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Mining & the mines, 1873

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Latest Mining

Evening News · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 2

THE Hill End Observer of Wednesday contains the following information:—Work is being busily pushed ahead with the bed for the machinery at Carroll and Beard's. The walls are…

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Port Darwin Gold Companies

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 14

WITH a view to give some idea of the enterprise displayed in connection with the development of the gold reefs in the Northern Territory, we have obtained as far as possible information respecting the several…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 7

THIS was one of the dull days in the Share market, Sales of gold were less numerous. and prices of the leading mines easier. Krohmanns fell from 63s. to 61s., Beyers and…

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Coal and Iron. London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 7

The excessive price of iron at Wolverhampton han put a stop to business. Coals in Yorkshire are from 4s. to 5s. higher…

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New Zealand Land and Coal. London, March 17

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 369

A company has been formed here under the title of the New Zealand Land and Coal Company. Its capital is £100,000…

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Bourke Mining News. [From a Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 7

THE two copper mines which are actively at work in this district—the Cobar and Southern Cobar—continue to attract great local attention, and a very large amount of capital has recently been invested in the scrip of these companies, the…

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondents. Parramatta. 19th March

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 7

MUNICIPAL.—There is at last some probability of the deadlock in the council being settled, as Mr. Hugh Taylor has offered the following conditions to Mr. Byrnes, viz.:—First: That in consequence of the continued delicate state of…

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Great Powder Blast in Gold-mining: 6000 Pounds of Powder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1873 · page 2

Nevada, January 16.—The Nevada Transcript says:—"The Manzanita claim's, situated a short distance north of town, owned by Roberts' and Co., having completed their powder drift of eighty feet…

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Mining

Empire · Monday 24 March 1873 · page 3

The quantity of gold received at the Sydney Mint, per Government escorts. for the month of February, was 26, 316 oz., of which 20,426 was from the Western district, 4870 from the Southern district, and 102 from…

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Mining. Saturday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1873 · page 13

A REPORT current this morning, that Carroll Beard's Vein had been cut in Krol[?]man's mine, rendered holders of the latter firmer. We could not trace the rumour to any authentic…

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Price of Coal in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1873 · page 2

London, February 4.—The price of coal has again advanced, selling this morning at forty-eight shillings per ton, and advancing during the day to fifty-three shillings. Many furnaces and mills have suspended…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1873 · page 2

A cake of gold weighing 26oz was shows at our office this morning, by Mr. Kitcher, of the prospector's claim, Golden Star, Glen Morrison, near Walcha, New England. It is part of the result of a trial crushing of a ton…

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Telegrams This Day the Pipeclay and Blackman's Rushes Casualties at Sea. the Intercolonial Boat Race. Proposed Brokers' Bill. Railway Survey. the Press and the New Zea Laud Delegates to Sydney. Fatal Accident at Bulli.the Ballarat Bishopric Latest Mining and Commercial &C., &., &C. Gulgong. Saturday, 3.26 p.m

Evening News · Monday 24 March 1873 · page 2

The exodus to the now rushes at Pipeclay and Blackman's still continue. At the former place a township will be marked out on Monday…

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Mining Summary. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 5

THE leading feature of interest on the Gold-fields this month has been the visit of his Excellency the Governor to Hill End. A tour to the west would hardly have been complete if it had not…

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Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 5

During the late heavy rains there was a narrow escape from a very serious catastrophe, by the flooding of the Bulli coal mines. The weather had been more or less showery…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 3

A cake of gold weighing 26oz was shouwn at our office, this morning, by Mr. Ktcher, of the prospector's claim, Golden [?]tar, Glen Morrison, near Walcha, New England. It is part of the result of a trial crushing of a ton…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 2

A correspondent informs us that a recent crushing of quartz from Foley's Folly reef, near Nundle, returned a yield of 40oz to the ton. The prospects of the claim are exceedingly promising…

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Telegrams This Day Sudden Death at Bathurst. Sir Redmond Barry, Acting Governor of Victoria. the Adelaide Wheat Market. Release of the Krishna. Yield of Gold at Gympie. the Sydney Crew. Miners for the Northern Territory. Naval and Military Review at Melbourne. Prohibition of Stock Importations. the Victorian Inebriate Asylum. Advance in Sugars and Breadstuffs. the Californian Mail Route. Latest Mining and Commercial Intelligence. &c., &c., &c. BATHURST

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1873 · page 2

Mrs. Grainger, of Murrurundi, died suddenly here yesterday morning. She was on a visit to her brother-in-law, sergeant Grainger, sub-inspector of police. Cause of death…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1873 · page 3

HILL END AND VICINITY.—In its report of Saturday, the Observer states that the present excitement on the Hill is centered in the Star of Peace claim, as very great improvement in the quality of the stone has lately manifested…

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Coal-cutting Machinery v. Coal Miners' Strikes. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1873 · page 6

SIR,—Although the Newcastle coal masters aud miners have temporarily settled their differences for 1873, and the Illawarra miners have also in a great measure resumed their workings, no one can imagine that the "vast…

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