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Mining & the mines, 1894

6,467 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

The Miners' Troubles. More Non-unionists at Stockton. the Trade at Wollongong

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—Stockton Colliery is at work this morning with 50 non-unionists. The surface and shift men have again been asked by the miners' lodge to cease work; but they have…

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West Australia. New Gold Finds. Very Rich Yield. Water Terribly Scarce--Bayley's Reward claim--Other Claims. PERTH

The Australian Star · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 6

News from Coolgardio, on January 29. states, that Henry Wells, prospector, arrived on Saturday with news of a rich discovery at 45-mile reef, which showed magnificent gold…

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Fossicking on the Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 4

The number of men who apply for authority from the Chief Inspector of Alines, Mr. Slee, to obtain passes to enable them to proceed to the country and fossick on the goldfields is…

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General News. Reward for Discovery of an Alluvial Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 4

Mr. Waddell, M.P., who has been urging upon the Government the necessity for offering a substantial reward for the discovery of an alluvial goldfield of a payable…

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The Coal Trade. Southern Collieries. Probable Settlement at South Bulli

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

BULLI, Monday.--There is a somewhat more definite aspect in the strike to-day. A meeting of miners was held at South Bulli to consider the result of the…

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Combination of Colliery-owners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--The Durham colliery-owners have decided to combine in regulating the output and price of…

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The Miners' Troubles

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Matters are quiet at Stockton this morning. The Stockton miners met yesterday, and, as was anticipated, they considered the letter sent by the Local Conciliation…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 7

The engineer of the Broken-hill Water Supply Company wires that the consumption of water for the month of January amounted to 9,944,800gal., and that the late rains gave…

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The Northern Collieries. the Trouble at the Stockton Pit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The Stockton miners held a special meeting to-day to deal with the letter received from the citizens' conciliation committee, suggesting the…

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A Coal-owners' Ring

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

LONDON, February 5.—The Durham colliery owners, have decided to combine to regulate the output and price of coal…

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West Australian Gold Fields. a Water Famine Inevitable. Another Rich Gold Find

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 3

PERTH, Tuesday.—News received from Yilgarn states that the bore is not supplying sufficient water to keep the condenser working, and every day the scarcity of water is becoming more…

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Bulli Pass Coal and Coke Company

The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 3

The fifth general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the Temperance Hall. Pitt -street, at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. About 15 persons wore present…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

A fatal accident happened to-day in a mine at Nuggetty Hill. A couple of men were engaged laying down rails for a truck road, when about three tons of earth fell, crushing one of them, an…

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The Coal Trade. [From Our Correspondent.) the Stockton Coll[?]ry. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

A special meeting of the Stockton miners was held to-day with closed doors at the Stockton Temperance Hall to deal with a letter from the Stockton citizens' conciliation committee. The letter was read…

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Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Scarcity of Water on the Goldfields. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 5

The scarcity of water is becoming more serious every day at Yilgarn. The bore is not supplying sufficient water to keep the condensers going. The condensers now working are not able…

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The Coal Trade. Southern Mines. Miners Returning to South Bulli. Strike of the Metropolitan Miners -- Mount Kembla Colliery

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

The number of men engaged at the South Bulli Colliery is being gradually increased. It is expected that the men formerly engaged at Mount Kembla will…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries. the Stockton Mixers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The situation at Stockton is unchanged, except that the number of non-unionists is increasing very slowly, and has reached 50…

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Colliery Accidents

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— Yesterday two accidents occurred at the Lambton Colliery. A wheeler named Robert Burnley, while pushing skips on the pit top, was crushed by a set of skips…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 7

The following wire was received from Pambula yesterday :--" Connolly and party, sub-tributors Hidden Treasure, just cleaned up from a crushing of 19 tons ore, crushed at…

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The £1000 Gold Reward

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 3

The Mines Department having decided to offer a reward of £1OOO for the discovery of a payable gold field, the Under-Sccretary for Mines has already received one application. The applicant…

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