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Mining & the mines, 1893

5,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Wentworth Extension Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Wentworth Extension Gold-mining Company, Lucknow, near Orange, New South Wales, has been registered in London with a capital…

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The Northern Colliery

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The miners at the Northern Colliery have arranged to continue to work as heretofore. The management gave the men 14 days' notice of cessation of work, which…

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Western Miners' Association

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday.—The annual delegate meeting of the Western Miners' Association was held here on Saturday. No business of importance was transacted beyond counting the ballot for the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 9

In the Mining market on Saturday morning there was a further advance in Proprietary shares, a sale being effected at 64s. Block 10 changed hands at 30s…

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The Export of Coal

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The export of coal to foreign and intercolonial ports for the week ended on Friday was distributed as follows: Victoria 16,300 tons, Tasmania 3150, South Australia…

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Wentworth Mining Co

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, April 8.—The Wentworth Extension Mining Company, New South Wales, has been registered with a capital of £50,000…

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Victorian Brown Coal. a Favorable Report MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 6

The locomotive inspector has reported favorably of the Gippland brown coal as a result of the experimental trip from Melbourne to Woodend and back some days…

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Wentworth Extension Mining Company. London, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 7

The Wentworth Extension Mining Company, Now South Wales, has been registered with a capital of £50,000…

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The Coinage Question. Full Weight for Light Gold. London, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 7

The Treasury authorities state that the request that the Sydney and Melbourne Mints should be empowered to give full weight for light gold coin…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 8

At the New North it is a question whether the crosscut in the drive north from the engine shaft at the 100ft. level does reveal the hanging-wall of the carbonate formation lately opened. At first Mr…

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The Illawarra Collieries. Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

Last month has shown a slight falling off in coal shipping at Illawarra comparad with the former month. At Darling Harbour, however, shipping of Southern coal is steadily increasing. The…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 6

The week's yield at the Burnt Creek mine to the 7th inst. is stated to be 34oz. 4dwt. gold. A call of 1s 6d per share has been made on…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Certainly one of the busiest centres at present is Lucknow, and a visit there is really interesting if permission can be obtained to pay visits to the different mines…

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Broken Hill Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—Mr. Schlapp, assistant manager of the proprietary Mine, has started his plant for treating sulphides. It is merely little experimental works and on the principle…

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The West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 6

PERTH, Monday. -- A parcel of 2500oz. of gold from Bayley's find at Coolgardie is now on view at the Union Bank, Perth. Hundreds of people visited the bank to-day to inspect…

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The Southern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 5

CLIFTON, Tuesday. -- The coal trade in this neighborhood still continues very dull. The South Clifton colliery, for the fortnight ended Saturday last, worked about three…

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Colliery Disaster. Two Hundred Miners Entombed. Fire in a Welsh Pit. LONDON, April 11

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 6

A terrible colliery disaster is reported from Pontypridd, in Wales. One of the coal pits was somehow set on fire and blocked the escape of the men in the mine…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 11

Scarcely any business, was done in the timing market yesterday, but there was little change in quotations. At the Sydney Stock Exchange the only sale reported was Block 10 at 33s. At the…

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Miners' Strike in Belgium. London, April 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 7

Five thousand coalminers at Quaregnon, in Belgium, have resolved upon a general strike in the Borinago district, province of Hainault, almost the whole extent of…

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