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Mining & the mines, 1893

5,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Coal. Newcastle Shipments 1892. Intercolonial

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 6

To Victoria ... 79l,960 Tons New Zealand ... 154,270 ... .. South Australia ... 188,186 ... ... Tasmania ... 69,042…

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West Australia Discovery of Valuable Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 5

PERTH, Saturday.--The officer in charge of the coal bore near Russelton reports the discovery of two more coal Beams at a depth of 250ft. The lower scam is 18in. thick, and…

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The Country. the Helensburgh Arbitration Case. Miners Dissatisfied with the Award

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 5

HELENSBURGH, Saturday. -- At a large miners' meeting held here to-night, extreme dissatisfaction was manifested at the award of the arbitrators. It was left to a delegate…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) a Creep in the British Mine. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 9

The extension of the creep in the British mine from the 200ft. level up to the surface is proving a more serious matter than was anticipated when the surface disturbances first manifested themselves…

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Last Chance Gold-mining Syndicate

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 6

In the Equity Court this afternoon Mr. Lingen, instructed by Messrs. Thorn, Betts and Stinson, applied for an injunction to restrain the defendants in the snit Arnold…

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Grand United Gold-mining Co., Limited

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

On the application of Mr. W. F. Edmunds, His Honor Mr. Justice Owen this morning made an order granting liberty to sue to the Grand United Gold-mining Co…

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The Coal Mines Bill. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 3

Sir,—If the Coalfields Bill is passed as the labour members succeeded in altering it in committee another blow (in addition to that already inflicted by strikes) will be made at what is anything but a…

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The Burwood Colliery Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

NEWCATLE, Monday.--A special meeting of the minors' delegate board was held today, at which the whole of the lodges were represented. District officers Adam Cook…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The Metals Extraction Company having undertaken to prove that garnet sandstone can bo successfully treated by their ammonia process, restarted…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 8

From Mr. Samuel James, of 3 Copthall-chambers, London, we have received a copy of his share list, dated February 9. We notice that he has a large number of…

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Mining. Great Cobar Copper-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 7

An extraordinary general meeting of this company, for the confirmation of special resolutions, which was called for yesterday, was adjourned till Wednesday 29th, at 3…

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Leish's Creek Coal. a Practical Test

Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday.—A report has been issued by the manager of the railway workshops, Islington, which damns the prospects of Leigh's Creek coal from which so much was hoped when first…

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The Helensburg Miners. the Arbitrators' Award Accepted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

HELENSBURG, Monday.--A rather noisy meeting was held to-night at which it was decided to accept the award of the court of arbitration, and to give the manager 14…

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The Country. the Southern Collieries. Reduction in the Hewing Rate Being Generally Enforced

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

WOLLONGONG Monday.--Mining matters in this district are very unsettled and unsatisfactory. In almost every mine in tho district the men are being asked to submit…

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Tests of Newcastle and Leigh's Creek Coal. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

Comparative tests were made at the railway workshops lately, in the stationary boilers, of the Leigh's Creek and Newcastle coal. The experiments proved unfavourable to Leigh's Creek coal,…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Special Meeting of Miners' Delegates. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

In accordance with a previous notice the miners' delegates held a special meeting to-day in Newcastle, at which all the lodges were represented Messrs. Cook, M'Fadye[?], and James Curley,…

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A Great Hurricane and Floods. Cyclone in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. Loss of Life and Property. the Nickel Mines Flooded. Settlements in the New Hebrides Swept Away. Wrecks and Other Disasters to Shipping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 5

March has a bad name in the hurricane region of the Western Pacific. It seems always with a March cyclone that the energies of the elements are let loose among the islands with greater viciousness than at…

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Gold Mining Permits

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 6

BATHURST, Tuesday.—An impression being prevalent that owners of land may search for gold on their own property without authority, the Mines Department has issued a circular to…

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Last Chance Gold-mining Syndicate

The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 6

In the Equity Court this afternoon Mr. Lingen, instructed by Messrs. Thorn, Betts and Stinson, applied for an injunction to restrain the defendants in the suit Arnold…

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Coal Mines Regulation Bill. Third Reading Passed

Evening News · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Coal Mines Regulation Bill was read a third time and passed. The bill was then sent on to the Legislature Council for that body's concurrence…

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