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Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Coal Trade. News from Stockton Colliery. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 3

The barque Clifton, which had been for several weeks the residence of the new hands working in the Stockton Colliery, was towed down and quietly moored at the…

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Gold Mining at Adelong. a Splendid Crushing

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 4

ADELONG, Monday. The Gibralter Gold Mining Company finished up a crushing at the Reefer battery on Saturday of 143 tons 8cwt of quartz for the magnificent yield of…

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The Cooperative Colliery

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday. The proprietors of the Cooperative Colliery, Platsburg, have offered the miners 2s lOd per ton if they will resume work. With the exception of the attempt that was made…

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The Southern Collieries. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

The dispute at the Corrimal colliery has been settled. The wages were paid on Thursday, and the men resumed work yesterday. Mount Kembla and Mount Kein collieries have…

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The Coal Trade. the Non-unionists on Board the Clifton. Stockton Colliery Working Regularly. the Duckenfield Miners. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

The barque Clifton, formerly lying up the harbour, and for many weeks the residence of the new hands working in the Stockton Colliery, was towed down this morning at 9 o'clock to the Government Wharf,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 7

In Friday's issue we announced that Mr. Ernest Giles had been requested by some Sydney gentlemen to take command of a prospecting and exploration party in Western…

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Clyde Gold

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

The following telegram has been received by the Mines Department from Warden Mansell, at Ulladulla:--"Re the Clyde alluvial find. About 60 men are in the…

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Queensland Gold

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Maranoa, which arrived in Sydney this morning from Queensland ports, brought in her strongroom from Charters Towers a shipment of…

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Miners's Demonstration. Agitators Condemned

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday. The annual demonstration of the miners was celebrated by a tea and public meeting on Friday evening. The president of the Miners' Association, Mr. Penno, occupied the…

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Mining Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 7

ALBURY, Saturday.--A report front Mitta Mitta states that an important discovery of a quartz reef, with prospects' yielding 8oz. to the ton, was made yesterday. The find has…

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Annual Miners' Demonstration. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 6

Last night the miners' annual demonstration was held in the Oddfellows' Hall. The sports had been held previously. The demonstration took the form of a tea, a public meeting, and a dance. There…

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The New Gold Discoveries

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 7

In no civilised country in which gold has once been found and obtained for the mere trouble of digging it out of the earth, aa if it were a potato, or other vegetable crop, does the news of afresh storehouse of…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Machine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 6

As the new gold-saving machine invented by Mr. J. Jerger is creating considerable interest, we to-day give a portrait of the inventor, together with some account of his…

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General Cable News. the Cremorne Coal Measures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--Mr. Harper, of Sydney, has reported that the coal measures at Cremorne, in Sydney harbor, can he worked much more easily than the…

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Gold Discovery. in New South Wales. The First Finds. Hargraves and His Work--The Early Mining Laws. No. II

The Australian Star · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

A few days after the discovery of gold by Hargraves and Lister, Hargraves, accompanied by James Tom, examined the Macquarie country, and followed the river up…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Work at the Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 7

BARMEDMAN, Saturday.--The new find reported at Wyalong on Friday, six miles north of Malice Bull Claim, on Crown lands, by Keith, part owner of tho present…

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The Clyde Gold Field. Telegram From the Warden

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

The following report from Warden Maunsell.of ulladulla has been received by the Mines Department Re Clyde alluvial find About 60 men in the neighborhood eight chums pegged…

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A New Mining Venture. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

The prospectus of the Towers Hill Gold-mining Company, with a capital of £80,000, has been issued…

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A New Gold Field on the Murray. Encouraging Prospects

Evening News · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

ALBURY, Saturday. Definite intelligence is to hand today regarding the gold discovery at Tallangatta Valley, Upper Murray. The field is situated on Tallangatta Creek, about five miles…

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Gold Discovery in Matabeleland. Payable Alluvial. London, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1894 · page 5

Payable alluvial gold is reported to have been discovered in Matabeleland, South Africa…

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