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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Coal for the Railway

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 2

The contracts for the supply of coal for the Great Northern railway for the next. 12 months have been lot. The Bast Greta Company have obtained that for the lower…

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New Mining Companies

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

The Bushman's Gold—mining Company, Western Australia, with a capital of £150,000, and the Cromwell Gold—mining Company, New Zealand, with a capital of £1000,000, have been registered…

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Beach Mining on the North Coast

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 16

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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New Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 July 1895 · page 3

The Victory Gold-mining Company, Coo, Western Australia, which has been formed with a capital of £130,000, is offering shares to the public to the extent of £82,000…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 5

Another rich reef has been discovered at Crow Mountain. Splendid specimens amounting to several tons of stone are already at grass, and should average 7oz. to the ton. M'Kenzie and…

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New Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 3

The Salisbury Gold-mining Company, Murchison, Western Austral in, with a capital of £75,000, has been registered…

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Anchor Tin-mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 3

The Anchor Tin-mining Company, Tasmania, which was formed with a capital of £150,000, is issuing shares to the public to the extent of £100,000…

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Anchor Tin-mining Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 3

The Anchor Tin-mining Company, Tasmania, which was formed with a capital of 160,000, is issuing shares to the public to the extent of £100,000…

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Port Phillip Gold-mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 3

The reconstruction scheme of the Port Phillip Gold-mining Company has been confirmed at a meeting of shareholders. The hope was expressed that tho entire Clones group would be amalgamated…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

James McDonald and party, at Binni Creek, near Cowra, have washed 58 loads of dirt for 12dwt. to the load. Among the gold was a nugget weighing 8oz…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 July 1895 · page 3

The Salisbury Gold-mining Company, Murchison, Western Australia, is offering shares to this public to the extent of £65,000. Tho Southern New Chum Gold-mining Company, Bendigo, has been…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 July 1895 · page 5

June returns of the gold export of "West Australia are published. The total export for the month was 16,128oz., of the declared value of £61,228. Of this, Coolgardie furnished 12,271oz…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 July 1895 · page 5

The Glen Reck Consolidated Mining Company with a.capital of £225,000,and the Anglo—French [?] capital of £100,000, have been registered…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1895 · page 4

The proof of the immense richness of the Great Boulder mine, Coolgardie, has been furnished by a trial of ironstone conglomerate, in which an under-ground tunic is being sunk. Recent visitors started…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 July 1895 · page 3

The Tambov Creek Gold-mining Company, with a capital of £50,000, and the Lagoon Craek Gold-mining Company, New South Wales, with a capital of £100,000, bave been registered…

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A Palace Plated with Gold

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1895 · page 3

The Czar has a palace just outside St. Petersburg, known as Tsarsko-Selo, which was built by Catherine the Great. It is of vast extent, and plated over with gold…

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Adelaide. a Gold Find

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 13 July 1895 · page 3

A man named Bell, working on an alluvial rush at Donkey Gully, near Echnnga, washed Gozs. of gold yesterday…

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Official Correspontence. The Hon. A. J.Gould, M.P., has kindlyhanded us the following letters for publication:— Singleton Sheep District. Stock Branch, Dept. of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney, 21st June, 1895

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 July 1895 · page 8

Sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 19th instant on the subject of the alteration of tho Singleton…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1895 · page 3

The following new mining companies have been registered:—Gold Ore Treatment, Western Australia, with a capital of £150,000; Maori Gold-mine, Coolgardie, with a capital of £70,000; North…

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A Coal Hulk on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 July 1895 · page 3

A fire was discovered this morning on board the coal hulk Sir William Wallace, lying in Darling Harbour. The brigades were quickly on the scene, and extinguished the flame with salt water before…

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