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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 October 1896 · page 5

Mr. Davies has made arrangements for the amalgamation of the Alliance and certain other gold-mining companies in the Ballarat and Steiglitz district. The new company which is…

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The First Development of the Newcastle Coal Supply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 October 1896 · page 2

We have concluded the printing of extracts from the last volume of Historical Records of New South Wales rotating to the exploration at the beginning of the century of the Hunter and Paterson Rivers…

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Gold and Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 3

Two great and unexpected movements have occurred recently (says the Argus of Oat. 22). The first was the sudden depiction of the Bank of England holdings of gold by nearly .£12,000,000 in the…

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Mining Laws Amendment

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 2

In the Assembly to-day a message was sent to the Council, insisting on some amendments on the Council's amendments in the Mining Laws…

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Brisbane. a Rich Find of Gold

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 5

A private telegram received in Brisbane this morning states that heavy and rich gold has been struck in No. 4 shaft of the Champion Mine, Mount Morgan, at a depth of eighty feet. The shaft had…

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Exemptions from Rates. Dept. of Mines and Agriculture, Stock Branch, Sydney, 21st October, 1896

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 October 1896 · page 3

Sir,— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 20th instant, forwarding petition from residents of Singleton…

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New Mining Companies

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 3

The Harbinger Gold-mining Company, Wood's Point, Victoria, has been registered with a capital of £100,000. The Victorian Gold Estate Company is projected; the capital is fixed at £350,000, of…

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Mining Laws of Western Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 October 1896 · page 3

Mr. Reid, chairman of the New Explorers' Syndicate of Western Australia, has written a Letter to the Financial News stating that many of the principal issuing houses have decided: to boycott…

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Victorian Coal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 13

A deputation of Victorian colliery owners waited on the Premier last week and asked that the freight of coal on the railways should not be raised, as proposed, and that the Government should support…

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The Miners' Association

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 2

An effort is to be made, it is said, to greatly alter the rules of the present Minors' Association, with the object of bringing about greater federation between the different lodges and coal bewers in…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 6

During the three months ended September the Mount Morgan Company treated 29,331 tone of stone for 37,645oz of gold. The gold returns for Queensland for the quarter…

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Gold and Wheat

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 October 1896 · page 7

Two great and unexpected movements have occurred recently (says the Argus of Oct. 22). The first was the sudden depletion of the Bank of England holdings of gold by nearly £12,000,000 in the…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1896 · page 6

The amount of gold shipped from Sydney during October was £456,300. The holiday exemptions in West Australia have been fixed at six weeks for Coolgardie and…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 7

Messrs. Neeld, the discovers of Wyalong goldfield have obtained 73oz of gold from 23 tons of stone. The result was the first clean up from their chlorination plant…

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New Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 3

Howel's Consolidated Mining Company, New South Wales Which was formed which was formed with a capital of £150,000, of which £100,000 was issued in shares has proceeded to allotment…

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The Gold Seekers. Chapter I.

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 9

IN WHICH THE HERO S FATE IS SHAPED. "Game! Set! Come and Lave some tea, Ivor. That's the second time I have beaten you to-day ; you ought to bo ashamed of…

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Scottish Australian Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 November 1896 · page 3

The report of the directors of the Scottish Australian Mining Company shows a debit balance of £1914 on the operations for the year. The loss is stated to be the result of the late coalminers…

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New Mining Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 November 1896 · page 5

The Perseverance Gold-mining Company, which was formed with a capital of £112,503 to work a mine at Stuart Town, New South Wales, and in which shares to the amount £50,000 were offered…

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Canadian Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 November 1896 · page 5

Mr. Barney Barnato, the well-known South African mineowner, has secured control of several mines at Ontario, Canada, the price paid being 250,000 dollars…

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Reminiscences of Johannesburg. Life in the Gold Fields of South Africa. a Digger's Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 November 1896 · page 4

In the early days, when gold was first discovered in the Transvaal, many men left their occupations and their homes, and trekked northwards in order to try their luck in the new country. Some of…

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