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

Mining & the mines, 1888

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 3

THE SYDNEY SHARE MARKET.—Nothing very sensational in the share market on Thursday. Good accounts continue to come in from Brokenhill South, but the price did not advance, the…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 7

THE bulk assay from the South Broken Hill mine on Wednesday was over 300 oz. Captain Piper states that the lode looks as well as any he has seen in the big mine…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 4

THE mining market, which a short time ago was much depressed, is evidently recovering its tone, and quotations in silver shares are gradually assuming an upward tendency. Cordilleras and…

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The Great Mount Morgan Mine

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 4

The “Daily Northern Argus,” which is published at Rockhampton, in the Mount Morgan district, has the following:—The big boom in Mount Morgan shares eclipses…

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Mining at Cooma

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

COOMA, Friday.—In a cutting on the railway line, half-a-mile from Cooma station, a reef was out this week, and the stone tested went 1¼oz. of gold to the ton. Since the result was made…

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Does Silver Mining Pay?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 3

"Does silver-mining pay ?' is a question which possesses considerable interest at the present time, when so much capital is being embarked in the pursuit…

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Does Silver-mining Pay?

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 3

“DOES silver-mining pay ?” is ft question which possesses considerable interest at the present time, when so much capital is being embarked in the pursuit. Unfortunately, statistics give no very…

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Scottish Australian Mining Company. LONDON, April 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 6

The Scottish Australian Mining Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum…

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The Mail Service to the Tuena Mining Field

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

HITHERTO it has been the practice in the Goulburn post-office to place all letters for Peelwood in the Laggan bag, but from and after the 30th instant a direct bag will be made up here…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 4

Some years ago a digger lost his horse on the Kingsdale estate, a mile or two from Goulburn. In searching for the animal he discovered an ironstone lode which he considered likely…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 2

GREAT IRON BLOW COMPANY, MOUNT GIPPS.— April 23rd.—North shaft sunk 1ft. 6in., making the depth 92ft. Water increased considerably, so stopped sinking and opened out at 84ft.,…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 3

CAPTAIN'S FLAT.—Mining operations in this district are progressing most favourably, and are exciting a great deal of interest among mining speculators and others owing to the excellent prospects of the field…

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The Gold Discoveries in North Wales. LONDON, April 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 4

Mr. W.P. Morgan, the discoverer of gold near Dolgelly, in North Wales, has been served with an injunction restraining him from removing any of the gold from the Mawddach mine…

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Mining in the Grenfell District

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 4

LAST Saturday’s “ Vedette” says : A meeting of miners and others interested in Sandy Creek was held last Tuesday at the Albion Hotel. Messrs. Gough, Forsythe, and Clift,…

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The Northern Territory. the Chinese Question. Opinions of a South Australian Minister. Mining Prospects

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 4

AFTER the close of the recent Postal Conference in Sydney, Mr. F. C. Johnson, the South Australian Minister of Education, proceeded to the Northern Territory, where he…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 2

ALTHOUGH nothing very startling has occurred it is satisfactory, to know that all our local mines are pushing forward work, the result of which will, it is hoped, in a very short time verify the expectations…

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Mining. the Sydney Share Market

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 2

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market on Wednesday was rather stronger. There was little further decline, most loading stocks being dealt in within the range of tie previous day's figures. In…

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Fall in Mining Shares. LONDON, May 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 4

The sudden fall in shares in the Great Eastern Mining Company, Gympie, Queensland, has seriously affected shares in other Australian mines…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 2

AT Belmore, near Carcoar, Wright and party have discovered a payable reef, averaging 15 in. in width, whilst prospectiong at a depth of 35 ft. Much prospecting is at present done in…

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Responsibility of Mine Managers

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 2

At the Dubbo Circuit Court recently James Veitch, manager of a mine near Nyngan, was convicted of manslaughter of a miner killed by an explosion in the…

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