P., now sitting in Paris, has passed a resolution to request the Governments…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 6

We are informed that the New Gilberton Gold, Silver and Gem Mining Company has been floated and registered as a limited [?]ty company…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Monday. -- The smelter just completed at the British Blocks was started on carbonate ore to-day. Smoke commenced to issue from the stack this morning, and the local…

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The Coal "Trust."

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 4

LONDON, April 6.—A coal " trust" is being formed for the purpose of controlling the output from the collieries in the chief coal districts in the north of England and…

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The Miners' Strike in America

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- A strike has taken place among the miners in the Nevada territory, United States, and 600 men have gone out…

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What Gold Cannot Buy

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 7

So Hope was left with a sinking heart to watch the sick-bed, to administer what medicine was ordered, to cool the burning skin by applying a lotion, which smelt of…

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A Mining Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The litigation respecting the Homeward Gold-mining Company of Yalwalinear, Shoalhaven (N.S.W.), advanced another stage in the Supreme Court…

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Quicksilver Mining in Mexico

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 8

No country in North America has made more rapid progress in the last decade than the Republic of Mexico (the Illustrated London News says); and since the opening of is railway stystem fresh fiel is of…

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The Great Miners' Congress. a "Universal Strike."

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 4

LONDON, April 6.—The International Miners' Congress sitting in Paris, before authorising a universal strike of miners in support of the nine…

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Deep Mining on the Comstock

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 3

About five years ago the lower levels of the Comstock mines were abandoned and allowed to fill with water, but it is realised now that this never should have been done. The men who…

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Gold at Grafton. Remarkable Results. GRAFTON

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 6

There was considerable excitement in town yesterday upon the arrival of the first escort from the Sir Walter Scott mine, Cangi, Fifty-three tons of stone yielded…

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Fall of Coal. Accident to a Minor. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 April 1891 · page 5

Alex. Read, a miner employed in Hetton Pit, had his shoulder dislocated and sustained comparatively slight internal injuries by a fall of coal between 10 and 11 o'clock…

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