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Mining & the mines, 1893

5,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Proposed School of Mines. Report on Mining Education

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 3

The Minister for Mines some tims ago appointed a board, consisting of Messrs. E. Johnson, F. Bridges, A. Liversidge, T. W. E. David, Edward F. Pittman, and Harrie Wood (chairman), to report on the…

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General News. a School of Mines and Mining Education

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 4

The board appointed by the Minister for Mines to deal with the question of establishing a school of mines in the colony, and to make proposals for mining education,…

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The Co-operative Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.-- The miners at the Co-operative Colliery recommenced work today. Not much was done on account of the men and horses not yet being in good fettle…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 7

The quantity of ore dispatched from Block 10 mine for week ending 31st ult. was 412 tons, being 3739 tons gross weight for current half-year…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.-- At the British Blocks mine, the erection of the additional smelter is being vigorously proceeded with, but it is likely that three months will elapse…

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School of Mines

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 4

The Minister for Mines (Mr. Slattery) has received and approved of the report submitted, by the board appointed to draw up a report on the project for the establishment of a School of Mines…

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The German Miners' Strike

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.-Nine thousand of the miners who went on strike at Saarbruck, in Rhenish Prussia, as a protest against the new labor rules introduced…

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Gold Returns from Peak Hill

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 4

PEAK HILL, Thursday.—The gold for the year , 1892 from quartz amounted to 7525oz, and from alluvial 2547oz. The increase in the quartz returns over 1891 was 2706oz. Alluvial shows a…

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Opening Land for Mining

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 4

BATHURST, Thursday 5.-It has been decided by the proprietors to open 1200 acres of the Bunnamagoo Estate, near Rockiey, for alluvial mining. The ground will be thrown open on Monday, 16th…

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The Miners' Strike at Saarbruck. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

Nine thousand miners who went on strike at Saarbrnck, in the German province of Lorraine, as a protest against the new labour roles introduced, have resumed…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) the Co-operative Colliery. Newcastle, Thurwday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

The miners at the Co-operative Colliery resumed work yesterday, but the output was not up to the usual standard, neither the men nor the horses being really fit for work after such a long cossation…

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Alluvial Mining Field. Bathurst

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 4

The owners of Bunnamagoo Station, M'Intosh and Son, have notified their intention of throwing open for alluvial mining purposes about 1200 acres of the above…

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School of Mines. Report and Recommendations by the Board

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 6

THE board appointed by the Minister for Mines to report upon the question of establishing a separate school of mines in connection with the Department of Mines has…

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Mining Education. Report of the Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 6

Some little time ago the Minister for Mines, Mr. Slattery, appointed a board to consider aud report upon the question of establishing a school of mines in the colony…

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The Country. the Greta Miners. Trouble Oyer the New Agreement

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

GRETA, Thursday.--There is likely to be serious trouble between the Greta miner a and the proprietors over the new agreement under which the miners are supposed to cut…

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Central Broken Hill Silver. Mining Company. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

Anu extraordinary general meeting of the Central Broken Hill Silver-mining Company was held to-day, Mr. Henry Dodds presiding. The object was to pass a resolution to rescind the…

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Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 5

At Baxter and saddler's open cut work is being pushed on. Over 200 men are still employed. Up to the present it is estimated that over 55,000 cubic yards of surface have been removed. The open…

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Mines at Tuena. the Mount Costigan Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 24

Tuena is 18 miles from Trunkey, which place is 18 miles from the Newbridge Station, on the Western Railway. It was like unto Trunkey, a famous alluvial gold field in its day. The precious…

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The Newcastle Coal Company. Dissatisfaction Amongst the Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Difficulty is likely to arise between the miners and management of the Newcastle Coal- mining Company's colliery, owing to the action of the…

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Late Mining. Gold Find at Burraga

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 10

BURRAGA, Wednesday.— Yesterday a man named Amos Taylor, who has been prospecting during the last couple of weeks on the Isabella River, eight miles from Burraga, reported having struck…

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