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Mining & the mines, 1872

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Latest Mining

Evening News · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 2
Also in Empire

Mr. Walker, manager of the Ruby Tin Mining Co., reports the arrival from Brisbane, by the Lady Young (s), of 65 bags of ore, weighing 59 cwt. 2 qrs. 19lbs. from the company's works…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 15

WE take the following from the Tambaroora Times of Saturday last:— The principal news of the week is Paxton and Holman's crushing, which is a very poor one for that…

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Mining Matters

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 3

FROM the latest sources, we clip the following items relating to mining affairs:— LITTLE RIVER, GRAFTON.—Our reefs continue to yield some excellent stone. The…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 2

HILL END AND TAMBABOORA.—In the report by the limes of Saturday, it is stated that the principal news of the week is Paxton and Hoinan's crushing, which is a very poor one for that…

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Mining News

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 5

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Colliery Explosion at Bolton.—28 Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 23

An explosion of gas, attended with the loss of twentyeight lives, and severe injury to eleven men and boys, took place in the Lover's Lane, or Old Chain pit, at Atherton, near Bolton, on Thursday. The colliery is…

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Mining Managers' Reports

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 3

Lucknow, six men s ground—Still sinking straight shaft; some fine looking veins come into the shaft during the week, bearing gold, expect to cut the reef in about 20 feet;…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 8

THERE was an improved demand for Krohmanns gold to-day, small sales were reported at 42s. 6d., and there were buyers for a quantity at a less figure. Beyers and…

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The Mining Record

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 722

THE dulness of the past week has increased towards the close, and mining shares may be very justly termed decidedly flat. Sellers largely predominate over buyers, and as a…

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The Clarence River Gold Fields. [From Our Correspondent.] May 30

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 15

[?] 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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The Tin Mines in the North. (From the Glen Innes Guardian, June 4.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 5

THE news from the tin mines is of a very satisfictory nature, and the rich yields from some of the land is causing speculators to go in heavy. During the past week several shares have changed hands at an average price of £[?]00…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1872 · page 7

As the year progresses, so the yield of our gold-fields increases; and the returns for the past five months compare favourably with those of any similar period since 1863. When the yield…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Monday 10 June 1872 · page 3

A MEETING of the shareholders in the El Dorado Goldmining Company, Wattle Flat, took place on Tuesday last, at the Temporance Hall, when the company was declared formed, and the following officers appointed:—…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Monday 10 June 1872 · page 2

WE are informed that a company has been formed, and it now placed before the public, for the purpose of working ground known as the Limekilns, situate in the neighbourhood of Sofala, which company has been named the…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Tuesday 11 June 1872 · page 3

The next issue of the Town and Country Journal will contain plain and practical directions for testing minerals, by following which any iatelligent person will be able to ascertain the character of any ordinary ore or…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1872 · page 5

IN the present state of the market there is little or no disposition to invest in anything of a progressive character in gold mines; and even those which have heen dividend-paying…

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Latest Mining [?] News Office

Evening News · Tuesday 11 June 1872 · page 2

[?] The next issue of the Town and Country Journal will contain plain and practical directions for testing minerals, hy following which any intelligent person con [?]sily ascertain the character of any ordinary ore or…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Wednesday 12 June 1872 · page 2

The next issue of the Town and Country Journal will contain plain and practical directions for testing; minerals, by following which any intelligent person can easily ascertain. the character of any ordinary ore or…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1872 · page 5

EXTREME depression prevails in the Share market; buyers appear to have withdrawn, and sellers are only too numerous. Of stocks generally it may be said that copper alone…

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