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Mining & the mines, 1872

1,946 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 98

Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1872 · page 3

A SUPPLEMENT to the Government Gazette, published yesterday, contains proclamations of the following Goldfields:— NANIMA…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Thursday 15 August 1872 · page 2

MR. JAMES VICKERY reports having floated privately the Waverly Gold Mining Company, Surface Hill, Wattle Flat. Capital L16.000. The whole of the chares have been taken up privately. The following…

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Mining. Wednesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1872 · page 5

COPPER shares were rather neglected to-day, the only sales being Southern Cobar at 3s. 6d., and Drummond at 7s. Peak Downs are held for 7. Business in gold shares confined to a…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Thursday 15 August 1872 · page 2

MR. JAMES VICKERY reports baring floated privately the waverly Geld Mining Company, Surface Hill, Wattle Flat. Capital L16.000. The whole of the shares have been taken Up privately. The following…

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Stealing Tin Ore.—important Mining Case. (Abridged from the Inverell Guardian.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 August 1872 · page 3

At the Glen Innes Police Court, on the 30th ultime, Michael Morahan, William Wilburne, George Payne, John Cochrane, Samuel Griffiths, and Thomas Hoolahan were arraigned charged with having stolen a quantity of t[?] are,…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1872 · page 2

LATER FROM HILL END.—By the Times of Wednesday it is reported that there is nothing p[?]rly calling for notice, all claims being st[?]dily at work. Mathe[?]on's (Shakespeare) is again st[?]pping the vei[?] The stone they…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Friday 16 August 1872 · page 3

It appears that work has been resumed on the ground of the Bloom of Australia Tin Mining Company, near Singleton. The superintendent, Mr. Jarman, has ten men washing the surface deposits and the contractors…

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Mining. Thursday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 August 1872 · page 5

THERE was less business doing in the Share Market this morning. The reaction that set in lately against copper shares, has not yet ceased, and Peak Downs alone maintain their value…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Friday 16 August 1872 · page 2

The mining manager of the Clan Campbell G.M. Co. (limited) reports having come on rich stone this week in stoping out. Waiting until the crushing machine is finished to give the stone a trial. There are 100 tons…

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Mines and Mining. Clarence River Gold-fields. Trip to the Little River. [From a Correspondent.] August 3

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 14

BEFORE leaving Grafton, I tried to procure a horse to carry me to the Little River; but having been honestly reared, forbore to take advantage of the simplicity of the Graftonites, whose reckless disregard of their own…

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Copper Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 212

Within the past few weeks Gundagai has been visited by a large number of gentlemen in search of copper-bearing localities, who have inspected the vicinity of Brangle Creek, where the M'Alpine Copper Mine is situated, and it…

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Tin Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 212

In its weekly report of the 3rd instant the Border Post (Queensland) gives a detailed account of the doings at the tin mines near the boundary. The Blue Mountain claim is situated on Law's Gully, a tributary of Quart Pot, and…

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Mining Intelligence. Pride of Thr Macquarie Gold-miking Co

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 2

The legal manager (Mr. P. Stanton) reports that two men have been engaged this week in preparing the ground for a tunnel. Tenders having been called for 100 feet, therefore, the…

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Gold Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 214

A SUPPLEMENT to the Government Gazette, published yesterday, contains proclamations of the following Gold-fields:— NANIMA…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 15

SALLY'S FLAT.—It is reported here that some party from Hill End have applied for 300 acres of a mineral lease for copper. The discovery of a rich reef, at a depth over…

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Mining News

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 5

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Latest Mining

Empire · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 3

The mining manager of the Clan Campbell G.M.Co. (limited) reports having come on rich stone this week in stoping out. Waiting until the crushing machine is finished to give the stone a trial. There are 100 tons…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 7

THE golden claims at Tambaroora are attracting as much attention now as they did prior to the poor crushings which, for a time, caused investors to look with more favour on less…

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Latest Mining News

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 210

LATER FROM HILL END.—By the Times of Wednesday it is reported that there is nothing particularly calling for notice, all claims being steadily at work. Matheson's (Shakespeare) is again stripping the vein. The stone they…

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Tin Mining Machinery

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1872 · page 214

FOR some months past Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co. have turned their attention to the production of each machinery for the separation of tin as would be applicable to tin mining in New South Wales and Queensland. They…

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