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Mining & the mines, 1895

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The Coal Mine Trouble. Mr. Curley's Reply to Me. Reid's Letter

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

Mr. Reid, the Premier, has received a telegram from the north which states that Mr. Curley, the miners' representative, considers with favor the proposal…

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The Coal Trouble. The Hetton Colliery. Letters by the Premier. A Conference Suggested

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

A few days ago the manager of the Hetton Colliery (Mr. W. A. Hutchinson) wrote to the Premier requesting police protection for the colliery. Subsequently…

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A Tasmanian Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The West Mount Lyell Gold-mining Company, Tasmania, has been registered, with a capital of £150,000…

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Hetton Miners' Meeting

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

The Hetton miners held a special meeting on the Carrington Reserve yesterday afternoon, when the chairman read a letter from Mr. James Curley, dated January…

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The Mines Department

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

Prior to his departure for Bathurst on route to the bores in the for west, the Minister for Mines was busily engaged in settling the outstanding business of his…

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The Coal Trade

The Australian Workman · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, Australian Town and Country Journal

THE long-simmering trouble in the northern coal trade has at last boiled over. During the past week, the men at the Hetton colliery downed tools;…

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The Coal Strike

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

Mr. Reid's suggestion to Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, the manager of the Hetton Colliery, that the status quo should be restored for two months to give a chance…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 11

No business was reported in tha Mining market yesterday, and quotations showed little change. Broken Hill Proprietary shares were quoted at 34s buyer. For Central 3s lOd was offered, and…

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Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday.--A few fossickers getting a living on the Isabella and Little Rivers, in the Burraga district. A small quantity of gold has lately been obtained…

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Mining Gossip

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 20

A FINE crushing has just been obtained from the Wyalong Perseverance claim (Nelson, Barnett, and party)-138 tons for 428oz. ANOTHER from the Reef ton field is that of Paice's…

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Explosive Coal Dust Experiments

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 24

It is reported that at the recent meeting in Newcastle of the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers, some experiments were shown by the…

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The Coal Trade. the Hetton Colliery Difficulty. Suggestion by the Premier. a Two Months' Statu Quo. Meantime a Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, manager of the Hetton colliery, wrote to the Premier asking for police protection. Later on he had an interview with the Premier, and the…

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The Eidsvold Gold Field

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 14

The prospects on the Eidsvold Gold Field during the year 1894 were none too bright, though during the latter portion a decided improvement was…

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New Mining Companies

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 4.-The following new mining companies have been registered: North Coolgardie Company, with a capital of £85,000 ; Golden…

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Prospects of the Coal Industry

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 44

The supply of coal by Japan to China and to the steam trade of the East is naturally curtailed at the present time when hostilities are raging between the…

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The Greta Miners. a Factious Disturbance

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

GRETA, January 5.-A rather strange but exciting scene was witnessed on Thursday night. While the unionists were taking their stroll after the miners…

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The New Lambton Miners. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

The New Lambton miners held a special meeting last night at Adamstown to consider the disorganised state of the miners in the Newcastle district. Mr. T. Gray presided…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 48

W.C. (Cudgellico).—The sample forwarded assays as follows:—Gold, 3dwt., 22 grains per ton. MARBLE.—The reply has in this instance been posted at…

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