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Mining & the mines, 1894

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.) Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 35

Peak Hill— January 29: At the Proprietary Mine the clean up of 178 tons gave 50oz, or about 6½dwt to the ton, the stuff treated was only a poor lot. The stopes at the south east, 180ft level, look…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 24

Carcoar— January 27: George Platt and party have struck a very promising shoot in their tribute claim, the stone of which lcoks exceedingly well. The shaft is down 25ft. Stahl and party…

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The Appreciation of Gold. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 13

Sir,—The thanks of the public are due to you for the admirable remarks in your money article of Wednesday upon this subject. It is one which has received little or so attention at the hands of people…

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Plattsburg Municipal Council. Removal of the Co-operative Colliery's Tramway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 10

The Plattsburg Council has received notice from the Master in Equity that Mr. Justice Stephen has granted an interim injunction till Wednesday, the 7th instant, restricting the Borough of Plattsburg…

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Visit to Mitchell's Creek Gold Estate. Profitable Working of Pyrites. Operations of the Australian Gold Recovery Company upon 1800 tons of Tailings by the Cyanide Process

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 252

Leaving the Royal Hotel, Wellington, by the mail coach at 9 a.m. for Mitchell's Creek, some eightmiles distant, we travelled over an undulating country on an exceedingly well-formed and metalled road,…

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Lucknow, One of the Most Permanent and Richest Gold Fields in New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 26

Lucknow is situated about six miles south-east from Orange, on the Bathurst-road, and is one of the most permanent and richest gold fields in New South Wales. It is the oldest field in the…

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The Novelist. The Lass That Loved a Miner. Part I— The California Mine. Synopsis of Previous Chapters

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 32

CHAPTERS I TO III— Shadrach Deane, a collier at Amberswood, effects the rescue of a fellowworkman named David Southworth, who was imprisoned by a fall of roof. Southworth's brother…

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West Australian Goldfields. No Water Available. Critical Condition. Warning to Diggers. PERTH

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 6

Sir John Forrest, the Premier, has received a communication from his colleague, Mr. Venn, the Commissioner for Public Works, who is now at Coolgardie, to the…

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Milparinka Goldfield

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3

The Under-Secretary for Mines has received a wire from Mr. Maitland, warden at Milparinka, stating that Kitto and party, at the one-mile claim, hare washed 14 loads…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield. a Water Famine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 7

PERTH, Friday.--The Premier, Sir John Forrest, has received a communication from Mr. Venn, Commissioner for Public Works, who is now at Coolgardie, to the effect that…

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The Southern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The coal trade at this port is very brisk. The steamer Egmont and four sailing vessels left to-day with coal from Mount Keira, Corrimal, and…

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The Northern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Yesterday being pay Saturday, work was suspended as usual at the Stockton colliery, in common with the other collieries of the district, but…

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The Coal Trade. Meeting in the Domain. The Illawarra Miners

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

A public meeting was held in the Domain yesterday under the auspices of the Trades and Labor Council, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the coalminers of…

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The Coal Trade. the Southern Mines. Affairs at Eulli. Seventy Miners Wanted for South Buill--Good Wages for One Hundred Men

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

Enquiries made by an AUSTRALIAN STAR reporter to-day in the city elicited the information that there are 30 minors engaged at the South Bulli colliery…

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The Coal Trade. the Illawarra Miners. Sympathy with the Strikers Meeting in the Domain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

A public meeting, under the auspices of the Trades and Labor Council, was held yesterday afternoon in the Domain, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the…

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The Co-operative Colliery's Tramway. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

The workmen of the Co-operative Colliery have replaced their tramline across Fletcher and Wentworth streets in Plattsburg, and it is again ready for use. The lawsuit it is expected will commence on…

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Southern Collieries Dispute. Meeting in the Domain. Delegates From Illawarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

A public meeting, under the auspices of the Trades and Labour[?]council. was held in the Domain yesterday after [?] for the purpose of raising funds for the supp[?]if the Illawarra miners on strike and…

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Mining. the Hillgrove Field

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

HILLGROVE, Saturday.--Baker's Creek G.M. Company.-- Good progress is being made with preparatory works at the No. 9 level. The manager anticipates driving on the reef…

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The Coal Trade. the Stockton Colliery Strike. Meeting of Residents of Stockton. Efforts to Settle the Dispute. the Surfacemen and Shiftmen. Unwilling to Lay the Pit Idle. the Non-unionists at Work in the Mine. Distribution of Strike Pay. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 5

Last evening a meeting of residents of Stockton connected by business relations and otherwise with the colliery was held, by invitation of the Mayor (Alderman O'Toole), to endeavour to facilitate some…

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A State Reward. for the Discovery of Gold

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 3

The Government have decided to offer a reward of £1000 for the discovery of a payable alluvial gold field within the colony. There are at present a number of men who state…

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