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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Gold-mining at Coolgardie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1895 · page 3

The Kalgurili Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, which has been formed with a capital of £100,000, is offering shares to the public to the extent of £35,000,…

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Queensland Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 June 1895 · page 3

The steamers Derwent and Cintra, from Brisbane to-day, brought shipments of gold valued at nearly .£29,000…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 2

Mining is very active at Grenfell, and considerable excitement exists consequent on finds of rich stone at deep levels in well-known mines of former years. Important developments are expected…

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New Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 June 1895 · page 3

The Golden Dundee Mining Company is offering shares to the public to the extent of £30,000…

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New Hillsborough Gold-mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1895 · page 3

The shares in the New Hillsborough Gold-mining Company have been fully subscribed…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1895 · page 4

As the result of a fortnight's work Mr. J. Stunning, the manager of the Peel River Proprietary Gold Mining Co., Bowling Alley Point, brought in to Tamworth on Monday 48ozs. of gold…

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Mining in Western Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1895 · page 3

The West Australian Mining Company has resolved to increase its capital to £54,000…

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Latest News by Cable. London, Wednesday. Another Mining Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 June 1895 · page 3

Six men have been drowned at Lisbon owing to a mine becoming flooded…

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Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 3

The shares in the New Hillsborough Gold-mining Company have been fully subscribed. A company has been registered with a capital of £25,O0O, to take over and work the Sunbeam…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 6

Sums equalling £25,000 have been paid over during the last four weeks for Murchison (W.A.) goldfield properties. The Caledonian mine, at Talwal, has paid a…

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The Ascot Gold Cup

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 2

THE Aseat Gold Cup has been won by Isinglass. with Reminder second and Kilsallgahan third…

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The Richmond Vale Coal Syndicate

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 4

An important judgment was given by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, reports the Argus of Melbourne, in the action of Rigg v. The Standard Bank of Australia and others. The…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 June 1895 · page 3

The Mount Jackson Gold-mining Company, with a capital o £75,000, and the Princess Royal Gold-mining Company, Cue, Western Australia, with a capital of £80,000, have been registered…

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An Alleged Mining Swindle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 5

At the Quarter Sessions to-day an elderly man named Henry Parkes pleaded not guilty to a charge of obtaining from Edward Millett, by false pretences, £5. It is alleged accused lived near Nowra…

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Beach Mining on the North Coast

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 June 1895 · page 4

Beach mining has become an important industry in various parts of the north coast districts. Many have been employed on the beach and terraces for years, from which they…

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Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 3

The Glasgow and Westralian Gold-mining Company, which was formed with a capital of £100,000 to work a mining property, at Lake Barber, Western Australia, is issuing £20,000 in preference shares…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 4

Our Barraba correspondent writes: In your mining items on June 15, a Maitland man's letter appears, complaining of exaggerated reports of the gold fields in this district. That many wild and…

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New Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 3

The Golden Wealth Mining Company, which has been formed with a capital of £50,000 to take over and work mining properties in Western Australia and South Africa, has been registered…

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Broken Hill Proprietary Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 3

Mr. J. Howell has resigned the position of general manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary Mine…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 4

A report from Sandy Creek, near Albury, states that a crushing of 6 tons from Henry and Blair's Tallandoon reef yielded [?] per ton. The reef is Sin. wide and is easily worked. The stone was…

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