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Mining & the mines, 1895

5,887 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Mining and Finance. the Mines and the Mining Market

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 February 1895 · page 3

After all the bright ideal "What a gulf there is between Things that are, alas I too real, And the things that might have been…

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The Coal Troubles

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 February 1895 · page 4

THERE could hardly have been a more decisive termination to the labor troubles which have afflicted the Newcastle district for some time past than the result of the…

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The Cobar Gold Fields. Rich Recent Developments

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1895 · page 2

VERY good news reaches us from Cobar way. The copper country of the West is rapidly becoming known as one of the greatest gold mining centres in the colony…

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Heavy Weather at Home. Intense Gold in Europe. LONDON, Friday Night

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1895 · page 5

The severity of the weather continues. In the Midland counties the temperature has fallen 10 degrees below zero, Many heavy snowstorms Have occurred, and…

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More Gold Mining Cos

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 8.-The Black Swan (Bayley's) Gold Mining Com­pany, Coolgardie, has been registered with, a capital of £85,000. The…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries. an Appeal From the Greta Miners. the Manager's Terms Humiliating

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

GRETA, Saturday.--The miners' lodge has written to the various lodges of the association to the following effect:--"In consequence of the action of the delegates'…

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Sale of a Gold Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

Mr. H.T. Smith, of Bendigo, who recently returned from the Western Australian goldfields, has received a telegram from Coolgardie announcing the sale of the True Blue mine at Hannan's…

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Western Australian Gold Mines. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

The Cardiff Castle Gold-mining Company, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia, has been registered with a capital of £90,000, of which shares to the value of…

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Northern Items. Newcastle News. at the Collieries

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, February 11-Before starting work on Saturday morning the Burwood miners held a meeting at the pit top to consider the intimation of the general…

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The Co-operative Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--At the request of the manager of the Co-operative Colliery, the unionist minors have submitted in writing the terms upon which they are…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 7

The Mining market was very dull on Saturday. Quotations showed little alteration. Sydney Stock Exchange.—The following were the latest quotations:—…

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The Gold Fields

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 3

BRAIDWOOD, February 11.-Two tons of stone, obtained by Meredith, and party from the new reef at Little River, and crushed at Noble's battery, has yielded…

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The Lithgow Coal Trade. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 6

The coal trade is still quiet, and the average for the last month is much below that of the previous month. The shale mines at Hartley vale are reported to be working somewhat better since the…

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Newcastle Miners. The Co-operative Strike. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 4

In view of the resolution passed at tho last meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board that all strikes should cease, the Cooperative miners, who have been on strike…

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Double Mining Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

At an inquest held at Ballarat yesterday on the bodies of James Ramsay and Frederick Stephens, two miners who were killed in the British Queen goldmine on the 4th instant, the jury returned a…

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Mining. the Price of Silver

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 6

A private cable advice, dated London, Friday, quotes silver 2s 3[?]d per oz.; lead, £9 10s per ton…

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The Newcastle Miners. Position of the Late Strikers. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

The resolution passed at the late meeting of miners' delegates in Newcastle on Wednesday last, that all strikes should be declared off, has already began to show its effect. The old miners…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. Letter to the Lodges. (From Our Correspondent.) Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

The Miners' Lodge sent a letter to the various Lodges of the Association in the Newcastle district as follows:—" Sir,—I am instructed by my Lodge, in consequence of the action of the…

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The Gold Fields. News from Wyalong. a Big Company. Good Crushings

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

WYALONG, February II-The Great Western Gold Mining Company, of Barmedman, has been successfully floated at Wyalong, and the first meeting of…

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Our Special Cables. the American Gold Bonds. Another Message to Congress. Proposals of the President

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON. Friday, 1 p.m.--It is expected that President Cleveland's proposed gold bonds, notwithstanding their rejection by the House of…

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