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

Mining & the mines, 1888

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The New Mining Bill

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

THE Minister for Mines introduced into the Legislative Assembly on Monday evening a bill to repeal and amend the mining laws, and to make better provision for the regulation of…

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Eight Hundred Miners Entombed. LONDON, July 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 July 1888 · page 2

News has been received to the effect that a terrible catastrophe has occurred at the diamond mines in South Africa. A fire broke out at the entrance to the Debeer…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 July 1888 · page 3

THE PALMER GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.--Mr. F. Bender, secretary, writes:--"I have the pleasure to inform you that the new issue of shares in this company are…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 July 1888 · page 3

LITTLE RIVER.—The Day Dawn has been successfully floated, after being in the market for only a few days. The share list was closed on Thursday last. On…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 July 1888 · page 4

THE ground round the Day Dawn, Little River, is being rapidly take up. Unless the following gold-mining lease is taken delivery of within the time mentioned in…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 27 July 1888 · page 3

The gross profit on six months' work at the Broken-hill Proprietary Mine is £205,913; £152,000 has been paid in dividends. Lucky Hit Silver-mining Company, Limited…

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The Mining Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 4

THE week has not been an eventful one in the mining share market. The most noticeable feature has been a run on a silver stock rejoicing in the name of Terrible…

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The Sydney Mining Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 4

THE business done on Friday at the Stock Exchange shows little change. Mount Costigan (new) advanced a shilling or so, and transactions in Junction, South,…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. a Second Ballarat. a Field for Enterprising Youth

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 July 1888 · page 4

THE correspondent of the Melbourne Argus, writing from. Derby, West Australia, on June, 25, says: There is now every reason to hope that the long period of depression which…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 July 1888 · page 2

THE following mineral conditional purchase has been declared valid:—George Wigram Allen, James Greer, and Arthur Mansfield Allen (transferred to John Fowler Turnbull, Joshua…

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Gold

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1888 · page 4

SINCE the morning of the world, gold has been the chief object and desire of mankind. From the days of Midas until now, this gold, Bright and yellow, hard and cold,…

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Mining in the Grenfell District. the Silver Discovery. Mining Revival

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1888 · page 4

THE mining propensities of the inhabitants of the old Emu Creek gold-field have been raised to the highest pitch in consequence of recent discoveries of different valuable…

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Day Dawn Gold-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 August 1888 · page 2

A MEETING of shareholders of the above was held in the large committee-room of the Mechanics' Institute yesterday afternoon to adopt articles of association and elect five…

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New Carrington Gold and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 August 1888 · page 2

A MEETING of the shareholders of the above was held in the large committee-room of the Mechanics' Institute noon yesterday. Dr. Ray occupied the chair, and stated that the…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 2 August 1888 · page 2

THE annual meeting of shareholders of the New Carrington Gold and Silver Mining Company Limited was held as the mechanics [?]tate at last yesterday. There was a gold [?]…

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New Gold-Saving Machine

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 3 August 1888 · page 2

A TEST of a new gold-saving appliance in connection with Brown and Stanfield's concentrators has recently been completed at the Long Tunnel mine, Walhalla, Victoria (writes the Argus)…

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A Mine Manager Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 August 1888 · page 2

DAPTO, Monday.—An accident occurred at the Metropolitan Coal-mine, Helensburg, on Saturday evening, by which Mr. Charles Harper, mining manager, lost his life. He was…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 2

FOUR thousand two hundred minors are now connected with the Miners' Association, and should a strike occur it is estimated 1000 of the would be able to support themselves…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 3

Mount Costigan paid-up shares sold at 13s 6d and 13s 3d in Sydney on Thursday, contributing 8s. Mount Costigan Lead and Silver-mining…

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The Coal Crisis

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 4

IN a recent article we pointed out to the various labour and capital unions how it believed both to make cure of what they were doing before rushing to the assistance of either side in the present coal…

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