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Mining & the mines, 1894

6,467 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 5

No further news is to hand from Billy Billy, Mr. Lindsay is expected back from Coolgardie with camels in about four days. Provisions are very scarce, and carriers have again struck for higher…

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Coolgardie Goldfield. United Coolgardie G.M, and P. Syndicate

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 7

There appears in our columns to-day the prospectus of the United Coolgardie Gold mining and Prospecting Syndicate, which will command public attention. As will be…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 7

BARMEDMAN, Wednesday.--Glowing reports are to hand from the Wyalong goldfield. Warden Sharp has settled a number of disputes. A township is to be surveyed…

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The Wankaringa Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 5

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--Telegrams received to-day from reporters, who have gone to Wankaringa to inspect the find of reef gold there, stale that there is no cause…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries. Closing of the Co-operative Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The negotiations for a resumption of work at the Co-operative colliery, Plattsburg, have failed, and Mr. Laidley has determined to shut down the…

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The Miners' Troubles. Proposed Coal Trust. Work at the Collieries. the Plattsburg Disturbance

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Another attempt is being made to form a coal trust, to embrace all the collieries in this district, and as the values of the various estates have declined considerably…

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Another Gold Mining Co

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March 1.—The Waratah Gold Mining Company, Queensland, has been registered. The capital is £50,000…

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Waratah Gold-mining Company. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

The Waratah Gold-mining Company, Queensland, has been registered. The capital is £50,000…

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The Southern Collieries. Another Difficulty

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

BULLI, Thursday.--Though the strike is over, matters are not going on too smoothly. The question of slack filling having been disposed of, South Bulli has another grievance…

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Colliery Explosion in China. Four Hundred and Fifty Miners Killed. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

A terrible colliery explosion has taken place at Shantung, in the province of that name, Northern China. Four hundred and fifty Chinese miners…

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The Coal Trade. the South Bulli Miners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Co-operative Colliery to Be Closed Down. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 6

The proprietors of the Co-operative Colliery, Messrs. W. Laidley and Co., have finally resolved to close down the mine for some time at least, and the work of dismantling and covering parts of the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 7

We have received a copy of the "Guide to West Australia and its Goldfields, 1894" compiled and published by Mr. V. L. Solomon. It is needless to say that at this…

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The Collieries. Closing the Co-operative. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

The Co-operative colliery, at Wallsend, where the trouble with the men on strike has lately been so bad, is about to be closed. The colliery manager, Mr. Barr, has…

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The Disturbance at the Co-operative Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The hearing of the charge of riotous conduct during the disturbance at the Co-operative colliery, Plattsburg, preferred by the police against Hewitt…

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Chinese Colliery Explosion. Terrible Loss of Life

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 4

LONDON, March 1.—A terrible colliery explosion has taken place at Shantung, in the province of that name, Northern China. Four hundred and fifty Chinese miners…

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Jerger Gold Saving Machine

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 4

The particulars given in an advertisement appearing in this issue disclose some striking results in connection with a trial of the Jerger Gold Saving Machine, which came off at…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Patent

The Australian Star · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 7

The Jerger gold-saving machine was subjected to a thoroughly practical test at Goulburn on Wednesday, and it cattle through the ordeal with more than flying…

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Late Mining. Charters Towers Market

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 5

CHARTERS TOWERS, Thursday.--The sales made to-day were:-- Band of Hope, 4s; Brilliant Central, 6s 6d to 6s 2d ; Brilliant Extended, 2s; ditto (paid), 3s 2d ; Clarke's Worcester, 13d; No. 1 East Sunburst…

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The Golden Pheasant. a Story of Old; Gold; and Sold

The Australian Star · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 2

"This is the very spot where Wieberg sunk the kettle of sovereigns," said Harry Bostock, one of the three who were recently camped on the bank of the River Tarwin,…

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Legislative Assembly. Stamp Duties Amendment. the Estimates for Mines and Agriculture. a Protracted Debate

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1894 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. THE FISHING INDUSTRY. Replying to a question, the PREMIER said the question of the development of the fishing…

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