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Mining & the mines, 1872

1,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 98

Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Monday 5 February 1872 · page 2

BARTON and MELHA[?] report a very active market in Band and Albion consols, owing to the very handsome dividend declared. There are now buyers at 75s; but small lots only can be obtained at that figure. One…

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Absorption of Sulphur by Gold

Empire · Tuesday 6 February 1872 · page 3
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A PART of the duty assigned to me while recently on the Thames gold-fields, was to investigate into the cause of the loss of gold experienced by the proprietors of the several batteries in that district, when working the…

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Latest Mining. Empire Office

Empire · Tuesday 6 February 1872 · page 2

BAHTON and MELHADO report a rory aotive marient in Band and Albion consols, owing to the very handsome dividend declared. There are now buyers at 75s; but small lots only can be obtained at that figure. One…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Tuesday 6 February 1872 · page 2

E. N. EMMETT reports:—The Cr[?]sus Tunnel is driven over 70 feet. and the mining manager reports a quartz vein from 6 to 8 inches in the blue slate underlying east. This is a good indication for gold…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1872 · page 3

GULGONG.—The usual fortnightly escort (says the Gurndian of Saturday) left on Thursday last, conveying 6818 oz. of gold as the produce of the field for that period. This very creditable amount of gold is wholly the result of the…

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Latest Mining. Empire Office

Empire · Wednesday 7 February 1872 · page 2

E. N." Emmett reports— The Croesus Tunnel is driven over 70 feet, and the mining.' manager reports a quartz vein from 6 to 8 inches in the blue slate underlying east. This is a good indication for gold…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Wednesday 7 February 1872 · page 2

MESSRS. BARTON and MELHADO report:—The yield yesterday from Band and Albion Consols gold mine was 260oz, with buyers at 65s ex div., with regard to the trial crushing referred to a day or two ago, this was…

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Latest Mining

Evening News · Thursday 8 February 1872 · page 2

BARTON AND MELHADO report that Band and Albion consols were dealt in, in very large parcels in Melbourne this morning, at 68s and 70s, and some shares changed hands here at 67s. 68s, and 69s. Applications…

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Mining Intelligence

Empire · Thursday 8 February 1872 · page 4

THE usual fortnightly escort left Gulgong, says the Guardian, on Thursday last, conveying 6818oz of gold as the produce of the field for that period. This very creditable amount of gold is whoily the result of the…

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Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 February 1872 · page 4

MITCHELL'S CREEK CO.—February 3: The manager reports that the crashing machinery is a[?] work, all is going on well, and he has a good supply of water, which, is now running through the water level to the main shaft to be…

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Latest Mining. Empire Office

Empire · Thursday 8 February 1872 · page 3

MESSRS. BARTON and MELHADO report— The yield yesterday from Band and Albion Consols gold mine was 260 oz, with buyers at 65s ex div., with regard to the trial crushing referred to a day or two ago., this was…

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Mining Intelligence

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1872 · page 4
Also in Empire

THE usual fortnightly escort left Gulgong, says the Guardian, on Thursday last, conveying 6818oz of gold as the produce of the field for that period. This very creditable amount of gold is wholly the result of the…

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Extensive Gold Swindle

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1872 · page 3

A SPRUCELY-DRESSED and somewhat polite Celestial, named Kee Chang, has been giving the 'barbarisms' with whom he condescended to do business a practical lesson on the extreme folly of trusting in the…

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Latest Mining. Empire Office

Empire · Friday 9 February 1872 · page 2

BARTON AND MELHADO report that Band and Albion console were dealt in, in very large parcels in Melbourne this morning, at 68s and 70s, and some shares changed hands here at 67s, 68s, and 69s. Applications…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Friday 9 February 1872 · page 2

BARTON AND MELHADO report a very strong market is Band and Albion consols, with buyers at 70s; the yield still continues large, the return yesterday being two hundred and eighty-four ounces for the day…

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Mines and Mining. Sofala. (From Our Correspondent.) February 3

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 February 1872 · page 15

THE muoh-looked-for rain has come at lest, and the almost unbearable heat of the past week has given place to a more genial atmosphere. Sluicing parties that have hitherto been at a standstill for want of…

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Mining. Gold, and How it is Got. No. VIII

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1872 · page 169

UNTIL very recently quartz mining was carried on in New South Wales by individual miners in small parties, without any assistance from capitalists, properly so-called. Our mining regulations prohibited…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1872 · page 7

A GENTLEMAN who has just returned from a visit to Hil[?] End informs us that he was favoured with a sight of some of the rich stone now getting out of Paxton and Co.'s claim. He describes one piece in particular as being a lamp…

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