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Mining & the mines, 1872

1,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 98

Mining. Wednesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 July 1872 · page 5

A LARGE amount of business was reported from the brokers'-room to-day, and a fair number of sales were made during the afternoon. Copper shares continue to meet with investors at fullrates…

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Mining Intelligence. the Inverell Tin Mines

Empire · Friday 5 July 1872 · page 4

We take the following intelligence from the Inverell Courier of the 26th June:— The Lyngarra Mine, Mr. P. P. Wright, proprietor, is one which well deserves to be noticed in detail, us the results…

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Miling News. Gold

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

LATER FROM HILL END.—By the Times of Wodnesday it is reported that there is a very large quantity of stone (some 1500 tons) on the hill, ready for packing and crushing; bul the slimy state of the tra[?] renders its…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Friday 5 July 1872 · page 3

Messrs. H. M. Caldwell and Co. report that they have have received further good news respecting Brand and Fletcher's rich claim. The Sydney share list will close on Saturday next…

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Mining. Thursday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 July 1872 · page 5

THE number of transactions to-day was not nearly so large as those of yesterday. Gold shares were less firm. Rapps have receded, to 12s. 6d., Krohmanns to 41s., and Beyers and…

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Latest Mining Evening News O[?]

Evening News · Friday 5 July 1872 · page 2

H. LOVETT AND Co., brokers for the Beehive Gold[?]ining Co., report a telegram from Spratt's claim, Beehive line of reef, that a trial crushing had yielded 70oz. Messrs. H. M. Caldwell and Co. report that they…

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Telegrams[?] This Day Gulgong. Thursday, 5.19 p.m. The escort has takes 7224oz of gold

Evening News · Friday 5 July 1872 · page 2

Commissioner Johnson is holding an inquiry relative to the frontage and the block systems. Many witnesses have been examined. Abundant rain has fallen…

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Mines and Mining. The Amalgamation of Ores

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 14

IT has frequently been our duty to call attention to the great loss arising from the imperfect methods, now in use, of extracting gold and silver from their ores; and the waste has been so extensive, amounting probably to…

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Tin Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 20

YESTERDAY we were shown some very rich specimens of lode tin from the claim of Messrs. Montgomery, Lee, and Nicholson, who have selected between 400 and 500 acres of land at the top of the range which divides the Mole and…

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Copper Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 21

ACCORDING to the district mining report in the Orange paper, the principal excitement in mining during the week has been the reports and specimens from the Peabody mine. On Saturday evening some extraordinary exhibits were…

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The Inverell Tin Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 15

We take the following intelligence from the Inverell Courier of the 26th June:— The Lyngarra Mine, Mr. P. P. Wright, proprietor, is one which well deserves to be noticed in detail, as the results…

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Latest Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 2
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CURRAJONG. —The correspondent of the Forbes Times of the 27th June, gives the following as the result of the previous week's gold washings in that district. At Shaw's machine, on the…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 15

We take the following from the Tambaroora Times of Saturday:— Morning Star: Getting on well with the sinking, and are now at a depth of 56 feet. Nothing struck. Fischerand Co…

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Mining News

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 9

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 2

HILL END AND TAMBAROORA.—The subjoined items of intelligence are from the Times of Saturday :—Morning Star : Getting on well with the sinking, and are now at a depth of 56 feet…

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The Mining Record

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 18

A PARCEL of 17 bags of tin ore, the first received from the Queensland Company's mine, came to hand on the 28th ultimo, per City of Brisbane (s.). The total quantity received by…

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A Visit to the Cobar Copper Mine. From Bourke to the Mine, Cobar, June 12

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 15

ALTHOUGH not strictly within the compass of my programme, still I decided upon visiting Cobar for several reasons. The conversation in Bourke was very coppery. Nearly everyone had a touch of copper on the…

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Mining Appliances. The Economical Transportation of Ores. [Concluded from page 808.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 8

HAVING given some attention to the first modification of the principle contained in the suspension bridge, as applied to the conveyance of ores and goods over mountainous places and difficult roads, we now conclude the subject by…

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Mining News

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 July 1872 · page 3

AT ynlgilbar quartz reefs it is said by tie correspondent of the Clarence Examiner, 2nd instant, that things are pretty quiet, awaiting the result of the trial crushing of the Lombardy stone, but several of the companies are about…

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