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Mining & the mines, 1892

4,834 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 242

The Northern Collieries. Meetings of the Men. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 5

The Wallsend miners will resume work on Monday. The 14 days' notice from the non-associated proprietors as to the reduction of the hewing rate to 3s 10d has not been officially given yet, as all the…

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The Newcastle Miners. Many Against a Strike. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 5

A great deal of uneasiness prevails in consequence of the unsettled condition of the dispute over the proposed hewing rate reductions. Meetings of the majority of the…

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The Moonta Miners' Strike. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 5

A public meeting was held on Wednesday at Moonta in reference to the strike for the purpose of taking immediate steps to bring about a settlement of the difficulty. A motion was carried to the…

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The Difficulties in the Coal Trade. Feeling in Reference to the Strike Changing. Three Lodges Vote Against It

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Latest returns show that the output of coal from the associated mines last year was 1,498,258 tons. This shows an increase over 1890 of 208,800…

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The Pilbarra Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1892 · page 4

PERTH, Thursday. -- The Government have received a telegram from the acting warden at Pilbarra goldfields stating that rich alluvial deposits have been discovered in the…

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Mining. the Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL., Friday.--Campbell's; shaft at the Block 10 mine has been standing idle for the last few days, consequent on a slight accident to the machinery, but work has now…

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The Northern Collieries. Greta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 188

At a special miners' meeting held last night, Mr. J. Connelly, delegate, gave a report of the proceedings at the delegate board, and the motions dealt with at that board were considered, and the lodge's decisions…

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Coal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 182

The difficulty in the Northern coal trade, so far from being settled, is becoming more threatening than ever. The miners' agreement, which has been much praised as a very good one, and which…

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More Coal

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The diamond drill, which for the last few months has been at work at Apple-tree Flat boring for the New Wallsend Coal Company, has passed through a very fine seam of coal…

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Accidents. Destructive Fires. Colliery Disaster

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 11

LONDON, January. 18.— An immense fire is raging at St. Saviour's Flour Mills, Millstreet, Dockbead, London, owned by Mr, Seth Taylor. Five large blocks of eight…

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South African Mines. Gold and Diamond Fields. Dismal Reports. Severe Laws and Precautions

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 24

A South African correspondent writes: Time has brought about wonderful changes in the affairs of many men in this country. At the time of the boom in Transvaal shares many persons…

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Remarkable Coal Discovery

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 180

The following extracts from the report of Mr. W. H. Rands, Assistant Government Geologist, show that the coal discoveries in the Port Curtis district are the most remarkable ever made in Australia. The…

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The Moonta Miners' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--A wire from Moonta states that the Trade and Labor Council of Adelaide has sent £100 towards the strike fund. One of the directors of the Poona…

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Mining Gossip

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 20

MINING matters at Mount M'Donald have an upward tendency, for several of the new finds of ore are looking well, notably Branken's, Elliott's and Franklin's. The Mount M'Donald…

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The Gold Reserve

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 4

LONDON, January 21.—The London Chamber of Commerce to-day discussed Mr. Goschen's scheme for strengthening the gold reserve in the Bank of England, and…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 11

Welcome rain has falien at Peak Hill, filling the dams and enabling the butteries to start The Proprietary Mine is now in quartz highly charged with pyrites. The Great Eastern has 1000 tons of stone at…

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The Newcastle Coal Dispute

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 44

A meeting of the proprietors of the associated collieries was eld in Sydney on January 19, Mr. Gregson presiding. The proceedings were in camera, but the result arrived at after some…

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The Northern Coal Trade

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 6

INDICATIONS at Newcastle are again in favor of a continuance of work, but the aggregate meeting to-morrow will decide the point. The miners undoubtedly feel themselves…

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The Newcastle Collieries. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 9

A number of replies to the proposals of the miners' delegate board were received by Mr. Dix, the miners' general secretary, from the non-associated coal proprietors this afternoon. The majority of the replies…

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A Scottish Colliery on Fire. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 185

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

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