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Mining & the mines, 1872

1,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 98

Mining. Monday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1872 · page 5

WHEN the market opened this morning, an unlooked for inquiry set in for Drummond shares, and was at first attributed to the increased price of copper in England, but it soon transpired…

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Tin Mines. to the Editor of the Herand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1872 · page 3

SIR,—I have received several inquiries respecting the "Dumaresq Mole River Tin Mining Company," advertised in your columns, and beg to state that I know nothing whatever respecting it, or who it is promoted by. I…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Tuesday 4 June 1872 · page 2

EUREKA GOLD-MINING COMPANT.—The following is a copy of a letter just received in town:—"May 30th, 1872. Dear Sir,—We have struck two fresh gold-bearing veins, and we wish to withdraw our lease from the…

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Notes on the Tin, Copper, and Goldfields of the North. [From a Correspondent.]

Empire · Tuesday 4 June 1872 · page 3

TIN ia found on the Macdonald River, about sixteen miles from Bendemeer, near Inverell, and onwards to Queensland, including the Richmond and Grafton districts, but the principal places appear to be the…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Wednesday 5 June 1872 · page 3

The Yulgilbar Quartz Reefe.—The news from the new reefing district of Solferino is of the most encouraging nature; and the rich stone that is being grassed from the claims that are down on the reefs is causing the…

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Mining. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 June 1872 · page 5

THE share market was very flat to-day, gold shares neglected, and not a great deal doing in tin. For copper shares the demand has been fairly sustained, and like yesterday the most…

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Latest Mining Evening News Office

Evening News · Wednesday 5 June 1872 · page 2

The Comet Lease, Wattle Flat.-Some very rich speci[?]ens from this lease, which is five acres in extent, was brought to our office this morning by Mr. Brown, of Pitt-street. The stone is studded with gold, and…

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A Trip to the Ironbarks Goldfield. [From a Correspondent.]

Empire · Wednesday 5 June 1872 · page 3

To the many to whom the district of the "Ironbarks" is at present unknown, the following rough sketch of a visit lately paid to that locality muy not be uninteresting, while to the Many very jolly inhabitants thereof it…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 June 1872 · page 5

SHARES continue to be offered freely without meeting much response from buyers. Copper shares command most inquiry, and sales of Drummond were made to-day at from 5s. to…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Thursday 6 June 1872 · page 3

The Hopeful Gold-mining Company, Litile Hawkins' Hill.— This is a promoters' company, and has been successfully formed. At a meeting held on Monday, at Mr. Walker's office, Pitt-street, the following…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 2

A MEETING of the shareholders of the Peak Downs Consols Copper Mining Company was held yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce, Exchange, when the Hon. S. D. Gordon, M.L.C., Messrs. H. Prince, J. B. Rundle,…

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The Clarence Rivee Gold-fields. [From Our Correspondent.] May 30

Empire · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 3

DURING the present state of affairs it would be accounted almost insanity to speak of anything which would not bear some relation to gold mining, and therefore I will dive into the depths of the all-absorbing…

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Mining. Thursday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 5

OPERATORS in mining shares are beginning to realise the fact that the market is getting weaker every day, and sales more difficult to effect. There was hardly anything doing this…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 2

A MEETING of the shareholders of the Peak Dorms Consols Copper Mining Company was held yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce, Exchange, when the Hon. S. D. Gordon, M.L.C., Messrs. H. Prince, J. B. Bundle,…

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Coal in Time of War. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 6

SIR,[?] Sydney people are proud, and justly so, of their magnificent ha[?]our, both as regards its beauty and its commercial capabilities. The fine fleet of steamers running from it to other ports bears testimony to the enterprise of…

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The Gold Discovery at Lucknow. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 June 1872 · page 6

SIR,—I trust you will find space in your widely circulated paper for a few remarks I have to make in justice with reference to the c[?]ness of the opinions and assertions of the Rev. W. B. Cha[?] regarding the riches hidden in…

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Mines and Mining. Mineral Resources and Statistics

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 13

ON Wednesday, 22nd May, the Rev. W. B. Clarke whose position in the foremost rank of the geologists of the world it ought to be unnecessary to mention here, devoted the greater…

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Copper Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 726

IN the prospecting (Messrs. P. Gay and W. May) claim of 40 acres, at the Crake Mines, black oxide of copper is being obtained 5 or 6 inches wide, from a reef about 4 feet wide—12 ounces of which were smelted, and yielded 7½…

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Our Mines

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 1

ALTHOUGH at the close of the past month the business in gold shares, was decidedly dull, the usual amount of activity has been displayed by promoters in bringing into the market new ventures, and for these new…

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Tin Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 726

FROM Inverell it is reported, in the Armidale Express of Saturday, that the rush for mineral leases is still being kept up, chiefly on Cope's Creek. I have known so many as four to six applicants for favourite patches on this creek. The…

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