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Mining & the mines, 1896

6,248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

A Mining Dispute

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 5

The matter of Lucas v. Neeld was again before the Chief Judge in Equity to-day on a motion by Mr. Adrian Knex on behalf of the defendants for an order directing the discharge and removal…

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Strike of Miners. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 5

Ten men employed at the Pinnacles mine are out on strike consequent upon the discharge of one man. The manager decilines to assign any reason for such discharge. The wages paid are the current rate—…

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Newcastle Coal Trade. Deputation to the Premier

The Australian Star · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 2

A deputation appointed at a meeting in the Domain last Sunday to consider the Newcastle coal trades difficulty was introduced by Messrs. Sleath and Hughes,…

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Nationalisation of the Goal Mines. the Premier on State Socialism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 3

Messrs. Sleath and Hughes, Ms.L.A., introduced to the Premier yesterday afternoon a deputation consisting of Messrs. Macnamara, Dwyer Geary, Mrs. Macnamara and Miss May Hickman, appointed…

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An Interesting Mining Case. Alleged Insufficient Ventilation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A case of considerable importance to those connected with the coal trade was heard at the Wallsend Police Court to-day, before Mr. W. E…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 6

Sir,—I notice that the leaders of the Newcastle coalminers' unions are making arrangements for a general strike just in the old style of five or six years back, and the same men who were so promment…

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State Ownership of Mines. Deputation to the Premier. Mr. Reid Antagonistic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 6

A deputation, headed by Messrs, Sleath and Hughes, Ms.P., waited upon the Premier yesterday, to present the views of a meeting recently held in the Domain with reference to…

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Newcastle News. Important Mining Case. Protection Union Meeting. Protection Conference -Shop Employees' Association. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 5

An important case was commenced at the Wallsend court yesterday. The Newcastle -Wallsend Coal Co. was prosecuted for having an insufficiency of ventilation…

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Mining Matters. Latest Crushings. Reports From the Fields. New South Wales and the Other Colonies-- The Golden West

The Australian Star · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 6

The Bushman's Hill Extended G. M. Co., Parkes, has been registered with a capital of £30,000 in £1 shares. Good prospects are being obtained from…

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Goldfields of Western Australia. (From Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie, March 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1896 · page 5

The White Feather Reward cleaned up 446oz. smelted gold from 179 tons, only crushing halftime, owing to the impossibility of getting sercons for the mill. Numbers of mines are hung up at…

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Mining Matters. Latest Crushings. Brown's Creek Goldfield. The Aladdin Mine

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 2

The Gibraltar Consolidated Co., Adelong, are reported to have a splendid show in their deep shaft. The new boiler has been safely landed on the company's lease, and…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 10
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Latest Hillgrove crusliings :—Eleanora Gold and Antimony Mining Company, 553 tons for a yield of 382oz. Baker's Creek, 534 tons for 402oz. 8dwt. Sunlight, 488 tons for 220oz. l0dwt. of smelted…

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Gold Fields

Evening News · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 5

WYALONG, Saturday.—The Prince of Wales party have struck splendid pyrites tone at 160ft level, also a rich shoot making south, at a depth of 200ft, resembling the New South Wales stone. At the…

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Socialism and Coal

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 4

A DEPUTATION of both sexes waited upon the Premier on Thursday, and practically demanded the wedding of the State (as represented by the Premier)…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 565

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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Tasmanian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 6

HOBART. Friday.--Mr. James, civil engineer, is visiting the west coast for the purpose of reporting on Curtis and Davis and Curtin aud Davis…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 12

Yestreday, for the second tome this week there were no reported sales of mining shares at the morning meeting of the sydney Stock Exchange, and there was only a moderate amount of…

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Victorian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A nugget weighing over 17oz. was unearthed at Lillcur, near Avoca, yesterday. The Minister for Mines has arranged to send a prospecting party to work…

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A Colliery on Fire. London, March 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 534

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

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