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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1888

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Another Alleged Mining Swindle. the South Australian Central Broken-hill Mine. Report of the Directors. Silverton

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 May 1888 · page 2

Last night a meeting of shareholders of the South Australian Central Broken-hill was held, and the report of the directors who had visited the property was presented. The directors are Messrs. Solomon,…

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Rye Park. Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1888 · page 4

THIS district has long been supposed to contain mineral deposits, but until very recently the country had not been prospected. However, parties have lately been…

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Another Alleged Mining Swindle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1888 · page 2

ON Saturday night a meeting of shareholders of the South Australian Central Broken-hill was held at Silverton, and the report of the directors who had visited the…

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Mining. the Sydney Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1888 · page 4

Stock Exchange.—A dull market on Tuesday for sliver stocks. Nevertheless sales were pushed, with the inevitable result of a further all-round decline. British closed, sellers 78s ; Block 14,…

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The Discovery of Gold in North Wales. LONDON, May 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1888 · page 4

The Government has made liberal concessions to Mr. W. P. Morgan, the discoverer of rich auriferous deposits near Dolgelly, North Wales. Mr. Morgan will now be enabled to resume…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 3

Mount Costigan North Silver and Lead Mining Company.--The prospects in A shaft are not so promising; total depth, 170ft. The country hard, with copper and lead going…

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Mining Leases

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 2

The system adopted by the Department of Mines in issuing and in cancelling mining leases has a most injurious effect on the mining industry of New South Wales, Thus there is…

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The Silver Mining Boom

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 May 1888 · page 3

THE silver-mining boom which is agitating the metropolitan and (in a milder degree) the country populations of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia bids…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 6

A TARALGA correspondent writes under date May 23rd:—"In mining matters Mr. Donald Rankin, of Wowagin, has discovered a most magnificent deposit of tin,…

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Mining in the Cowra District

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 2

OUR Cowra correspondent sends us the following information with respect to the reefs and their returns in his district : — On last Monday Messrs. Smith and Mylecharane…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 4

THE SYDNEY SHARE MARKET.—A decided improvement on Saturday at the Stock Exchange. Junction had sales 10s. higher than the previous day, and Block 14 and Central about 7s. 6d…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 29 May 1888 · page 3

MR. WARDEN ALDOORN, who has been on a visit to Captain's Flat, informs the Braidwood Dispatch that mining matters there are at present not very lively, although the probability is that within a few weeks…

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The State of the Mining Share Market

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 May 1888 · page 4

THE public generally seem to have quite got over the mining excitement of a few months ago, but there are still a great many who have faith in the leading mines of the Barrier,…

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The South African Goldfields

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 May 1888 · page 4

SPEAKING of the progress of the South African goldfields, the “ N[?]tal Mercury ” of March 14 contains the following :—“ A correspondent telegraphs from Johannesburg…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 May 1888 · page 4

A Pejar correspondent of the Gazette writes under date May 23rd :—I visited the reef on Mr. Wm. Davis's private property yesterday, and was surprised at seeing such an amount of stone…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 31 May 1888 · page 3

Costigan Consols Company, Tuena.—During the past week No. 1 shaft on McGuire's lode has been sunk ft., total 71 ft. The main portion of the lode has gone west to the shaft. No. 2 shaft in the…

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The State of the Mining Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 May 1888 · page 4

The public generally seem to have quite got over the mining excitement of a few months ago, but there are still a great many who have faith in the leading mines of the Barrier and are glad…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 June 1888 · page 3

East Costigan Silver Mining Company, no liability, Tuena. -- "No. 1 shaft sunk 4 ft.; total 37ft., passing through hard s[?]yrite, or flint rock; assays give traces of silver."…

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Valuable Gold Find

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 June 1888 · page 2

AN important gold discovery was made last week by a boundary -rider five miles southwest of Yancowinna Station, and 28 miles north-east of Broken Hill. He was resting, in…

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The Mining Share Market

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 June 1888 · page 4

THE public generally seem to have quite got over the mining excitement of a few months ago. The immense number of mining companies which have been…

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