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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

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Mining

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 2

LEASES READY FOR DELIVERY.—The undermentioned goldmining leases are ready for delivery:—E. J. Fox, 3 acres, county Bathurst, parish Dunleary; D…

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Coal Famines Threatened

National Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1890 · page 3

Twenty thousand miners are striking in the collieries at Charleroi, Belgium, and it is feared that the result will be a coal famine…

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Victorian Gold Field

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 3

The yield of gold in Victoria last year was 636,100 ozs, or 1010 ozs less than in 1888. The dividends paid by the Ballarat gold mines in 1889 amounted to…

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Mining

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 2

A GOOD SPECULATION.—Mr. J. H. Stewart, the genial squire of "The Mount," is one of the very few fortunate Bathurst mining speculators. Some time…

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Pugilistic Mine Managers

National Advocate · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3

A desperate light occured between Mr. A. R. Cane, legal manager of the Jenson Goldmining Co., and Mr. W. F. Dixon, also a well-known legal manager and director of the Jensen…

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Mining. FORBES

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 2

The mining manager of the Bald Hills G.M. Company reports under date, Thursday :—Engine shaft lias been opened out each side and drives north and south will…

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Mining Explosion

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3

Two men were killed at Charters Towers on Saturday by the explosion of a mine. It is supposed that they were boring with rods when they struck an old…

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Payable Gold at Mount Hope

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3

Payable gold has been discovered at Mount Hope, and a rush lias set in…

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The Broken Hill Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

A deal of excitement existed on 'Change yesterday with regard to block 10 shares, Broken Hill, which reached £17 10s, fell again to £15 15…

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The Mount Morgan Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.—Mount Morgan shares continue to harden in consequence of a reported fresh discovery of good gold in the Freehold tunnel. The general…

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Victorian Gold Yield

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

The gold yield in Victoria for the past year shows a decline of 21,150 ounces on that of the previous year…

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Coal Trade at Lithgow

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

There is great depression in the coal trade at Lithgow. Sixty men were discharged on Saturday from the new Vale Pit…

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Important Mining Decision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

In the Equity Court this morning Mr. Justice Owen delivered judgment in the case Toohey v. McCulla and others, in which the directors of the Milburn Creek…

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Mining. Cheshire's Creek

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

The Rosebud Company's Mine.—This company, in which Messrs. Trcmain, Mills and Thomas are concerned, commenced crushing soon after the Christmas…

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Mining Booming again

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 3

The mining market was unusually brisk and strong to-day, with a tendency for a further advance in prices. Block 10 advanced to £17 15s. an increase of about £5 over yesterday's…

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Revival of Mining

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1890 · page 2

An influential deputation will wait on the Mayor to-morrow asking him to take preliminary action for the reviving of the mining industry…

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Mining Matters

National Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 3

Mount M'Donald Goldmining Syndicate Proprietary Mine.—Mr. A. G. Mitchell, the secretary, reports receiving this following :— "Have been engaged driving the west level on…

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Encouragement to Mining

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 January 1890 · page 2

The Minister for Mines has sent a minute to the Prospecting Board urging the encouragement of the more extensive use of the diamond drill…

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The Coal Strike in Belgium

National Advocate · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 3

The strike of miners at the principal collieries in Belgium still continues, and stocks of coal, in consequence, have been reduced to such an alarming extent and a coal famine is…

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Mining. Applications for Mineral Leases

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

The Mines Department recently issued instructions to wardens and their clerks that more care should be taken in properly completing the form of application sent…

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