A Scamper Over the Tin Mines Near Tenterfield. [From Our Special Reporter.]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1873 · page 12
CONTINUING my northern trip, from Boorak I made in the direction of Tenterfield, stopping on the way at Darey's Hotel, Sandy Creek. From that comfortable calling place I had only a little over twenty miles to…
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Empire · Tuesday 25 February 1873 · page 2
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Mr. C. Carroll, the late contractor of the Star Gold Quartz Mining Company (limited) reports yesterday very highly of the mine, and states that the reef is one of the best defined reefs he ever worked in, and it will pay…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1873 · page 5
THE reaction consequent upon the late unhealthy excitement in the share market has not yet ceased. Some of the speculators have been hit heavily. A few more such turns and some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plague of Locusts at Sandhurst. Purchase of the Sandhurst Waterworks. the Wollongong Strike. Cricket at Berrima Murders by the Natives at New Guinea. Fire at Melbourne. the Sandhurst Dividends. New Gig for the Melbourne Crew. Latest Betting, Commercial. &c, &c., &c. (From Our Correspondent.) Hill End. Monday morning. Carroll and Beard's have crushed 2½ tons picked stone at Chappell's machine, yielding 758 oz. gold. [From the Anglo-australian Press Telegraphic Agency.] Melbourne. Monday, 9 p.m
Evening News · Tuesday 25 February 1873 · page 2
It is rumoured that Mr. J. S. Butters, Speaker of the Assembly at Fiji, will not return there, but intends to resume business in Melbourne…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1873 · page 3
HILL END AND VICINITY.—The Observer of Saturday reports as under:—The crushing from Krohmanns will be truly splendid. We were informed at the battery to-day that nearly 15,000 oz. would be the yield. It was turning…
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Empire · Wednesday 26 February 1873 · page 3
The sinking of the new main shaft at Waratah, Sally's Flat, progresses rapidly; it is already down 18 feet, and timbered and centred 10 feet. The mining manager states:—"The sinking is much Larder and better…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1873 · page 5
THE Share market was flat to-day. A few gold shares changed hands at yesterday's closing rates for Krohmanns, 59s. for Beyers and Holtermans, 21s. to 22s. for Rappa. Band…
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Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1873 · page 2
Messrs. M'Donnell, Brothers have received the following report from the mining manager of the Golden Point Gold Mining Company, Lucknow:—"I beg to inform you that good payable gold has been obtained…
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Sydney Punch · Thursday 27 February 1873 · page 9
Under this heading the S.M. Herald of Monday last furnishes the following startling information:--Six or seven thousand pounds of Australian gold recently coined by the French Mint have proved so brittle that all the pieces can be easily broken, and have,…
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Empire · Thursday 27 February 1873 · page 2
Messrs. M'Donnell, Brothers have received the following report from the mining manager of the Golden Point Gold Mining Company, Lucknow:—"I beg to inform you that good payable gold bas been obtained…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1873 · page 5
No change of any importance occurred in the Share market to-day. Gold shares have become more settled since some of the rash speculators withdrew from the market; and those,…
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Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1873 · page 2
The Hill End Observer reports, that the Sussex Company are driving along the vein to take out a crushing; 19 feet 6 inches hare been driven, and an air shaft sunk and timbered up 8 feet within the last fortnight by…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1873 · page 6
SIR,—Since it must be almost universally admitted that a Science School of some sort is absolutely necessary for the well-being and proper progress of the colony, and one, too, which shall be devoted more particularly to the sciences…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inundation at Liverpool. the Melbourne Sheep and Cattle Market. Latest News From the Flooded Districts. Suspension of Meat Preserving Operations. Conviction and Sentence of a Railway Accountant. Boy Drowned at Bungendore. Destruction of the White Ant. Projected Execution at Castle Maine. Discovery of Coal at Tasmania. Capsize of a Mail Coach for Hobart Town. Incredibly Rich Claims in the Northern Territory. the Gulgong Escort. &c., &c., &c. GULGONG. Thursday, 12.37 p.m
Evening News · Thursday 27 February 1873 · page 2
The escort takes down 5990oz gold and £4645 in cash to Sydney, making an aggregate of more than £70,000 sterling from Gulgong during the month of February…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 5
CURRAJONG.—The correspondent of the Forbes Ti[?] of Saturday writes:—The machines this last week have been rather busy in washing up, for claims on the old line and the new, the result being satisfactory to the…
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Empire · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 2
The report of the directors of Krohmanu;s Goldmining Company, presented to the shareholders at the first half-yearly general meeting, held on the 24th February, 1873, runs as follows:-"The company was…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 5
A QUIET but moderately firm feeling prevailed in the Share market to-day. Sales entirely confined to gold. Beyers and Holtermanns changed hands at 59s. 6d., sellers afterwards…
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Evening News · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 3
THIS important place, nine miles from Bingera, now becoming so celebrated, derives its name from the vicinity once being the favourite resort of the eaglehawk, a remnant of which is still observable in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tin Mines West of Bolivia and Glen Innes. [From Our Special Reporter.]
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 February 1873 · page 5
FROM Tenterfield, facing the south, 20 miles over a picturesque country brought me to Bolivia, where, at Marshal[?]s Hotel, I made a mid-day halt. Turning to the right, steering S.W. past the Bolivia Station 10 miles along bush…
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