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Mining & the mines, 1895

5,887 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Southern Coal Trade

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 6

CLIFTON, January 10.-The coal trade has been fairly brisk this week. The coal shipments from the southern collieries for the month ended December 31,1894, were…

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Mining Shares

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 8.-The following are the latest quotations for Australian mining shares : Broken Hill Proprietary Company, 35s; Mount…

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The Seaham Miners. Rumored Extension of the Status Quo. Wallsend Miners Resume Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. A report Is current to-night that the notice of reductions given some weeks ago to the Seaham miners had been extended for another…

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The Newcastle Coal Crisis. the Strike at the Hetton Colliery. Deputation to the Directors. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

This morning at 11 o'clock a deputation from the Hatton Miners Lodge met the directors at the colliery office to discuss certain proposals. There were present Messrs. W. A. Hutchinson (chairman of…

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The West Australian Goldfields. the Purchase of the Londonderry Mine. Suicide at Coolcardie

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

COOLGARDIE, Wednesday. It is expected that the final papers of the sale of the Londonderry mine will he signed on Friday. As soon as the purchase is…

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The Greta Miners. Proposal to Resume Work

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

GRETA, Wednesday. At a miners' meeting last night, a motion was carried that the manager be informed that the miners were willing to start work at a rate to be…

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Western Australian Gold-fields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Fresh Discoveries at Coolgardie. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

Some very fine specimens of ore were exhibited on Saturday from the Fremantle claim the Premier mine, at the Twenty-five Mile. The stone shown was grey quartz, carrying strong veins of…

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Mining Cases at Cobar. Cobar

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 3

The sensational jumping cases by Bolton against the Eldorado Co., Bolton, Richards and Edmund Lewis against the Hard to Find people, came on before Warden M'Kell…

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The Ballot on the Proposed Strike. the Lambton Miners Dissent

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. The result of the ballot of the Lambton miners on the proposal to have a general strike for an increased hewing rate was made known…

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The Southern Coal Trade. (From Our Correspondent.) Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

The coal trade at the principal Southern collieries continues fairly brisk. The Metropolitan, South Bulli, Corrimal, and Kembla men have worked almost every day for some weeks past…

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Our Coal Interests. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 7

Sir,—I regret that owing to a blunder in copying from a broker's list of last month the market value of the Wallsend Coal Company's shares was quoted in my letter, published in your issue of to-day, at…

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The Cobar Mining Case. the Jumpers Defeated

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

COBAR, January 9.-The sensational jumping cases, Bolton against Eldorado, and Bolton and Richards and Edmund Lewis against Hard to Find, came on…

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The Golden West. The Londonderry Mine. Suicide at Coolgardie. PERTH

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

It is expected that the sale of the Londonderry mine will be completed on Friday. The property will then be taken over and work will be started at once. Water has…

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Mining on Sunday. Cases at Lithgow. LITHGOW

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 6

At the Lithgow Police Court to-day the manager of the Zi[?]zag colliery was fined 5s for working on Sunday, and 18 miners and wheelers were fined a like amount…

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Wyalong Jumping Gases. Great Excitement. Miners Very Bitter. the Local Water Supply

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 4

WEST WYALONG, January 10.-The latest sensation is in connection with the so-called jumping cases, which are not only applicable to the claims here, but, if…

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English Commercial. (Our Special Messages,) Bank and Mining Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Night. The following are the latest quotations for Australian bank and mining shares: Bank of New South Wales, £36 10s; Broken-hill…

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Coal Trade Trouble The Minors' Conference. Final Decision To-day. Doings at Other Pits

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 4

A deputation from the Hetton Miners' Lodge met the directors at the colliery office to discuss certain proposals on Wednesday morning. There were present…

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Breach of the Sabbath Observance Law. Miners Sentenced to Two Hours in the Stocks. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 6

To-day, before the police magistrate and Mr. Donald, J. P., Mr Wilson, the manager of the Zigzag mine, 15 miners, and two wheelers were charged with working in the colliery last Sunday…

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The Newcastle Miners The Hetton Dispute. No Settlement Yet. Result of the Conference-- Probabilities of a General Strike-- Want of Combination-- Charges Against Unionists-- Result of the Ballot-- Strike or No Strike

The Australian Star · Thursday 10 January 1895 · page 5

The conference between the Hetton colliery proprietary and their minors at Newcastle yesterday arrived at no decision as to the future working of the mine. A final…

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Another Gold Mining Co

Evening News · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 10.-The Orient' Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £200,000 to work mining properties in Australia, has been registered…

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