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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1848

23 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

The Burra Burra Mines. (From the South Australian, December 17.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1848 · page 2

THE Burra Burrs Mines are Situated in a kind of basin, and are surrounded by hills of moderate elevation on every side, except the Burra Creek, towards which the ground slopes…

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Molong Mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1848 · page 2

IN accordance with the terms of the Deed of Settlement, the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Molong Mining Company was held ou Tuesday last, at the office of the…

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Manias and Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1848 · page 2

WE scarcely needed Mr. MACKAY'S entertaining work on Popular Delusions, to convince us that a people frequently go mad, a completely and as easily as…

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The Mining Districts

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 11 January 1848 · page 1

Sir Robert Peel, in his speech before the Tamworth Bible Society, adverted to a fact in our social condition which has long given anxiety to all thoughtful minds, namely,…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, January 18, 1848. Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I.' Coal in India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1848 · page 2

As any information respecting the existence of mineral fuel in situations likely to be advantageous for the purposes of steam navigation must be interesting to…

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The Anti-gold Law League

The Australian · Friday 11 February 1848 · page 2

TWELVE months ago, tho Financial and Commercial Crisis, which is now shaking England to the centre, was predicted by one of the most eminent financiers in New…

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Labour and Gold

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 18 March 1848 · page 4

Among the vulgarest of vulgar errors is that monetary dogma which affirms that of all commodities gold alone is capital. He who is rich in all other goods which minister to human happiness is…

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Original Correspondence. Coal. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1848 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—It would be conferring a benefit on the coal-burning portion of the inhabitants of Sydney were some inspector or other party appointed to see the provisions of…

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South Australian Mines. (From the South Australian Mining Journal, February 26.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1848 · page 3

BURRA BURRA MINES.—Quantity of ore sent to the port last week, 415 tons. Received at the Port in the present week, 352 tons. No alteration in the pitches since last week. On…

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South Australian Mines. (From the Times, December 14.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1848 · page 3

A NUMEROUS body of the shareholders of the Australian Mining Company assembled to-day to receive a special report on the state of their affairs, Mr. J. Masterman, jun., in the chair…

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Select Poetry. Plough Deep to Find the Gold

Sydney Chronicle · Thursday 30 March 1848 · page 4

Plough deep to find the gold, my boys! Plough deep to find the gold! The earth has treasures in her breast Unmeasured and untold…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, March 30. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour Coal Monopoly

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 1 April 1848 · page 2

The COL. SECRETARY, in answer to a question from Mr. Dangar, said that the government had not as yet arrived at any conclusion as to the course it would adopt relative to persons holding deeds of…

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Effects of the Exportation of Gold for the Importation of Corn

The Australian · Friday 14 April 1848 · page 3

REMARKABLE PROPHECY OF LORD STANHOPE.—In a letter written on the 8th of December, 1845, Earl Stanhope penned the following remarkable prophecy, the literal…

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Original Correspondence. The, Ati-gold Law League. To the Editor of the Australian Journal

The Australian · Friday 5 May 1848 · page 4

SIR,—I am a disciple of Free-Trade, yet I cannon agree with your views or with the views of the Anti-Gold-Law League as explained in their manifesto under the…

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Mining

Sydney Chronicle · Saturday 17 June 1848 · page 9

A new lode has been opened at the Kanmantoo Copper Mines of the South Australian Company; and such is the great promise of the new discovery, that twelve miners (with as many labourers as they choose to employ) are said to have taken the ore to raise at two…

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Molong Mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 July 1848 · page 2

PURSUANT to advertisement the half-yearly general meeting of the Molong Mining Company took pl[?] on Tuesday, at the office of the company, Spring-street, Sydney, The…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, August 14, 1848. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Royalty Claim on Colonial Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 August 1848 · page 2

ALBEIT New South Wales has hitherto only proved her mineral capabilities, to the extent of establishing a Molong Mining Company, which occasionally,…

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Country News. the Mining Movement

The Sydney Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 September 1848 · page 2

The mineral productions of our county and its neighbourhood are likely to be brought into advantageous notice by a movement that has taken place amongst several influential gentlemen, who…

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[?]olice Sketches. a Scene From the Last New Tragedy Called Stony-patter; [?], the Gold Stick in Waiting. Characters— Mr. Judge-em......Mr. Jay-Pee Mr. Pelt-him........Mons. Alexandre Tib-bey Mr. Goldstick........Mr. Kemble Scene—A COURT. All the Characters discovered

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 16 September 1848 · page 3

GOLDS.—To you, my liege, J.P., or Bench, or Judge, Or Worship, or whatever mortals deem Your power omnipotent in judgment halls,…

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Molong Copper Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 September 1848 · page 2

THE following letter respecting some samples of ore, the produce of the Molong Copper Mines, has been handed to us for publication;…

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