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Mining & the mines, 1895

5,887 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 250

The Newcastle Miners. the Glebe Collieries Closed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

The places of the unionists at the Minmi colliery are being rapidly filled. To-day 58 non-unionists were engaged hewing coal in the Back Creek colliery. As was anticipated,…

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The Colliery Trouble. Another Strike. Newcastle Co.'s Mine Closed. the Back Creek Difficulty

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The miners of the Newcastle Company's Collieries have fairly entered upon their strike against the terms offered. On Saturday…

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The Greta Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

GRETA, Monday.--The strike pay this fortnight has amounted to 1s 6d per man, and as the men are only slowly being employed at the pit, some time must yet…

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The Colliery Explosion. Forty-nine Victims

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 18.—In the explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Troppau, in Silesia, Austria, forty-nine miners perished…

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The Mount Drysdale Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 7

COBAR, Monday.--Business generally at Mount Drysdale has quietened down considerably, though a good deal of mining is going on. The Eldorado mine is said to…

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The Gold Fields

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 3

COBAR, Tuesday.—The Great Western Mine has produced 233oz 18dwt from 170 loads of ore. North Chesney Reform Mine gave a return of 13dwt from a parcel of 30…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 7

There was not a large amount of business in the Mining market yesterday. In coal companies, Wallsend sold at £19, the closing quotations being buyer £18. In silver companies, Centrals were…

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The Greta Miners. Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

The mining situation here is daily assuming a worse aspect for the old Greta miners. The men have been for some time buoyed up by the hope that, the strike being over, they would be able to…

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Colliery Explosion in Silesia. Forty-nine Victims. London, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

In the explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Troppau, in Silesia, Austria, 49 miners perished…

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The Coal Trade. the Strike at Minmi

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

MINMl, Monday.--Further parties of non-unionists have arrived at Minmi for work in the Back Creek Colliery. When work ceased this afternoon the usual crowd…

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Chrome-mining in New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 7

Mr. J. E. Carne, geological surveyor, has forwarded a long report to the Department of Mmes on the deposits of chromite in the Gundagai and Tumut districts, which have been diacovered since…

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Newcastle News. Mining Troubles. St. Patrick's Day Celebration. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

The non-union miner Murdoch Murchie, arrested on Friday evening on a charge of shooting with intent to kill, was again before the police court yesterday. The charge…

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The Bywong Gold Reefs. a Day on the Field. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 6

Two slab buildings bearing the inscription " General Store," a brown-and-white tent with the words " Cheap Grocer " roughly traced across it, half a score of windlasses studding the hilltop and…

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Work and Wages. Colonial Engineers. The Bootmakers' Strike. The English Miners and the Conservatives--Depression In England

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 2

Over 15,000 workers are represented by the N.S.W. Provincial Council of the Labor Federation at present sitting in Sydney. An important conference of delegates…

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Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

Two fresh reefs have been pegged in the Mount Margaret district, within 89 miles of Fitzgerald's so-called mountain of gold. The find was originally made by Mr. Macauliffe, the prospector of…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wyalong West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

The work of cleaning out the White Tank was continued on Sunday, three teams of horses and a large number of men being employed, and every endeavour being made to finish cleansing…

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The West Australian Goldfields. the Murchison Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.--News from the Murchison states that two nuggets, weighing 95oz., have been found in Daniel's claim, on the island, in hard, red cement. The…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Overtures are being made to the Newcastle Coal Mining Company, on behalf of the Glebe miners for a settlement of the strike, which…

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Gold Mining Companies

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 19.—The Trenton Gold Mining Company, Murchison, West Australia, which, was formed with a capital of £95,000, is offering…

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Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, March 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 7

The Trenton Gold-mining Company, Murchison, Western Australia, which was formed with a capital of £95,000, is offering shares to the public to the extent…

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