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

Mining & the mines, 1888

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Mining Intelligence. Captain's Flat

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 2

Now that places giving promise of mineral wealth ale being generally brought under notice and are being more systematically worked than hitherto, it cannot be wondered at that the locality familiarly…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 2

THE Mount Costigan North Silver and Lead Mining Company, 9th June. -- The week's progress make in B shaft has been 46ft., making a total of 64 ft. The sinking is still on quartz,…

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Mining at Mount McDonald

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 15 June 1888 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT of the Carcoar Chronicle residing near Mount McDonald sends a few items of mining news. He reports that milling is being actively carried on near the Mount,…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 4

INGALARA.—The Manaro Meroury supplies some particulars in regard to the recent discovery at Ingalara (or Colinton):—A little work is being done, but there is not quite so much enthusiasm about it…

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The State of the Mining Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 4

DURING the week the course of sales in Sydney has been marked by great fluctuations. A large number of speculators have it on their minds that there is…

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News from Kimberley Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 6

PERTH, Wednesday.—News has been received from Kimberley stating that the country is looking well, but that native depredations are becoming very serious,…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 4

WE (Queanbeyan Age) understand that the Select Committee appointed to "inquire into and report upon the claims (if any) of Hugh McNeill and party to compensation for loss sustained…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 3

THE DAY DAWN.—Mr. Corbett, manager of the Day Dawn at Little River, brought to town on Thursday morning u very nice cake of gold, the proceeds of a crushing of about four tons of quartz from this roof…

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Gold-mining in North Wales. LONDON, June 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1888 · page 4

Mr. W. P. Morgan, who discovered a rich gold mine near Dolgelly, in North Wales, is forming a company to work the mine. The capital is fixed at £200,000…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 June 1888 · page 3

McPhillamy's freehold claim, situated at King's Plain, Carcoar, is now opened out to a depth of 116ft., having one drive 298ft., another 50 ft, in length. The reefs average 1…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 6

THE following mineral conditional purchases are declared valid:—Lewis Lloyd, one of 80 and two 40 acres each, parish Jeremy, county Georgians, district of Carcoar, applied for 29th September,…

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Mining Intelligence. Captain's Flat

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 3

IN our issue of the 14th instant some particulars were given of the Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt North mines, situate at Captain's Flat, and it was then stated that particulars of other mines on the same…

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The State of the Mining Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 4

THE tendency of the most favoured silver stocks is still upwards. Although the rise during the past week has not been so great as that of the week before, there has been a marked…

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Gold-mining in North Wales. LONDON, June 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1888 · page 4

A company has been successfully formed to work the rich gold-mine near Dogelly, in North Wales, discovered by Mr. William Pritchard Morgan. The amount of capital required,…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1888 · page 4

From Colinton we (Manaro Mercury) have a report that the prospectors have sunk to a depth of 15 feet alongside what was supposed to have been a leader, and that this has been widening…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 28 June 1888 · page 2

MOUNT Costigan Lead and Silver Mining Company Limited.—Manager's report, June 23:—Product for week's smelting, 360 bars of silver lead bullion, containing 3920 oz. of silver and 21 oz, of gold. The…

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Mining. the Palmer Gold and Silver Mining Company

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 2

The following report from Mr. F. Stone, the well-known milling export, will be read with interest by the residents of the Binda and Crookwell districts : -- "To the Directors…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 6

WHAT promises to be a very valuable discovery has recently been made in the parish of Tallawang, county of St. Vincent, district of Braidwood. Two copper lodes, one 5ft. and the…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 4

MOUNT Costigan South Company.— The tunnel has been extended 10ft. 3in.—total, 69ft. 8in, No. 1 shaft has been sunk 7 ft. 6 in.—total, 63 ft. 6 in. The lode is improving, and we are now getting some…

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The Bulli Coal Company Sued

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 July 1888 · page 2

THE action Birch v. the Bulli Coal Mining Company was opened in the Supreme Court on Monday. The plaintiff, Jane Birch, sued as widow and administratrix of the late William…

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