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

Mining & the mines, 1888

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Gold-mining in North Wales. LONDON, May 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 6

An important meeting was held yesterday at Dolgelly, in North Wales, when resolutions were passed supporting Mr. W. P. Morgan in his protest against the high Crown royalty charged…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 4

THE Sydney market.—Silver stocks had no improvement on Friday, at the Stock Exchange. Large business was done in Block 14 at a reduction of from 5s to 10s, the announcement of an…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 3

WE have received a statement showing the amount of silver-lead bullion produced from the Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Mining Company's smelter from the 26th July, 1887, to the…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 3

FROM the directors' report of the Mount Costigan Load and Silver Mining Company, prepared for the annual general meeting appointed to be held in Sydney yesterday, we gather that during the…

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Fatal Explosion in a Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A fatal explosion took place in the Hidden Treasure mine, Charters Towers, yesterday, by which two men, named Leonard Wilson and Isaac…

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New Gold Concentrating Machinery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 6

Mining experts, and gentlemen interested in mechanical ingenuity, to the number of about 100, on Wednesday visited the works of Mort's Dock Company…

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The State of the Mining Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 4

IT is no news to say that during the month of May, which has just closed, the decline in silver shares has been very great. It will, however, be interesting to note its exact extent as…

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Cookbundoon Gold and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 2

Manager's report for week ending June 2nd : "During the last week we have been working in the new tunnel and on the ironstone lode on the crown of the hill. The ironstone is carrying…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 2

THE general meeting of the Mount Costigan Load and Silver Mining Company Limited, was held on Friday in the Chamber of Commerce, Sydney, Mr. Frank Beames in the chair. All the directors were…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 4

THE low figures of the past few days found a still lower deep at the Stock Exchange on Tuesday. British, Block 14, Central, Junction, New North and South all suffering heavily. The…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 3

THE market in Melbourne for silver shares, both Broken-hill and Tuena, was depressed throughout last week, much lower prices being accepted, and the market closing with more sellers than buyers, even…

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New Mining Regulations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 4

The Minister for Mines laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening a copy of the regulations relating to the issue of leases under the Mining Act. The regulations…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 June 1888 · page 2

Mount Costigan Lead and Silver-mining Company. -- The annual meeting of shareholders in the Mount Costigan Lead and Silver mining Company was held on Friday last in…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 6

BOTH of our Micalago correspondents (says the Queanbeyan Age of Wednesday) deprecate any rush to Ingalara Creek consequent upon the reported gold…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 3

THE Broken Hill Proprietary have declared a dividend for the month of £2 per share. Reports from Melbourne state that the market for silver shares continues much depressed…

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Mining Intelligence.—Rye Park

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 6

THE Clifton Four-hill Gold and Silver Mine is still improving in richness of stone and ore, the latter being rich in chlorides of silver and the stone carrying fine gold. This mine, to all…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 2

The five tons of ore from the New Carrington mine, requested to be sent to Melbourne for treatment by the chlorination process, have arrived at their destination, and the result should…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 12 June 1888 · page 2

INGALARA.—Referring to Ingalara rush things are looking quieter there the last day or two, notwithstanding that the prospector has hoisted the red flag, a fact which shows his very limited experience in…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 4

UNLESS the lessees take delivery of the following mineral leases within the time mentioned in notice issued by the warden or other officer the leases will be declared void:—J. Ryan and…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 2

We have received a report which state that good progress has been made on the property of the Lord Carrington Gold and Silver Mining Company. The contractor has the main shaft…

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