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Mining & the mines, 1893

5,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 71 of 250

East Lambton Colliery. the Tribute Dispute Ended. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 8

The dispute at the East Lambion Colliery as to payment of miners working for tributers is at an [?]d, the tributers agreeing to pay district prices…

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Gold for Sydney. London, April 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 7

The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney has arranged for the shipment of a quarter of a million in gold in the R.M.S. Britannia…

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Miners' Conference at Newcastle. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 8

A conference between a sub-committee of the Associated Colliery Proprietors and the district officers and delegates from the Miners' Association took place yesterday at the A.A. Company's office,…

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A Mining on Private Property Bill

Evening News · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 3

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

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The Best Deposits of Tin. the Banca and Billiton Mines

Evening News · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 6

The mineral resources of the Indian or Malay Archipelago are known to be very great, but until quite recently systematic mining operations have been confined to the wonderfully rich and pure…

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Mining As an Industry. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 9

Sir,—As you were good enough to insert my provious letter, I beg permission to enlarge a little on the importance of the mining industry, and especially gold-mining in its relation to, and as affording a…

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Newcastle Coal Trust. Its Chances of Success. a Company that Declines to Join. LONDON, April 28

The Australian Star · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 6

A meeting of the shareholders of the Scottish-Australian Mining Co. was held to-day. The chairman during the course of his remarks referred to the proposed…

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Mining at Broken Hill. a Remarkable Development. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 8

A short time ago the manager of the New North mine; when starting a drive at the back of the 200ft. lovel, near the British boundary, expressed the opinion that the silicious formations showing would open out…

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Gold-mining in Colorado

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 8

Some of the goldmines in Colorado are owned by English companies, and a good deal of English money is invested in property in that part of the United States…

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The Greta Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 5

GRETA, Monday.--The Greta Colliery worked only five days the last fortnight. There is no shipping at Newcastle for Greta at present. The Anvil Creek Colliery is…

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Colliery Conference. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 6

A conference took place on Saturday between Messrs. Jesse Gregson (A.A.Co.), and C. F. Stokes (Ferndale Co.), representing the colliery proprietors, and Messrs…

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Tin and Gold Mining in Gippsland. London, May 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 5

The Great Southern Tin and Gold Field Company, Gippsland, Victoria, has been registered with a capital of £100,000…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 7

The week's yield from the Burnt Creole mine to Saturday last was given at 29oz. 14dwt gold. The Victory (Charters Towers) Mining…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A rumor, which has apparently been widely circulated and believed in, to the effect that the ore from the neighborhood of Patterson's shaft of the…

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The Difficulty at the Vale Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday.--Matters in connection with the reduction of the hewing rate at the Vale Colliery are still unsettled. Local conciliation has been suggested in some quarters…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 7

No business of importance was transacted in the Mining market yesterday, but there was an improvement in the quotations for B. H. Proprietary shares, which advanced to 74s buyers, 75s…

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Miners' Troubles. the Burwood Dispute

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—At a special meeting of the Burwood Miners' Lodge yesterday the matter of the settling of the strike on the basis proposed by the management was considered and rejected…

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The B. H. Proprietary Mine

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A rumor is current here that an important find has been made in the Proprietary Mine, but Mr. Howell, the general manager, states that there is nothing new in any…

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New mining Company

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, May 1.—The Great Southern Tin and Gold Field Company, Gippsland, Victoria, has been registered with a capital of £100,000…

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A Mining on Private Property Bill

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 2

Will come as a been 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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