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Mining & the mines, 1892

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, Jan. 28

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 327

There has been a slight increase in the water at the Acacia well to-day, but this is probably due to the fact that less has been pumped to the Proprietary mine for the last day or two. A second smelting…

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The Moonta Dispute. Re-opening the Mines

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 4

Adelaide, Saturday.—The directors of the Moonta mines yesterday accepted the terms of the Railway Commissioners respecting the railway difficulty Yesterday afternoon the following…

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The Moonta and Wallaroo Mines. the Mines to Be Reopened. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 9

The directors of the Moonta mines to-day accepted the terms of the Railway Commissioners respecting the railway difficulty. In the afternoon the following telegram was forwarded by the…

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Eight Hours System. Miners Urge Legalisation. London, February 4

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

The British Miners' Federation has passed a resolution urging the necessity for the immediate legalisation of the eight hours system…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 25

Gundagai— Considerable excitement prevailed at Gundagai on January 29, owing to Lindley's West Extended alluvial claim having bottomed at a depth of 54ft on to 3ft thick of…

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North Australian Mining Company. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 9

The North Australian Mining Company has resolved to wind up voluntarily…

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Broken Hill. Working of Various Mines. Probable Success Ok Failure in the Future

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 24

In a previous article a description was priven as completely as space would admit of the Proprietary Mine at Broken Hill, and now it is proposed to say something of the surrounding mines and…

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North Australian Mining Co. Placed in Liquidation. London, February 4

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 6

At a general meeting of shareholders of the North Australian Mining Co., Limited, held to-day, Mr. J. Todhunter, one of the directors, stated that the members of the…

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Our Special Mining Letter. (Whitten for the " Town and Country Journal.")

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 24

Mining pursuits Laving obtained such magnitude and importance in the colony, and reliable information respecting them being so much sought by the public, we have engaged the services of a gentleman who will…

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Children of Darkness. [Now First Published.] a Romance of Mining Life. All Rights Reserved. Chapter X.--the Nether World

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 10

It was half an hour after noonday and the various work-people at the Pewfall collieries, above ground and below, were exerting themselves to the uttermost, for that time was the…

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The Southern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 5

CLIFTON, Saturday.--Work at the mines in the northern end of Illawarra has been very dull during the past few weeks. At South Clifton the new machinery for hauling…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The coal shipments from Newcastle keep up, and now that the threatened difficulty with the miners has passed away the reduction of selling price appears to have drawn old customers back…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.-- The Junction Company are determined to realise as much as possible on their sulphide, which amounts to a great many thousand tons in various…

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Wallsend Colliery. The Tonnage Question. Lambton Colliery Dispute. The Day Wages Question. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6

The tonnage question has been amicably settled at the South Wallsend colliery. Mr. Dix yesterday met Messrs. Fairful, M'Beth, Buun and Austin, miners, who had taken…

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Lambton Miners. Lambton

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6

The Lambton miners held their usual monthly meeting on Thursday evening in Baker's Hall, Mr. H. Hanlon, occupying the chair. After the minutes of previous…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 9

There is now on view at the office (15 Hunterstreet) of the Mount Stewart mine a sample of the ore obtained at 157ft. level. The roof is there opened out to a width of 12ft., with as yet no walls. The…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 2

The auriferous antimony ore treatment for the extraction of the gold and the production of metallic antimony by Oppenheimer's patent has solved a mining…

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Mining at Bungendore Satisfactory Prospects. GOULBURN

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 6

Mining operations at Bungonia, and which for some time have been carried on, are now assuming big proportions. A race is in course of construction by Spa Jessop Co.,…

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The Illawarra Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1892 · page 8

The Hlawarra coal trade generally has been fair during the week. Mt. Kembla, Corrimal, South Bulli, Woonona, and Bulli mines have worked close on full time. The remaining collieries averaged…

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