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Mining & the mines, 1894

6,467 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

The Gentle Sex at the Coal Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 323

The tension caused by the mining dispute in the Newcastle district has been increasing. There are tributers working at the Co-operative Colliery, contrary to the creed of unionism, and there are…

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The Southern Collieries

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

The Metropolitan and Mutant Kembla miners are still idle. A small number of men are engaged at South Bulli. These are the three largest mines in the southern district…

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Late Mining. United Coolgardie Gold-mining and Prospecting Company

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 353

A meeting of the shareholders in the United Coolgardie Gold-mining and Prospecting Company was held in Post Office-chambers on Tuesday afternoon to consider the report of Mr. Thomas Bibby on his…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries. the Co-operative at Plattsburg

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- The Co-operative colliery is still idle, and matters at Plattsburg are consequently peaceful. It is rumored that Mr. Laidley has decided to go…

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The Western Australia Gold-mining Corporation

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 353

On Tuesday afternoon a large meeting of the shareholders of the Western Australia Gold-mining Corporation was held at Messrs. Borchardt and Butcher's offices, Post Oflice-chamtsrs. Mr. J…

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The Southern Collieries. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 10

A meeting of the miners' lodge was held at Bellambi to-day in order to try to effect some agreement between the men on strike and those who have returned to work. The South Bulli mine is not…

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The Miners' Troubles. Stockton Strike Continues. Non-unionists' Wages. Newcastle Coal Export

Evening News · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—To-day being pay Saturday, the pits in the district are idle, and consequently all is quiet. The Stockton strike is by no means settled yet,…

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The West Australian Gold-fields

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 19

PERTH, Thursday.—The Secretary for Mines has received the following telegram from the registrar at Marble Bar :-"Francis struck good water at the Excelsior reef, and is going for a…

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Conference about the Stockton Colliery

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 356

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

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The Southern Collieries. Strike at South Bulli

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 5

BULLI, Friday. -- The men at South Bulli, who gave a fortnight's notice of their intention to come out unless all the men previously working at the mine were allowed to…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 6

The manager of the Central B.H. S.M. Company reports having sold for week 49 tons of ore, containing 1816oz silver and 23 tons lead gross…

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Mining Gossip

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 20

AT Galley Swamp, Sowden and party are putting through a crushing of 20 tons of stone at the Homeward Bound Goldmining Company's battery from what is known as Digby's 11-acre lease,…

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Disturbance at the Plattsburg Mine

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 327

Further disturbances occurred at Wallsend and Plattsburg on Tuesday afternoon, the tributors of the Co-operative Colliery being maltreated by a mob of men and women on their way home from…

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The Helensburgh Miners. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 10

Contrary to all expectations, the Metropolitan miners did not accept the company's terms when the final meetings were held yesterday. For Welsh and ordinary bords the miners agreed to the…

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The Stockton Mine. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 10

With respect to the report that Inspector Duffy and Constable Grainger had been served with summonses for alleged assault on persons during the disturbance at Plattsburg on Tuesday last,…

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The Coal Trade. Clifton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 356

The strike at the Southern collieries still continues, although both parties to the dispute are said to be growing more anxious for a settlement. Several interviews between the miners' representatives and…

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Revival of the Mining Industry at Cobar. The Great Cobar Copper Mine Tributed. Profitable Goldmining. No. I.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 356

Cobar is destined to occupy a great position in the mineral world; it will be, I venture to predict, one of the greatest wealth-producing centres in this great colony. It has stored up vast mineral…

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Gold Find at Hill End

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 356

In response to a telegram forwarded to the gold warden's clerk at Hill End from the Mines Department he bas telegraphed to the Under-Secretary for Mines stating that a party who had received aid from…

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Mining on Private Lands

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 323

After two evenings of debate and a call of the House, the Mining on Private Lands Bill was read a second time last week in the Legislative Council. The motion was carried by a majority…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, February 9

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 357

At Block 10 the result of striking the western leg of the lode in the east crosscut from the 1015ft. level in Campbell's shaft has been of a disappointing character. The material is dense sulphide, containing…

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