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Mining & the mines, 1892

4,834 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 242

Wages Reduced. Coal Merchants' Employees. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

W. H. Walker and Co., coal merchants, have reduced the wages of their draymen and yardsmen to 38s. weekly, and lorry-men to 42s. An agreement between the…

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A Gigantic Project. Amalgamation of Newcastle Mines. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

A proposal has been made to amalgamate all the collieries in one huge concern. It has transpired that each of the collieries is to be valued without regard to the surface…

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The Greta Miners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Corresondent.) Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

A miners' meeting was held last night, Mr. W. Jackson in the chair. A communication was received from the Miners' Association that nominations for general secretary to the Amalgamated Miners'…

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Proposed Newcastle Coal Trust. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

There is a general rumour that a Newcastle Coal Trust is to be formed with a capital of £2,500,000, including most of the principal collieries, with the exception of Lambton. This has been long talked…

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Labor Troubles. Coal Porters' Strike in London. Ten Thousand Men Called Out

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A strike has occurred among the members of the London Coal Porters' Union, owing to the non-payment by certain employers…

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Altering the Law. Registration of Mining Companies. The Views of the Premier

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 6

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs. Wall, O'Sullivan, Morgan, Dawson, Miller, Campbell, Newton, Nicholson, Willis, Hoyle and Jones. M.'sL.A., and several other…

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Children of Darkness. Now First Published. a Romance of Mining Life. All Rights Reserved. Chapter Xviii.--the Flood of Fortune

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Two or three weeks had passed since Dick Orrell paid that visit to Mr. John Boyce at Liverpool, and now everyone in the little, yet sufficiently lively, hamlet of Kingsmoss…

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Labor Struggles. the Coal Porters' Strike. Masters Offer to Surrender. The Press Advises Capitulation--The Xeres Outrage--Seething With Indignation--Reprisals Threatened. LONDON, February 11

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

The strike of coal porters continues. The employers are engaged discussing the situation of affairs. Several of the masters have applied to the men to resume work, and…

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Managers' Reports. Peak Hill Proprietary Gold Mine—

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 25

January 30: Winze has been connected with the 255ft level, and continued 10ft below that level. The rise from 100ft level is now up 47ft, and the shaft from surface to connect with it is down 30ft…

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British Coal Miners. the Proposed Reduction in Wages

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The miners in the North of England are discussing the question as to whether they shall cease work in order to reduce the supplies of coal, and…

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Mining at the Cloncurrv. the Last Call Mine. Its Extraordinary Collapse

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 2

Warden John D. Gibson, of the Cloncurry mining district (Q), in his report for the last quarter, says in a Queensland exchange: The quarter has been eventful only in the…

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Mining at the Cloncurry. the Last Call Mine. Its Extraordinary Collapse

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 24

Warden John D. Gibson, of the Cloncurry mining district (Q.), in his report for the last quarter, says in a Queensland exchange: The quarter has been eventful only in the…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--The Block 10 mine continues to look excellent, and those who went underground to-day could observe no important change in any part of the mine…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 6

Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmid in their annual circular refer to tho silver produce of Australia in the following terms:--"The greatly increased imports of silver lead from…

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Newcastle Coal Trust

The Australian Star · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 4

No small stir has been created at Newcastle by the report that a huge Coal Trust is to be established among the colliery proprietors in the district…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 382
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There is now on view at the office (15 Hunter-street) of the Mount Stewart mine a sample of the ore obtained at 157ft. leveL The reef is there opened out to a width of 12ft, with as yet no walls. The…

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Mining Gossep

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 20

FROM Cobar we learn that the Occidental battery has been compelled to discontinue crush-ing owing to water . The Huntington mill has also suspended operations for the…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.) Broken Hill. Closing Down the Junction Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 46

The most exciting event which has occurred at Broken Hill in connection with the mines took place on February 9, by the closing down of the Junction Mine. The manager received…

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Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 9

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--In reference to the statements made as to the proposed coal trust in Newcastle, I desire to state that this company is no party…

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