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Mining & the mines, 1895

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Mining News. Good Reports From Stewart's Brook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 3

Mr. Harry Benjamin, of West Maitland, is in receipt of reliable information from Stewart's Brook goldfield giving a very good report of some of the gold claims there. His informant states…

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The Collieries Commission

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 3

A PRELIMINARY meeting of hte Royal Commission to inquire into the differences of opinion which have arisen out of the attempts to pass the…

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A Mining Invention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 August 1895 · page 3

Two Glasgow gentlemen have patented an invention which they claim will do away with the necessity for water-power for working mining stampers, substituting instead a combination of…

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The Londonderry Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 3

Mr. Plundett has retired from the directorate of the Londonderry mine, Coolgardie, on the ground that he is unable to tolerate the way in which Lord Fingall and himself have been treated by Colonel…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 2

The Great Boulder (Coolgardie) crushing for last week was 1310oz. from 160 tons. Gold has been discovered at Frankston, 20 miles from Melbourne. A local company has been formed…

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Greta Colliery Rates

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 2

At the Greta Council meeting on Wednesday the overdue rates on the colliery property were the subjects of discussion. A letter was received from Mr Williams,…

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Gold

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 2

Some specimens from the claim of the Stewart's Brook Gold Mining Company have been shown in town this week by Messrs John Hayes and W. L. Adams, of…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 3

The work of beach mining between the Clarence and Richmond has gradually developed from a precarious livelihood on shifty patches of black sand on the sea beach to one of a more permanent…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 7

The Great Boulder (Coolgardie) crushing for last week was 1310oz. from 160 tons. Another rich development has taken place in the Hannan's Reward mine, Kalgoorlie, in cross-cutting…

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Coal and Wool Market

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 5

There is a general advance in the Banford coal market, and a brisker [?]de is doing in both Colonial and English wools…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 3

The Bendigo Consols, with a capital of £120,000, and the Continental and Western Australian Trust, with a capital of£250,000, have been registered. The shares of the Consuello Goldmining…

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In an Arsenic Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 3

Many points of interest are brought out in a description in a technical journal of the way in which arsenic is obtained from one of the most famous mines in England, the Devon…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 2

There are three reefing claims on good gold at Lionsville and Solferins. M'Manus and party, in a new shaft on the Lion line, have rich stone at 70ft. Harkins, in the Garibaldi No. 2, 3, and 4, who…

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The Assessment of Collieries

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 5

The deputation appointed by the recent conference of Newcastle district municipal ties this morning interviewed the Colonial Secretary with regard to the assessment of collieries for the…

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Mining News

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 August 1895 · page 2

Our Taree correspondent writes:—A promising outlook.—The prospectus of the Queen of Bulby Gold-mining Company has been issued. Capital, £15.000 at 30,000 shares at 10s each, 10,000 of which…

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Prospecting Board Room. Department of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney, 30th July, 1895

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1895 · page 5

Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that in view of the Prospecting Board the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture has been pleased to approve of the following…

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The Assessment of Collieries

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 7

The deputation appointed by the recent conference of Newcastle district municipalities on Wednesday interviewed the Colonial Secretary with regard to the assessment of collieries for the…

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Greta Colliery Doctor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 2

The colliery doctor question at Greta is now amicably settled. Mr W. Ronnie, colliery manager, has informed a deputation of miners that the men would be…

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The Richmond Vale Colliery

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 2

The action of J. R. Rigg, of East Maitland, personally and as as trustee for the Richmond Vale Coal Co., New South Wales, against the Standard Bank and F. Kabat, J. H. Mein, and others, in…

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A Flooded Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 3

A mine in Colorado has been inundated with a great body of water. 13 lives were lost…

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