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Mining & the mines, 1873

2,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 103

Latest Mining

Empire · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 4

The Mining manager of the Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company (Limited), Golden Gully, reports that shaft is down 256 feet, at bottom of which a drive has been extondud 22 feet, in easy ground, being a, mixture of…

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Peelwood Copper and Silver Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 17

THIS now justly celebrated copper mine is situate fifty-three miles from Goulburn, ten from Tuena, and close to the main road between these two towns. All the way from Goulburn to…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 8

THE nearest approach we have seen to a Sydney share market panic occurred to-day in Beyers and Holtermans. It commenced about noon, when shares were at 49s., and by 2 o'clock there…

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Mines and Mining. The Bingera Diamond Company's Works. [From Our Correspondent] Doctor's Creek, Bingera, March 15

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 14

I WAS surprised to road in the colums of your Sydney contemporary, a paragraph relative to the Eaglehawk diamonds shown at the Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, found by Messrs. M'Call and Westcott, in…

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Bourke Mining News

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 403

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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Coal and Iron. London, March 21

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 401

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

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Mining Appliances. the Burleigh Rock Drill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 393

WE mentioned some time back that Mr. W. M. Alderson, now on a visit to England, had, in casting about for objects likely to benefit the colony, undertaken the agency of the Burleigh Bock Drill; a new…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of the Yarrangobilly Copper Mine, reports under date of the 13th instant.—"The drive east from De Lissa's shaft on Jones' lode is in 27 feet. The lode looks well, and is at present 2 feet…

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Country and Mining News. From Our Correspondents. Parramatta. March 25

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 March 1873 · page 7

CUMBERLAND MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.—An entertainment, under the auspices of the above society, took place at the School of Arts, on Tuesday evening last. The hall was well filled by a respectable and appreciative audience…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Monday 31 March 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of the Yarrangobilly Copper Mine, reports under date of the 13th instant:-:The drive east from De Lissa's shaft on jones' lode is in 27 feet. The lods looks well, and is at present 2 feet…

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Mining. Saturday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1873 · page 5

THE number of Beyers and Holterman's shares which changed hands to-day at up to 42s. would almost imply that yesterday's game was really a "rig." The speculative individual…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Monday 31 March 1873 · page 2

We Burrangong Argus, were shown by Mr. Robertson, the manager of the Burrangong Reef Company's works, at Stoney Creek, some very rich quartz, obtained from the company's prospecting shift, at a…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Tuesday 1 April 1873 · page 2

A meeting of the promoters and shareholders of the Cloughs Gold Hising Company, Trunkey Creck, was held on the 31st ultimo, when the meeting was adjourned in order to allow Mr. C. N. Carey, mining engineer,…

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Mining. Monday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1873 · page 5

HILL End shares are still being knocked about, and some would have suffered considerably had some of the wealthier shareholders not met the be[?]rs. It is rumoured that a ring of the latter…

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Amended Coal-fields Legislation. W

Empire · Tuesday 1 April 1873 · page 2

THE Examiner of Coal-fields has forwarded a report on Miners' Petition to the Under-Secretary for Lands. It runs as follows:—1st, That I consider it is expedient that the Act of 20th December, 186, for the better…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Tuesday 1 April 1873 · page 2

Mr. Henry Fairfax, of Bank Chambers, has been appointed legal manager of the "True Briton," Tambaroora. Mr. Harris, the manager of the Great Shakespeare…

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Telegrams This Day the Hume Election. the New Governor of Victoria. "Dagworth " for the "Cup. Acquittal of Gardiner. Horse Stealing on the Namol the Melbourne Sugar Market. Latest Mining, Commercial, &c., &c., &c. ALBURY. Monday, 6 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 1 April 1873 · page 2

The election for the Hume took place to-day. The majority for Mr. Thomas Robertson is 170 over Mr. Asher…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Wednesday 2 April 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of the Comet, Wattle Flat, under, date 31st ultime, reports that shaft has been sunk to a further depth of 3 feet 6 inches, making a total of 7 feet, since operations resumed; that he got…

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Mining. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1873 · page 5

THE share market was very dull to-day, sellers, far more numerous than buyers, and prices weaker. In copper, the only sale reported was a parcel of Peak Downs at 70s., the market…

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Telegrams This Day the Bathurst and Hill End Mails Bigamy at Melbourne. Wilful Murder at Sandhurst. Missionary Effort at Adelaide. the New Governor of Victorian. the First Victorian Locomotive. Scarlatina on Board the Melbourne Training Ship. Jurisdiction in Insolvency. Another Intercolonial Cricket Match. Losses of Cattle. Latest Betting, Mining, Commercial, &c., &c., &c. Hill End. Tuesday, 8.49 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 2 April 1873 · page 2

The bridle track mail from Bathurst to Hill End was sent by the coach by mistake. A miner named Joseph Pearte was killed this morning, in Tallentine and Beard's shaft…

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