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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MAEEETS. There were 1700 cattle yarded to-day, the prices being well maintained, best…

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Wyalong Goldfield

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 3

A marked improvement is being shown in some of the Wyalong claims with stone estimated at from four to five ounces to the ton…

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The Tin Mining Industry

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 5

MR. JOHN PLUMMER, of Sydney, writes to the London Mining World as follows:--Among the numerous metals found in New South Wales tin occupies a leading place, but although its existence…

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Melbourne. Discovery of Coal

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 3

Coal has been struck at Williamstown at a depth of 194 feet…

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West Australia. the Londonderry Mine

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 3

Confirmation has been received of the reported striking of a rich reef in the Londonderry Mine, Cooigardie, at a dept of 50 feet. There is great excitement…

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Intercolonial. Melbourne, Monday. Coal Struck

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 5

COAL has been struck at Williamstown at a depth of 194 feet. CARRIED AT A LOSS. According to the Bail way Commissioners…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining. Tin is quoted at 11s. 3d. Homebush Markets

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 5

There were 2189 cattle yarded and nearly 15,000 sheep penned to day; but owing to the heavy sales the auctioneers have not yet returned to town…

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New Gold Fields

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 5

About 1000 men are on the Garangula field. A rush has set in for Jugiong, a few miles from Murrumburrah…

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West Australia. the Gold Fields

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 5

Copious rain has. fallen at Coolgardie. The Londonderry mine continues to improve, and half a million in gold is said to be in sight…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 3d. HOMEBUSH MARKET. There were 530 cattle yarded to-day, there being no alteration in the prices;…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 3d. HOMEBUSH MARKETS. There were 2302 cattle yarded to-day. The market collapsed, best beef fetching…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at l1s. 3d. HOMEBUSH SALES. There were 360 cattle yarded to-day, the market being unaltered, best beef fetching…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. HOMEBU SH MAKKETThe cattle market is better all round, best beef fetching 11s. per 1001bs. Nearly…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1894 · page 5

TIN is quoted at lls. HOMEBUSH MARKET. There were 336 cattle yarded to-day, with no material alteration in prices; best beef…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Monday Night. MINING

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 5

TIN is quoted at lls. 6d. HOMEBUSH SALES. 1700 cattle were yarded, and there was a slight improvement in the market, best beef…

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West Australian Goldfields

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 3

MR. W. R. WILSON, one of the pioneers of the silverfields of which Broken Hill is the centre, has just returned to Melbourne from an extensive tour through the goldfields of Western Australia…

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Eight Hours in Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 5

The House, of Commons, by a majority of five, decided not to enforce the eight-hour system among miners where, the concession was not demanded by a majority of the…

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The Very Latest. Sydney, Thursday Night. Latest Mining

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 5

Tin is quoted at 11s. 6d. HOMEBUSH MARKET. There were 243 cattle yarded to-day, the market being considerably better; best…

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How a Mine Was Discovered

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 6

THE discovery of the Amulet mine, on Lynx Creek, reads more like fiction than reality, In July, 1886, E. E. Dogget, with pick and shovel…

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The Miner. The Wealth of Nations Mine. Half a Ton of Specimens Estimated to Yield Quarter of a Ton of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 August 1894 · page 3

MR. H. C. ST. VINCENT, of this journal, on Friday evening, received the following telegram from Coolgardie, which had been despatched from that remote field at 8.20 a.m. same day:--"Just…

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