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Mining & the mines, 1899

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No More Coal Deeded

Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

Considerable interest will be taken in Mr. Ray Stsnnard Baker’s article on “Liquid Air,” which appears in the April Strand Magazine.’ Liquid air is…

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Mining at Tingha

The Inverell Times · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

(BY OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The Tingha United Company is still sinking, and expect to bottom at about 125 feet. The object of this shaft is to cut a very rich face of…

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Ashford Mining Field

The Inverell Times · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 5

There is likely to be some activity thrown into mining matters in the near future in the long neglected Ashford mining field. Some years ago, a small boom occurred in…

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Mining. (By Our Own Reporter).the Shark Market and Mining

Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

We notice this last day or two a feeling of uncertainty in the mining market, showing that even our prices are often all regulated where the bulk of…

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Dredging for Gold.—A [?] Project. (“Ballarat Courier,” August 28.)

Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

Messrs. James Macmeikan (chairman of directors of the Australian Mines Development Company), Gilbert M’Minn (late senior surveyor of the South [?]…

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A Mine Sentry Attacked. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 5

A MINE sentry, on the Hand, was attacked by armed men as be was conveying wages to miners. He shot one dead, and the others fled…

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Late Mining

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 5

Report of the manager of the Elsmore Valley Tin Mine for week ending 18th Sept. 1899:--From the site of the new shaft I have driven 30ft. south. The bottom is rising as we go…

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Mining in the Inverell District

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

The subject which is at present exciting most public interest in this centre, is the projected dredging scheme in Cope's Creek near Tingha. The rest of the colony is absorbed in…

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Mining Notes. Inverell Stock Exchange

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 September 1899 · page 2

There was a crowded meeting of the exchange on Saturday, and a very good volume of business was done. The following were the sales on change:--100 Elsmore Valley tin,…

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Gold Ingots Under the Sea

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 4

THE Cape papers published thrilling story concerning treasure buried in the sea off the coast of Zululand. It appears that a syndicate engaged in illicit gold amalgam traffic in…

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Mining near Bendemeer. Dredging for Gold

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2

In last Saturday's issue of the Tamworth " Observer " it was announced that Mr. R. J. Roche, acting on behalf of Sydney capitalists, had notified his…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2

"Grafton Grip." says: " A miner who pegged out a likely looking tin claim near Kempsey recently sold out for £7.000 cash, and lie had never put…

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Late Mining

The Inverell Times · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 6

Rich tin has been struck in the new shaft in the Elsmore Valley tin mine. We hear that Mr. T. J. Lce has an offer of L20,000 for his Collins Hill diamond mine…

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Mining Notes

The Inverell Times · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2
Also in Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek

The following letter, by Mr. John Plummer, appeared in Saturday's HERALD:--For the encouragement of those engaged in the colonial mining industry, permit me to state that I…

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Bora Creek and Conrad Mines

Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2

We cull the following interesting [?] from the “Herald.” They [?] importance of our field, which [?] of further comment from us…

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Mining at Tingha

The Inverell Times · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2
Also in Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek

Work at Topper's mountain claim is being pushed along, indeed it would seem as though the mine would become an industry. One day last week I counted over 17 hands employed…

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Hillgrove Mining Stocks. Latest Quotations

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 5

Our correspondents wired us the following quotations last night:—Sunlight, buyer 3s 10d, seller 4s 9d. Bakers Greek, buyer 7s 3d, seller 7s 9d…

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Mining. (By Our Own Reporter)

Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek · Saturday 23 September 1899 · page 2

There has been a good extent of business in the m ning market. Stockton sold at the higher price of 6s. 2d, and closed strong other coaI companies…

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