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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1872

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Copper Mining. Orange District Mining Report. (from the Orangs Western Examiner, Nov. 23.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 November 1872 · page 2

We are glad to be able to say that the last ten tons of ore from the Goodrich, smelted at the Icely, gave a better return than the first lot, the result being 20? per cent. of fine copper…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Herald of Wednesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1872 · page 2

There was a reaction in the share market on Tuesday and quotations in several instances ruled more favourable to buyers. Beyers and Holtermans gold sold at 74s 6d to 73s, sellers at 73s. Brown's steady…

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MINING. (From Wednesday's S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 November 1872 · page 2

The yield of the Band and Albion mine on Monday was 120 oz. 9 dwts. on Tuesday 102 oz. 10 dwts. In reply to in inquiry respecting the correctness of the quotation for copper, published in Monday's…

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Cangi Gold-fields. (From a correspondent of the Clarence Examiner.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1872 · page 2

November 21st.—Mining matters here continue to be very dull at present; no new finds to bring under your notice. The Sir Walter Scott is looking up a little, and the prospectors are in hopes of finding…

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New Mining Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1872 · page 4

The following is an abstract of the new thining bill recently introduced into the Legislative Assembly, and published in full in he columns of the S. M. Herald. As no other paper has…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Herald, Friday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1872 · page 2

The sharebrokers find it daily becoming more difficult to effect sales of shares. Buyers will hurdly look at those in what may be called outside ventures, and we hear of forced sales being made at almost…

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MINING. (From the S. M. Herald of Friday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1872 · page 2

The yield of the Band and Albion mine on Thursday was 96 oz. 10 dwts. The half-yearly meeting of the Long Drive G. M. Co. was held on Thursday. The progress report and…

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The Stanthorpe Tin Mines

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

The Border Post of Nov. 22 reports as follows:— Messrs. Shannon and Laird have been at work on their claim on Brown's Gully, Sugarloaf, which they now call the Rising Sun, for about six weeks, a…

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Copper Mining. the Cobar Copper Mines, Darling River. (From the Bourke Central Australian, Nov. 23.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

A month's sojourn amongst the mines in the Cobar district enables me to place at your disposal some particulars that may be interesting to those amongst your Sydney subscribers who have capital invested…

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Mining News. Nowendoc

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 2

The chief feature of interest at our diggings just now is the rapid increase of the population, which must number by this time over 300 persons; the discovery of this gold field must be known far and…

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Tin Mining in Victoria

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

A correspondent at Koetong writes to the Albury Banner of Nov. 30. "Johnson and Co. are working immediately in front of Osborne's Mountain View Hotel. They are…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Evening News, Monday afternoon.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

The business in the stock and share market to-day is large, and the price of Peak Downs Copper shares has risen to £5. In gold-mining stocks there is an average business to report, without any material…

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Mining Managers' Reports. Hawkins-hill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

Britannia.—A contract for the sinking of a shaft 100 feet, 8 feet x 3 feet 6 inches; good progress has been made—16 feet having been completed the last fortnight…

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MINING. (From the Evening News, Monday afternoon.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

The following return has been received from the crushing of two tons of quartz from the tunnel— brought to Sydney, by order of the El Dorado Goldmining Company, Wattle Flat, consisting of stone…

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Tin Mining. the Mole Table Land. (From a correspondent of the Armidale Express

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 4

Here we are having nothing but rain rain! and several dams have been swept away. It has made a point of raining for this week past, about 1 or 2 o'clock, quite regular. There is an abundance of…

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The Yield of the Goldfields. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1872 · page 2

In our usual monthly table showing the yield of our gold-fields for October we stated it was not improbable that the yield of the Western mines alone, during the month just closed, would equal the whole…

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Copper Mining

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 2

COPPER ORE FROM NFW CALKDONIA.—We were yesterday favoured by Mr. G. Tully, who has just returned from New Caledonia, with a view of some splendid specimens of copper ore brought by him…

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Mining News. Mining Share Market. (From the Herald, Wednesday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 2

The share market was extremely weak yesterday morning, and the number of sales considerably below the average. In gold there was hardly anything done, and one sale of Beyers and Holtermanns was…

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MINING. (From the S. M. Herald, Wednesday morning.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 2

The yield of the Band and Albion on Tuesday was 141 oz. A correspondent informs us that the price realized for the gold from the Williams Co.'s crushing…

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New Mining Bill. (From the S. H. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 December 1872 · page 6

In the legislative Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Robertson gave notice that he would move as a contingent motion in committee on the "Bill to make better provision for the regulation of mining,"—That…

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