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Mining & the mines, 1893

5,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

The Coal Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A deputation from the Moe Coal Company asked the Railway Commissioners to-day to take a large quantity of coal from the mine. Mr. Murray, in…

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The Mount Kembla Miners

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.-In the interview with the Mount Kembla miners about the reduction of the hewing rate, Mr. Vickery, chairman of the company, was asked to consent to refer the…

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The Difficulty at the Mount Kembla Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. --No settlement has yet been arrived at between the masters and the men at the Mount Kembla Colliery with regard to the proposed reduction in…

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Victorian Coal. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 5

A deputation that waited on the Victorian Railway Commissioners yesterday was informed that contracts had been entered into to take such a quantity of cool from…

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The Hunter River Miners' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The Wallsend miners have held a special meeting in connection with the proposition made lately to secede from the Hunter River Miners'…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 2

Golden Terrace Hydraulic Sluicing Co., Shoalhaven River.--Mine manager reports for week ending January 7:--"New pipe line is now all connected ; deepening rock…

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The Broken Hill Mines. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 7

At a meeting of shareholders in the Australian Broken Hill Consols S.M. Company, it was resolved to return 120,000 paid-up shares to the East…

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The Wallsend Miners. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 7

A special meeting of the Wallsend miners was held yesterday to consider the propriety of seceding from the Miners' Association. The chair was taken by Mr. James Baird, in the ahscuce of the lodge…

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The Coal Mines Bill

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 6

A DEPUTATION representing the Engine-drivers' Association at Newcastle will wait on the Minister for Mines at half-past 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon to bring under…

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The Coal Mines Bill. Proposed Amendments. By the Late Minister

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 6

LAST night Mr. Sydney Smith gave notice of the amendments which he proposes to insert in the Coal Mines Bill. They are extensive in character, and…

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Gippsland Coal

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 8

WITH a view to settling all doubts as to the value for steaming purposes of the immense deposits of brown coal in Gippsland the Minister for Mines (Vic.) has appointed…

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The Coal Industry

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-The outputs of various collieries in the district show a great falling in nearly all instances. The total output, including home consumption, is about 2,450,000…

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Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 7

CROOKWELL, Wednesday.--Splendid stone from Crooked Corner mine, Markdale, obtained at a depth of 125ft., and showing gold freely to the naked eye, has been shown here…

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Broken-hill Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, 1 p.m.--Shares in the Broken-hill Proprietary mine were quoted at £4 Is on the Stock Exchange this morning…

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Accident to a Coal Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--A serious accident happened on the Corrimal railway line this morning. An engine was driving a train of waggons up the incline, but apparently had not sufficient steam up to keep…

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Killed by a Fall of CoaL

Evening News · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. - A Welsh miner, named Theophilus Johns, was tilled yesterday afternoon by a fall of side coal, while working in Burwood Extended Colliery. He had just been…

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Mining in the Mudgee District

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 7

MUDGEE, Tuesday.--From the report for the past year issued by Warden Wotton tor the Mudgee mining district, including Hill End, Gulgong, Windeyor, and Hargraves, it…

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The Proposed Reduction at the Kembla Mine. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 6

The general topic among the mining community throughout Illawarra is the proposed reduction at the Mount Kembla mine. On Thursday last the Hon. E. Vickery received a deputation of miners…

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The Output of Coal in the Northern District. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 6

The total estimated output of coal from the Northern district for last year is 2,456,513 tons, being a decrease of 396,738 tons upon the output of 1891, which was 2,853,251 tons, the largest on record…

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The Winter in America. New York in Dancer of a Coal Famine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Exceptionally severe weather continues to be experienced on the United States. The railway lines leading into New…

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