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Mining & the mines, 1872

1,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 98

The Inverell Tin Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 13

Ruby Vale Company: Auburn Vale, 280acres. At present there are but two men at work, making preparations for sluicing when a supply of water can be obtained. The prospects are from 1 to 2 lbs to the dish of good ruby tin. Cope's…

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Smelting for Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 11

A MOST profitable branch of vein mining and reduction was undertaken by Professor Hill in 1867 in California, in connection with some Boston and Providence capitalist. This is a close corporation, managed with…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 2

Messrs. Little and Pile report that the share list of the Sugarloaf Tin-mining Company will close next week. There is a good, demand for the shares; the capital of the company being small, and probably…

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Mining Reports

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 1

THE yield of our gold-fields for last month has added to the surplus which the returns for the current year present over those of 1871. The amount of gold received from the various mines…

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Mining Appliances

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 40

OF the inventions registered for mining purposes during 1870, we notice three of that character registered by Dr. Frederick Beer, a native of Switzerland, but now resident in Sydney. The first of…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 13
Also in Evening News

WE take the following from the Tambaroora Times of Saturday:There is nothing of importance to chronicle this week, beyond the fact of the Excelsior Company, Sergeant's Reef,…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 2

GULGONG .—The Guardian of Saturday saya : —The escort left on Thursday conveying 7224 ozs. of gold as the yield for the past fortnight. The Home Rule Rush concentrates the attention…

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Mining News

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 9

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The Mining Record

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 50

MESSRS. Fahey and Co. report having sold by auction on Friday, 150 shares in Hickson, Creighton, and Beard's at 20s. 6d.; 200 All Nations' Gold Mining Company at 13s. 6d.; 500 King of the Ranges at 4s. 6d., with several…

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Colonial Reminiscences. an Old Gold Digger's Story

Evening News · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 2
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

SOME twenty years ago I was digging at Bingera, which, as most colonists know, is situated in the Gwydir strict. Our party consisted of three, as sociable, light-hearted beings as one could meet. Fortune had…

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Mining Correspondence. Wattle Flat. [Random Notes, by a Wandering Reporter.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1872 · page 2

THERE are only three tributaries of the Turon, west of the Bathurst Road, which can be said property to come down from Wattle Flat. These are Spring Creek, Bell's Creek, and Jew's Creek. Further…

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Mining News. Gold/

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1872 · page 3

YULGILBAR REEFS.—On the 1st instant a correspondent of the Clarence Examiner writes from Lion Township as follows:—I am glat to be able to report that mining operation up here are beginning to wear an improved aspect…

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Australian Coal Versus Englishh Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1872 · page 6

AT the meeting of the Scottish Australian Mining Company, one of the speakers stated that at Hongkong the engineers of the large ocean steamers frequently took Lambton coal, brought…

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Smelting for Gold

Evening News · Monday 15 July 1872 · page 4

A MOST profitable branch of vein mining and reduction was undertaken by Professor Hill in 1867 in California, in connection with some Boston and Providence capitalists. This is a close corporation, managed with…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Monday 15 July 1872 · page 2

The cake of gold recently taken from a trial crushing of the Lady Belmore Gold Mining Company, will be on view for the inspection of shareholders and others, at the office, 362 Lloyd's Chambers, this day (Monday)…

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Mining. Saturday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1872 · page 5

THE past week has been marked by a falling off in the demand for gold shares, and an increased inquiry for copper and tin investments. On Friday, shares in the Peabody mine, which…

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Latest Mining Evening News Office

Evening News · Monday 15 July 1872 · page 2

OUR special correspondent at Bourke writes, under date July 6, as follows:—"The copper excitement still prevails here. From all I have seen of this country (between Cobar and Bourke), and from all one hears…

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Mining on Private Property. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 July 1872 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of the 8th July a letter appeared under the, above heading signed "N. P. B.," which, I think, demands a few comments. Your correspondent seems alarmed, and with good reason, at the decided tone public…

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