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Mining & the mines, 1892

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Intercolonial Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 25

The Pambula Gold Mining Company.— 23 tons 2cwt treated yielded 146oz of retorted gold and 6ewt of concentrates, assaying 66oz 12d wt per ton. An average sample of the above, weighing…

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Coal Deposit in West Australia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 12

The Government has received a report from Professor Etheridge.of London, concerning the samples of Callie coal submitted to him for analysis. He considered that the coal is equal to the better…

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Late Mining. Melbourne

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

A Hillgrove telegram states that the directors of the West Sunlight mine visited the mine, and expressed their intention of erecting machinery at once. Tenders are called for excavating a dam, and a…

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Hydraulic Mining in California

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

The valley people are much exercised lest hydraulic mining be resumed (says a Californian exchange). They have been taught, by tons of ' sensational newspaper writings, that…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, Jan. 15

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 214

The stopes in Block 10 looked as well as ever, and one stope below the 240ft. level is showing particularly rich kaolin. About 2000 tons kaolin have been taken out between the 515ft. and 4G5ft. levels, the…

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The Lucknow Goldfield. Visit Op Mining Officials. Following the Veins of Calcite

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

The Under-secretary for Mines, Mr. Harrie Wood, and the Inspector of Mines, Mr. Slee, paid this field an official visit on January 9 (says the WESTERN ADVOCATE). Mr. Slee descended the…

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Coal at Apple Tree Flat. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 6

The diamond drill which has been working for the last few months at Apple Tree Flat, boring for the New Wallsend Coal Co., has passed through a very fine seam of coal at a…

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The Difficulty in the Coal Trade at Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 214

The difficulty in the coal trade in the Newcastle district is not yet over, and it is not yet clear how the union of the associated and non-associatedcolliery proprietors will effect matters. Last Saturday the…

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Miners' Troubles. the Delegate Board's Proposals. the Non-associated Proprietors

Evening News · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Mr. Thomas Dix, the miners' general secretary, received a number of replies yesterday from non-associated colliery proprietors to the proposals submitted by the…

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Mr. Goschen's Scheme. Gold Reserves. London, Jan. 21

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

The London Chamber of Commerce today discussed Mr. Goschen's scheme for strengthening the gold reserve in the Bank of England, and declined to accept the…

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The Threatened Strike at Newcastle. the Wallsend Miners to Resume Work

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 16

NEWCASTLE, Thursday morning.—Mining affairs have assumed a brighter aspect On Wednesday afternoon a meeting of the Wallsend men was called for the purpose of hearing a letter read…

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New Zealand. Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 25

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The Blackall Ranges. Reported Tin and Gold Discovery. Turns Out a Rank Duffer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 24
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Mr. Warden Sellheim, of Gympie, has inspected the alleged tin and gold discoveries on the Black all Range. He reports that the so called reef did not exhibit a speck of gold, and is not, in fact, a…

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A Gold Water Saloon. Am Enthusiastic Prohibitionist. Irritating Press Comments. And An Insulting Customer

The Australian Star · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 9

MY parents intended me for the ministry, and I had a natural inclination for that profession, but a slight impediment in my speech, which I have never been able to…

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The Difficulties in the Coal Trade. Interview with Mr. J. F. Burns. Will There Be a Strike?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 5

In the course of an interview last night, in regard to the threatened coal strike at Newcastle, Mr. J. F. Burns said :-- "No doubt the public is much interested…

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The Murchison Goldfield

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

ADELAIDE, Monday.— Mr. R. N. Cruickshank, who has just returned from a trip to the Murchison goldfield, in the course of an interview to-day with a representative of the ADVERTISER, gave a…

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The Charters Towers Goldfield. Charters Towers, Jan. 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1892 · page 214

Business in the Share market here has been brisk since the beginning of the new year, and most stocks show a very decided upward tendency, so much so that while there is not an actual boom on there is…

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The Coal-mining Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 4

The Newcastle miners are to be congratulated upon the good sense which they ultimately brought to bear on the settlement of the hewing rate dispute. Within…

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The Coal Difficulty. Meeting of Miners. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Monday 25 January 1892 · page 5

At the aggregate meeting of miners held at Lambton Park on Saturday for the purpose of discussing the best course to pursue in connection with the reduction of the hewing…

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