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Mining & the mines, 1894

6,467 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Gold Struck Near Temora

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 2

A correspondent wires from Temora to the effect that some prospectors report a find of gold on private land at Sebastopol, 10 miles from here, at a depth of 103ft. The wash is 3ft thick, going…

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Late Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 6

PARKES, Tuesday.-- Pirates Tributon crushed 40 tons of quartz for 53oz. of gold. CROYDON, Tuesday.--The crushings for January totalled 3000 tons of stone for the…

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Stock Exchange. Mining

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 6

4 p.m. No sales were recorded at the last call…

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The Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 7

With the exception of the usual crowd, actuated by curiosity and the hope of seeing something sensational occur at Stockton, and the customary tinkettling by females, who unhappily have…

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The Miners' Troubles. No Change at Stockton

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.— There was the usual! noisy demonstration at Stockton this morning, when 54 non-unionists went down the mine. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining miners locally…

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Gold Find at Temora. Temora

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 6

A party of miners, working by permission of Mr. P. Heffernan, of Clear Hills, on private property on Sebastopol Run, have struck some heavy quartz wash at 105ft.,…

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The Barrier Mines. Valuable Kind at the Consols

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The Australian Broken-hill Consols Mine, which has worked for a long time with very little luck, has once more struck a very satisfactory pocket of…

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West Australia. Trip of the Waroonga. Seekers After Gold. Camels for Transport Work -- Stowaways on the Ship --- The Trip Described

The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 5

Considerable interest is attached to the [?]al trip of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Waroonga in the trade to West Australian goldfields, and the fallowing jottings,…

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Discovering a Payable Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 4

The announcement that the Mines Department proposed to offer a reward of £1000 for the discovery of a payable alluvial goldfield has already brought forward a claimant for…

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The Coal Trade. the Southern Collieries. Women Fined for Demonstrating

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 5

BULLI, Wednesday.--To-day at the local court three of the women concerned on Tuesday in the demonstration of disapproval against the men who had resumed work…

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Mining at Pambula. a Handsome Gold Yield

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 5

PAMBULA, Wednesday.— Messrs. Connolly and Eades's sub-tributors at the Hidden Treasure Mine have cleaned up a crushing of 20 tons of ore at Simeon's Huntington Mills for a yield at 138oz…

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The Coal Trade. (From Our Correspondent.) the Stockton Miners. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 5

The proceedings at Stockton continue principally of the same character as usual. The antagomsm of the female tin-kettlers seems to bge directed more against the surfacemen and shiftmen just now than…

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The Northern Collieries. Affairs at Stockton

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At the Stockton colliery work is proceeding quietly, and the non-unionists are said by the manager to be improving in skill. The customary…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 7

A call (the third) of 3d per share has been made on certain shares in the New Brookstead Tin-mining Company (Tasmania), due on the 14th inst…

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Stock Exchange. Mining

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 6

4 p.m. There were no sales at the last call…

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Mining on Private Lands. the Bill in the Council

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 3

In the Legislative Council yesterday, Dr. MACLAURIN moved the second reading of the Mining on Private Lands Bill, acknowledging that the subject was a…

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Mining on Private Property. Debated in the Council. Both Sides of the Question

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 8

The Legislative Council had a crowded appearance yesterday evening, a call of the Chamber having been made for the purpose of securing a fall House when dealing with…

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Riots in Russia. Miners and Military. Fight with the Troops. Soldiers Charge the Mob. Rioters Repulsed in the Ural 'District -- Many Killed and Wounded. London, February 7

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 5

Despatches from St. Petersburg report that serious riots have taken place at the iron mines in the Ural Mountains. The miners, to the number of…

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Mining. Falkner's Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 7

The adjourned fifth half-yearly general meeting of this company was field on Wednesday, Mr. W.C. Willis in the chair. The report stated that since last meeting the…

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The Coal Trade. Strike at the Stockton Colliery. Conference in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 5

Another effort to bring about a settlement of the difficulty at the Stockton Colliery was made yesterday, when a conference between the board of directors of the company and the officers of the Stockton…

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