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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Westralian Mining Troubles

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 March 1898 · page 8

Two of the Kalgoorlie miners, Patrick Hughes and William Bray, were charged before the Warden's Court with contempt in disobeying an order of the court restraining them from…

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Miners' Meeting Postponed Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 March 1898 · page 7

A MINERS' aggregate meeting was to have been held to-day at Platsburg, but owing to the small attendance it was deemed advisable to postpone it till a future date…

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Yesterday's Mining News. Sydney and Intercolonial. Mining Advice. Our Letter-box. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 March 1898 · page 9

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach us not later than Thursday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cut out…

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New Guinea As a Goldfield. an Explorer Who Spent Five Years There, And Caused the 1897 Rush by His Discoveries. a Rich Field of the Future. a New Rare Metal—Gold to be Had, but No Food—Diggers Must Wait for Roads— The Rubber Industry—Miles of Rubber Vines

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 March 1898 · page 5

IF Mr. A. Hudson, a sturdy young Englishman, who has spent five years prospecting with various luck about New Guinea, is not in terror that territory will…

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Colliery Disaster. a Scotch Mine Flooded

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 6

LONDON, March 13.—The Muldhouseburn Colliery at Muirkkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, has been flooded. Sixteen miners were rescued after having been entombed in the workings for a…

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Second Edition. Terrible Colliery Accident. a Mine Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The Muldhouseburn colliery, at Muirkirk, has been flooded, and many of the miners entombed. Sixteen of the men were rescued after being…

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Colliery Disaster. Three Miners Drowned. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

The Muldhouseburn Colliery at Muirkkirk, in Ayrshire, Scotland, has been flooded. Sixteen miners were rescued after having been entombed in the…

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The Waratah [?]Colliery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

A special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board has been convened for Wednesday next, to [?]consider the position of those miners who have been thrown out of employment owing to the decision of the…

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Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the executive committee of the Bulll Colliery Disaster Fund was held on Friday afternoon, under the presidency of Mr. A. J. Riley, at the…

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Gold Mining in Russia. an Expert's Visit to Australia

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 3

Russia is one of the great gold-producing countries in the world, and the methods adopted, the extent of the auriferous area, and the peculiarities of local conditions, will naturally be of interest…

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Coal Owners' Trouble. the Miners Side of the Question. a "No-compromise" Attitude

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 6

Towards the pressman in quest of information the average "miners' representative" assumes an attitude which makes him, as some of Oom Paul's apologists would say, a most "difficult" person,…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 3
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WYALONG, Friday.—All the battery plants have a good supply of water, and with the exception of Cough's, which is undergoing a thorough overhaul, are keeping well supplied…

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Our Special Cables. a Mine Flooded. Three Miners Drowned. Splendid Heroism Displayed. LONDON, March 13

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

The Muldhouseburn colliery, at Muirklrk, in Scotland, has been flooded and many miners were entombed. Sixteen miners were rescued, after being imprisoned in the…

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Southern Coal Trade

Evening News · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Monday.—The volume of business was up to the average last week. Ten vessels loaded at Belmore Basin, Wollongong, the steamers Currajong, Mount Kembla, Kurrara,…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 7

Only a moderate extent of business transpired in the Mining market on Saturday. With the exception of North Nymagee copper shares, which were stronger, owing to encouraging reports from the…

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Mining Notices

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

The following notices were posted on 'Change this morning:-- Victory Forest Reefs (N.S;W.)--The mining superintendent advises as follows…

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Mining Notices

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 7

The following notice was posted on 'Change this morning:--Brilliant and St. George United (Charters Towers).--Crushed 1130 tons for 1754oz. gold…

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West Australia. the Alluvial Mining Regulation. Two Diggers Imprisoned. Remarkable Demonstration by the Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--Saturday witnessed the most remarkable demonstration ever held in West Australia, the occasion being the formal surrender of two diggers committed on Friday…

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The Coal-weighing Bungle

The Australian Star · Monday 14 March 1898 · page 4

Nothing much, certainly nothing satisfactory, came of the interview of the coal owners with Mr. Sydney Smith, relative to the lately enforced weighing of every skip of coal, and…

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