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

Mining & the mines, 1888

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 2

THE prospects of mining enterprises generally appear to be improving, and shares of genuine properties are firmer. Following are late reports from the various mine specified.—…

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The Palmer Gold and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 8

THE following extracts from a report by Mr. F. Stone, the well-known mining expert, who inspected the mine of the above company on the 7th June, will be…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 6

APPLICATION has been received in the Department of Mines from Thomas M'Cauley for permission to mine for silver in 20 acres, part of temporary common…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

IN another column will be found the prospectus of the Day Dawn Gold-mining Co., no liability, Little River, Braidwood. The property is being floated for the purpose of enabling…

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Review of the Mining Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 4

THE fall which characterised the month of May reached its lowest point on June 9. Since that time though there have been great fluctuations from day to day, the course of the market as…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Charters Towers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 July 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.—A fatal accident occurred in the Bonnie Dundee shaft, Charters Towers, this morning, by which a miner named Thomas Davis was killed,…

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Day Dawn Gold-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 2

WE have been requested to state that more than the requisite number of shares to enable the above company to be floated has been applied for. Of course, there still remain a number…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 4

THE following mineral lease applications are declared valid:—F. H: Gall and another, 40 acres, parish Inverary, county Argyle; J. Franklin and another, 40 acres, parish Marulan,…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 2

DAY DAWN GOLD MINING COMPANY.—Attention is directed to the prospectus of the Day Dawn Gold Mining Company, which appears in another column. The company in being floated with a capital of £15,000…

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The Gold Discoveries in Western Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 2

PERTH, Monday.—Specimens of stone have arrived at Perth from the reefs recently opened on the Hall's Creek line of reefs. Some from the Ruby and Queen claims, obtained from a depth…

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Mining on Church and School Lands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 July 1888 · page 4

The Church and School Lands Mining Bill, which was introduced into Parliament by the Minister for Public Instruction, provides that the Minister may grant to any person applying…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 July 1888 · page 2

SPECIMENS of stone have arrived at Perth from the reefs recently opened on the Hall's Creek line of reefs. Some from the Ruby and Queen claims, obtained from a depth of 45 ft.,…

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Discovery of a Rich Gold Reef

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 July 1888 · page 2

A RICH quartz reef has been discovered at a place called Inglebar (or Collington), about half a mile from the main road between Cooma and Queanbeyan, and distant about thirty…

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Day Dawn Gold-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 3

WE are requested by the brokers, Messrs. Conroy and Quirk, to state that the share list of the above company closes on Thursday next…

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The Mining Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 8

The Minister for Mines gave notice in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening of his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Mining Act. Mr. Abigail…

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A New Gold-Saving Process

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 3

In conjunction with Mr. T. D. Morton of the Cunningar Chlorination Works near Harden, a number of Sydney gentlemen have combined to supply the capital necessary for the erection of…

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A Victim of Mining Speculation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 July 1888 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—George Bligh Stevens, a squatter, committed suicide at the Metropolitan Hotel last night. He was found dead in his bedroom to-day with a bullet-wound in his head,…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1888 · page 2

MOUNT Costigan Lead Silver Mining Company Limited, July 13.—The furnace has been un-interruptedly in blast from 8th May till 4th July, and during that period 1364 tons of ore have been…

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New Burrangong Gold-mining Company

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 July 1888 · page 3

THE half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the New Burrangong Gold-mining Company was held at the offices of the company, No. 47 Queen-street, Melbourne, on Friday last. Mr. C. Alexander…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 4

Mount Costigan shares were sold in Sydney on Monday at 11s 6d and 12s 6d; Contributing, 7s and 7s 3d. CARCOAR, Monday.—The Back Creek Gold and…

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