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Mining & the mines, 1893

5,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 250

Mining. the Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--One furnace at the South mine is going full time, there being no difficulty in supplying the necessary 350 tons of ore per week. For the week…

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The Coal Mines Regulation Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 4

The Legislative Council last evening referred the Coal Mines Regulation Bill to a select committee, thus shelving the measure for this session. Reference was made to the…

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Parliament. Wednesday, April 26. Legislative Council. Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

Soon after the Council met Mr. O'Connor moved the second reading of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill. He said the measure was substantially a copy of the English Coal Mines Regulation Act…

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The Local Coal Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The importance of the coal industry so impressed Mr. M'Coll (Minister for Works) during his recent tour through Gippsland, that be has…

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A Victorian Mine. London, April 26

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

The Croat Southern Tin and Gold Mining Co., Toora, Victoria, has been registered in London with a capital of £100,000…

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Mining on Private Property

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 3

In the Assembly last night Mr. Willis asked the Minister for Lands what course he intended taking with regard to the Mining on Private Lands Bill. He also asked the Minister if he was…

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Death of a Mine Manager. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 6

E. W. Stephens, legal mining manager, died at Ballarat this morning…

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Mining Intelligence. Discovery at Copeland

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 2

A correspondent writes : -- "The prospectors at the Cobark mine have struck the richest stone yet seen on the field at Cobark at the 50ft. level. The crushing from the…

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Reduction Ln Railway Freights on Coal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 5

At the instance of the Minister for Mines, the Cabinet is considering the question of reducing the railway freights on coal from the Gippsland mines from 1d to ½d per ton per mile. This will…

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A Mining on Private Property Bill

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 2

Will come as a boon to thousands of our follow colonists when passed, and the colony will benefit enormously by the measure, but a greater source of both profit and pleasure to…

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Newcastle Notes. Raising the Castor. Sailors' Stabbing Affray. Mining Fatality--The Coal Mines Act --Prosecution of Stockton Colliery Manager. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 6

The Harbors and Rivers Department is engaged in trying to raise the steam hopper barge Castor, which was sunk in the harbor by the s.s. Time on Wednesday…

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The Stockton Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

A report was laid upon the table of the Assembly yesterday by Mr. J. Mackenie, Examiner of Coalfields, aud Mr. J. Dixon and Mr. W. Humble, Inspectors of Collieries,…

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Royalty On Coal

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 5

In reply to Mr. Edden in the Assembly last night Mr. Slattery said: The amount due from the Stockton Coal Company, £2241 14s, has not yet been paid, the company having raised a…

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The Accident at the Minmi Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- At the inquest to-day on the body of Thomas Lewis, who was killed at the Minmi colliery by a fall of coal, the evidence of the deceased's mate…

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Tasmanian Mining

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, April 26.—The report that the Rio Tinto Copper-mining Company is about to acquire the Mount Lyell property, Tasmania, is now declared to be untrue…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 7

The only sale reported in the Mining market yesterday was B.H. Proprietary at 67S, an advance of 3d. Sydney Stock Exchange.—The latest quotations…

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The Gold Yield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The yield of gold for the quarter ended March 31 last showed an increase of 10,695oz. as compared with the corresponding period last year. The…

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Tin and Gold Fields

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, April 26.—The Great Southern Tin and Gold Fields Company of Victoria has been registered, with a nominal capital of £100,000. The working capital will be…

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Death of a Mine Manager. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 6

E. W. Stephens, legal mining manager, died at Ballarat this morning…

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Mining. the Swamp Oak Field

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 6

Our correspondent writes: -- "The Swamp Oak diggings are situated about 30 miles, as the crow flies, about nor-nor-cast from Tamworth. The great northern railway…

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