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Mining & the mines, 1896

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Newcastle Notes. The Threatened Strike—Utter Ruin if it Eventuates-Immense Interests at Stake —The Harbor Alive with Shipping— Government Intervention Desirable—A Sporting Community—Welsh Miners and Music—Sad, Sweet Parting Songs

Truth · Sunday 8 March 1896 · page 4

IN the dawn of a lovely autumn morning, after a mill-pond run from Sydney, under a sky in which the moon beams seemed to fairly palpitate, Newcastle Harbor looked…

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Thenorthern Collieries. the Hetton Strike. the Miners and the Wheelmen

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. Saturday.--No definite progress towards the settlement of the wheelers' strike at Hetton Colliery has yet been made. A deputation from the…

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Fire in a Mine. Seventy-one Miners Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--A terrible fire has broken out in a colliery at Kattowitz, Silesia. Seventy-one of the miners are…

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The Colliery Trouble. The Hetton Miners. The Wheelers' Grievances. Interview With the Manager-- Troubles at the Other Mines

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Monday. The report that a difficulty had arisen at the Wickham and Bullock Island pit, and that the wheelers had notified the…

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Northern Miners. Affairs at Hetton Colliery. Strike of Wheelers. WICKHAM

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

The Hetton miners met this morning and received a deputation from the wheelers to consider the present difficulty at the pit. The deputation said their demand was that…

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Fire at Hetton Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A fire, which nearly proved to be of a disastrous character, broke out in the workings of the Hetton colliery this morning. About 6 o'clock…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 7

The Minister for Mines. Queensland, has granted a month's exemption from labor conditions at Croydon and Georgetown, in consequence of floods…

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Difficulty at the Hetton Colliery. a Test Case. Meeting of the Miners' Lodge. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

A special meeting of the Hetton miners was held at the lodgeroom, Albion Hotel, Wickham, this morning, at 10 o'clock. Mr. Thomas Sample, chairman of the lodge, presided. There was a large…

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The Gold Fields

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 2

GUNDAGAL-There is another revival in mining in Gundagai (reports the local paper). There is a new alluvial rush on the Rose Vale Estate, Mrs. Lindley's property, near the old Jackalas lead, which has been…

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The East Greta Colliery. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

Mr. A. Thomas, manager of the East Greta, Colliery, has just returned from a trip to Victoria and Tasmania in connection with some extensive developments it is proposed to make in the colliery…

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The Coal Trade Dispute

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 4

THE mere fact that a strike of Hunter River coalminers for higher wages is seriously talked of may be taken as a sign of returning prosperity in connection with the coal…

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New Mining Companies

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, March 8.—The Gold Beefs Mining Company of West Australia has been formed with a capital of £50,000, of which £20,000 will be issued to the public…

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Colliery Disaster. Seventy-one Lives Lost. London, March 6

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

A disastrous fire has broker out in a colliery at Kattowitz, in Silesia. The miners were at work in the mine when their means of escape were out…

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Rich Gold Discovery. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

A remarkably rich quartz reef has been discovered at Rogers Hill, in the Ballarat district, by five brothers named O'Keefe, who have been out prospecting for a couple of years. Some…

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The Southern Coal Trade. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

The coal Trade during the week has been somewhat slack. For the past fortnight the Mount Pleasant colliery has worked only 3[?] days, while the Keira miners were paid to-day for 3½ days for the…

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Crisis in the Coal Trade. Further Developments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

The chairman of the board of directors of the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery received a telegram on Saturday from the mine manager stating that the men had given 11 days' notice of their…

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A Colliery on Fire. Seventy-one Lives Lost. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

A disastrous fire has broken out in a colliery at Kattowitz, in Silesia. The minors at work beneath the surface were unable to escape, and up to the present…

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New Mining Companies. London, March 8

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

The Goldreefs Mining Co. of Western Australia is being floated in London with a capital of £50,000, and shares to the value of £20,000 are…

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The Newcastle Miners. the Threatened Strike. Meeting in the Domain

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 6

A meeting was held in the Domain yesterday afternoon to express sympathy with the Newcastle coal miners in their demand for increased pay. It emanated from a few socialists, who disclaimed…

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The Transvaal. Arrest of a Mine Manager. a Kaffir Rising Feared

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The manager of the De Beers Consolidated Mines has been arrested on a charge of assisting Dr. Jameson in his raid into…

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