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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Gold-mining in Western Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 3

The Lily Austral Gold-mining Company, which has been formed to acquire blocks 298 and 299 in the White Feather district, Western Australia, has been registered with a capital of £90,000…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 3

The owners of Mount Lewisson gold mine, Pambula, have again struck wonderfully rich ore. Some of the stone taken out of Thursday in the presence of shareholders was smothered with fine gold and…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 2

By the new Mining Bill in West Australia the Price of miners' rights is reduced to 10s, and alluvial miners are permitted to go on all leases for 12 months…

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Mining Disaster in Germany

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 3

A terrible disaster has occurred at the Puinz Colliery at Bochum, in Germany, where 30 men have been killed by an explosion. Heavy falls of earth stopped the advance of the rescue parties who…

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The Newcastle and Wallsend Coal Company

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 2

At the half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle and Wallsend Coal Company on Thursday, the report stated that works at the mine, including the railway, rolling stock, and machinery, was in a…

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Victorian Gold-mining

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1895 · page 3

A syndicate is being formed to invent £200,000 in Victorian gold mines…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 July 1895 · page 3

The East Wealth of Nations Mining Company, Western Australia, with a capital of £120,000, and the Frenchman's Peak Gold-mining Company, Tasmania, with a capital of £25,000, have been…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 July 1895 · page 2

About 4 tons 3 cwt. of stone from Coramba, Kingwood, and Denning's, Coramba, treated at Sydney, yielded 43oz This return, has created great excitement locally…

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Murderous Miners

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 July 1895 · page 3

Thirty-live miners of Gaylord's Mine, West Virginia, who had been out on strike, resumed work on Tuesday, Juno 4th. On leaving night…

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Mining in Western Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 July 1895 · page 3

The Walden's Find Gold-mining Company, in the White Feather district, Western Australia, is being formed with a capital of £100,000…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1895 · page 4

Payable stone has been struck at a depth of 102ft. in sinking on the reef in the Londonderry No. 1 South, not far from the Londonderry boundary. Fair gold has also been met with in driving north…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 August 1895 · page 3

The Central Menzies Gold Mine, Coolgardie, with a capital of £00,000, and the Hannan's Napier Gold-mining Company with a capital of £100,000, have been registered. The Bethanga Goldfields…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 3

The Maritana lode, Coolgardie, has opened up magnificently. Hitherto a number of rich quartz veins have been prospected, and in following them one was suddenly lost in a mass formation…

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A New Zealand Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 August 1895 · page 3

The Woodstock Gold-mining Company of New Zealand has been registered with a capital of £150,000. The working capital is £40,625…

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The Eldorado Mine Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 14

On Monday afternoon the body of Thompson, one of the unfortunate men buried in the mine at Eldorado, was found It was discovered lying in the slug at the back of a great boulder which had…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 3

The Hauraki mine's (N.Z.) return for the month is 3269oz. of gold from 142 tons. The value of the yield is £9865. On Wednesday, 24th, a crushing of 22 tons from…

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Canowindra. a Gold Find

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 3

Splendid stone was struck in the Blue Jacket mine at the 245ft. level. The atone shows gold very freely, thickly studded with pyrites. It is said to be the best stone yet obtained from the…

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A Mining Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 3

Particulars are just received of a shocking mining disaster in Scotland. An inrush of water occurred in Ardrosaan mine, when upwards of 100 men were at work. The pit became rapidly flooded…

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The Victorian Mining Disaster. (By Telegraph) Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 2

ALL the bodies of the men entombed in the M'Evey Mine have been recovered. The body of J. Kacebone, who was working with Thompson, was…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 August 1895 · page 3

The Ashbourne Mining Company, Western Australia, with a capital of £30,000, and the Menzies Gold Estates Company, with a capital of £250,000, have been registered. The shares of the Black…

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