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Mining & the mines, 1895

5,887 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

West Australian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night. The Kanowa Gold-mining Company, Goolgardie. West Australia, has been placed on the market. Of the £50,000 offered…

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The Mining Industry

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 6

A deputation, to be introduced by Mr. Miller, M.L.A., will wait on the Minister for Mines at noon to-morrow to impress upon him if possible the necessity of…

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The Gold Fields. New South Wales

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 3

Nowra, January 16.-A rush has set in to a place between Yalwal and GrassyGully, near the Shoalhaven River. The reef is said to be well defined, and…

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An Irrigation Scheme. The Minister for Mines Sanguine

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 2

The Minister for Mines, Mr. Sydney Smith, is very well pleased with what he saw in the way of irrigation and artesian well-sinking out Bourke…

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An English Colliery Flooded. 230 Men Entombed. 130 Rescued.--the Others Still Below

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--A terrible disaster has occurred at the Diglake Colliery in Staffordshire. Through the sudden flooding of the…

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A Floored Mine. One Hundred Men Entombed. Many Lives Lost. London, January 14

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 6

A shocking colliery disaster has occurred at Hanley, in Staffordshire, England. An inrush of water occurred while a number of miners were…

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The Hanley Disaster. a Flooded Mine. Ninety Men Beyond Help. London, January 15

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 5

Latest news regarding the mining disaster at Hanley, in Staffordshire, is to the effect that all but 90 miners have been rescued from the workings…

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A Successful Gold Seeker. Prospecting in West Australia Mr. J. G. Dunn's Experiences

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 5

According to the proverb, it is "better to have been born lucky than rich," but the experience of most of the many so-called "lucky men" of Australia goes to…

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Western Australian Goldfields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Rich Discovery at Forty-five Mile. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 6

W. R. Wilson's syndicate has been again fortunate in one of their prospectors making the richest discovery known at Coolgardio for some months. The locality of the find is three miles…

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The Coal Trouble. The Seaham Miners. Work at Hetton Mine. Delegate Minute Rejected. The Greta Lodge

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 6

Mr. Chapman, secretary of the Seaham Company, and Mr. Turnbull, the manager, have informed their miners that they could resume work…

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The Colliery Disaster. Hope Abandoned. Scenes at the Colliery

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 4

London, January 16.-Pitiful scenes are being witnessed at the -Giglake Colliery, Audley, Staffordshire, where many of the wives and mothers of the entombed…

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Northern Items. Newcastle News. Doings at the Mines. a Peculiar Proceeding. Accident Iff Burwood Colliery

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 5

Newcastle, January 17.-The Lambton miners on Wednesday night refused to adopt the recommendation of the Delegate Board that local disputes should be settled…

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The Colliery Disaster. Hopes of Rescue Being Abandoned. Pitiful Scenes at the Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday, 1 p.m. The water is rising in the Diglake Colliery, Staffordshire, where 100 miners are entombed, and it is feared that all must…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries Opinions of Mr. Croudace. Supply in Excess of Demand. Our Lost Foreign Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 5

A more hopeful feeling appears to be prevailing in coal-mining circles with regard to the probability of an adjustment of all industrial troubles at Newcastle,…

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Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 6

ALBURY, Wednesday. A party of Albury miners at Toolong are now on highly payable wash. They have won 20oz. of gold in a fortnight, one piece weighing…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 7

No business was reported in the Mining market yesterday, and quoiations showed [?] change of note. Of B. H. Proprietary shares there were sellers at 36s. There were buyers fir Central at…

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The Mining Industry

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 2
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A deputation, consisting of Meesrs. Tonkin, Lyne, and Moore, Ms.L.A., and Mr. Bobbins, a delegate from the Kiandra Progress Association, waited on the…

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N.S.W. Mining

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 4

ALBURY, January 17.-Reports from Walkundrie Gold field state that a prospector named Wade discovered a very prominent reef near the boundary of…

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Rich Find of Gold at Wombat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. A telegram from Omeo states that two pounds weight of gold has been found on the old Wombat diggings in a few hours by two men…

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