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Mining & the mines, 1892

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A New Gold Find on the Borders of N.S. Wales. Some Good Looking Stone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 24

The following particulars of a comparatively new find of auriferous quartz is communicated to a Queensland exchange by Mr. Thomas Treeney, of Cooper's Plains, near Brisbane:…

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The Sudest Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 158

News has been received that a new gold-bearing reef has been opened up at Sudest by the Hula Prospecting Company. The reef is from 4in. to 14in. wide, showing good gold freely. Assays made at Charters…

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Charters Towers Goldfield. Charters Towers, Jan. 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 158

The following are the principal items for the last fortnight:—The shaft at the South-east Brilliant is now down 245ft. 6in. The Queen Consols had a small crushing of 30 tons for 8oz. of gold. At the Victoria G. M…

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Miners' Troubles. Conference Between Non-associated Collieries and Miners

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—At the invitation of the Miners' Delegate Board, a conference was held in the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, between the representatives of the non-associated collieries…

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Mining Conference at Newcastle. Non-associated Collieries and Miners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 6

A conference, between representatives of the nonassociated collieries and the miners, was held at the Chamber of Commerce this morning. The nonassociated collieries represented were—The New…

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The Newcastle Trouble. Miners and Non-Associated Collieries. An Important Conference. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 5

A conference was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday between the miners and non-associated collieries. The collieries represented…

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The Coal Output

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, January 16.—The Miners' Federation propose to take a general ballot in favor of restricting the output of coal to five working days weekly…

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The Moonta Miners' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- An important meeting of the Moonta miners was held on Saturday night, at which it was decided that if the directors insist on public contracts…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 7

Mount Morgan is not the only hot spring deposit in the world known to contain gold, although up to the present it stands unique as the only one found to yield gold in commercially valuable quantities. The…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 7

Very few transactions were recorded this morning at the exchanges, and values of several Broken Hill stocks were slightly easier. Block 10 receded to £10 12s, and South to 44s 6d. Proprietary…

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The British Coal Output. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 5

The Miners' Federation proposes a general ballot in favour of restricting the output of coal to five working days weekly…

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Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 6

A very handsome nugget of 18½oz., embedded in quartz, has been brought down from Connolly's area, Anneenfield, Murchison. The following is a Yilgarn crushing:—Fraser's…

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Fatal Mining Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Hillgrove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred in the down main shaft of the Baker's Creek mine at 11 o'clock this morning. Three men were engaged in timbering and were working a heavy piece of timber 8ft. x 8ft. and 14ft…

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The Difficulties in the Coal Trade. Conference with the Non-associated Owners. Nothing Definitely Settled. the Wallsend Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Yesterday, at the Invitation of the miners' delegate board, a conference was held in the Chamber of Commerce between the representatives of the…

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The Late Duke of Clarence. His Fiancee and Family Prostrated. Papal Condolences. the Miners' Federation Unsympathetic. Funeral Arrangements. National Mourning. Universal Sympathy. Indisposition of the Princess of Wales and Princess May

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, January 15, 7.10 p.m.—It is known from those having access to the house of mourning at Sandringham that the Princess May (the name by which the…

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The Colliery Difficulty Non-associated Collieries

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 3

A REPRESENTATIVE meeting of the non-associated northern collieries was held at the Chamber of Commerce last evening, to take into consideration various important…

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Colliery Disaster. 100 Miners Entombed

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, January 18.—A fire has broken out in a colliery at Baillieston, near Glasgow. It is reported that 100 miners are entombed…

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Coal-mining. Prevention of Coal Dust Explosions

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 7

A German paper describes a new device, which has been found sufficiently successful to warrant its introduction into several German mines for the prevention of coal dust explosions. The usual…

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The Difficulties in the Coal Trade. Meeting of the Non-associated Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 4

A meeting or the non-associated northern collieries was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. F. Burns presided, and nearly all the non-associated…

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Colliery Disaster in Scotland. One Hundred Miners Reported Entombed. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 5

A fire has broken out in the colliery at Baillieston, near Glasgow. It is reported that 100 miners are entombed…

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