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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

143 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 8

Hillgrove Mines. the Mines, Monday. Mining News

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

BAKER's Creek.—The usual fortnightly cleaning-up took place on Saturday last, the result being 1345 ounces of gold from 107 tons of stone. This was undoubtedly…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

THE results for the past fortnight's crushing at Baker's Creek Mine were 1345 ounces from 107 tons of atone. This keeps up the prestige of the famous mine…

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Terrible Mining Accident at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

A REPORT has just reached Newcastle that portion of the A. A. Company's colliery at Glebe has fallen in, and that a number of miners are entombed. Mr. Dixon…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 8

WRITING under date of the 25th inst. our Enmore correspondent says:— "At the Sunnyside mine, Enmore, jumping claims appear to be the order of the day, and…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1889 · page 6

FROM Tingha we learn that the past few weeks' wet weather has enabled every one to wash up the huge heaps of washdirt and surfacing which had been stacked…

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Hillgrove Mines. the Mines, Monday. Progress Committee Meeting

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1889 · page 4

ON Friday evening last a very large, repreventative, and influential public meeting took place at Wade's Hotel, for the purpose of receiving the half-yearly report…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1889 · page 8

BAKER'S Creek Gold Mining Company (No-Liability), Hillgrove, N. S. W.—Progress Report for Fortnight Ending June 22,1889: Tons crushed, 107; yield,…

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Hillgrove Mines. the Mines, Monday. Mining News

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 4

DURING the past few days a good deal of excitement has been worked up here through the report of a rich alluvial find being lately made somewhere in the…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1889 · page 5

THERE was much excitement in town on Saturday, when it was rumoured that alluvial gold had been struck near Guy Fawkes. A…

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Hillgrove Mines. the Mines, Monday. Mining News

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1889 · page 4

CENTENNIAL G. M. Co.—It is reported that some very good gold-bearing stone has lately been struck in this property, and, from stone shown to me, the find…

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The Colliery Catastrophe. Newcastle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1889 · page 4

THE A. A. Company has decided to hand over the pit where the recent disaster took place to the Government temporarily to enable them to proceed with the…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1889 · page 8

OUR Enmore correspondent writes that the prospectors in the Sunnyside reef are treating with the shareholders in No. 1 North, in view of amalgamating the two…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1889 · page 5

THE principal events of importance during the past week have been the discovery of gold reefs between Winter bourne and Enmore, and the further…

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Hillgrove Mines. the Mines

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1889 · page 5

HOSPITAL MEETING.—The extraordinary wet weather which has prevailed here of late had a somewhat damping effect on the adjourned Cottage Hospital meeting…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1889 · page 4

MOUNT MORGAN.—Mr. J. Wesley Hall, the manager of the Mount Morgan mine, has just issued the half-yearly report. Since the mine was floated into a public…

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The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 4

THE great sensation daring the past week has been the further discovery of gold bearing reefs in the vicinity of Postman's Creek, near Enmore. A piece of surface…

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The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1889 · page 4

FAIRFIELD Mining.—Writing on Saturday one of our (STAR) correspondents reports that the Adeline battery Was stopped during the week having nothing to crush, the…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 4

A VERY encouraging report was received from Baker's Greek North, last week. Up to Saturday night the crushing had proceeded in a satisfactory manner and the…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 7

TIN and Copper.—The prices in Sydney this week were: Tin per unit, 15s. 6d.; copper, £42 to £43 per ton. Tingha.—July 27: Little is being done…

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Hillgrove Mines

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1889 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writes that the weather has been very rough at Hillgrove, and the roads have again become heavy from continued rains. A little fine weather is now…

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