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Mining & the mines, 1873

2,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 103

The Mining Record

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 790

QUOTATIONS in the Share market on the 13th were rather easier. Carroll Beards sold at 38s. 6d. to 39s. c d., and Krohmanns, 21s.; Shakespeare brought 12s.; Paxtons, 5s.;…

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Visits to Out-of-Lhe-Way Gold-fields. NO. 2. Sandy Creek Ground Sluicing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 14

LEAVING the broken ridges of Lac-ma-Lac, and the din of blasting behind us, we follow for five miles, an excellent road leading to Sandy Creek—one of the chief tributaries of the Tumut River—a broad running…

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondent.] Parramatta. June 18

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 6

COUNCIL MEETING.—A special meeting of the council was called for Tuesday last. Present—The Mayor. Aldermen Galloway. Coates, Dixon, Byrnes, Pye, Ritchie, Taylor Parker, Good, and Burge. After the minutes were read of…

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondent.] Parramatta. June 19th

Empire · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 4

VALUE OF LAND AT PARRAMATTA.—As a proof of the increased value of property in Parramatta, I may state that at two public sales, held during the present month, land known as the Wentworth Estate, brought £560 per acre, and bullding…

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Visits to Out-of-the-way Goldfields. by a Travelling Miner. No, 2. Sandy Creek—ground Sluicing

Empire · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 4

LEAVING the broken ridges of Lac-ma-Lac, and the din of blasting behind us, we follow for five miles, and excellent road leading to Sandy Creek—one of the chief tributaries of the Tumut River—a broad running…

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Telegraphic Messages. Rise of Cartage to Bathurst. Opening of the New Post Office, Newcastle. Proposed Abolition of Salt Duty in Queensland. Suicide of a Lunatic. Disturbance on Board the Lord Ashley. Suicide at Dalby. the Next Crop at Mauritius. Northern Territory Quartz. Latest Commercial and Mining. &c., &c., &c. BATHURST

Evening News · Saturday 21 June 1873 · page 2

Carriage to and from Macquarie Plains has been raised to-day sixty per cent., and teams can hardly be got at that advance…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Monday 23 June 1873 · page 3
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The manager of the Great Shakspeare Gold Mining Company, Box. Ridge, reporta having received a telegram from mining manager of a trial crushing taken from the lower level which yielded 3¼oz to the taken…

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Mining. Saturday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1873 · page 5

THE sample of quartz from No. 4 claim, North Garibaldi, of which mention was made in the Herald of the 14th, has been crushed at the Sydney Mint, and yielded 422 oz. of gold, or at…

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The Mining— Mania

Empire · Monday 23 June 1873 · page 4

COMSIERCIAL panics as well as commercial manias, are often both foolish and distressing. Yet every conmmercial community is liable, to be visited by both of them. We…

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondents.] Grenfell. June 17

Empire · Monday 23 June 1873 · page 4

I regret to say that since the change in the weather from dry to rainy, colds and influenza have to a great extent Interfered with the general health of the community. Atlast the Govornmeut have provided our district with a…

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Telegrams This Day Journalism in Victoria. Extraordinary Committal. Charge of Perjury. Fatal Accident at Braidwood, Oyster Cultivation in Victoria. Further Rise in Maize. Drowned at Sea. Railway Obstruction. the Caloola Crushings. the Bishop of Sydney's Visit to Bathurst. the Victoria Racing Club. Croxton Park Races. Railway Break Down at Adelaide. Agricultural Statistics of South Australia. Latest Mining and Commercial. &c., &c., &c. BRAIDWOOD. Monday, 11.48 a.m

Evening News · Monday 23 June 1873 · page 2

A young man named David Forsyth was picked up at the foot of a tree, insensible, on Saturday afternoon, and died yesterday from injuries received. It is believed that his horse…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 2

HILL END AND VICINITY.—In the report by the Observer of Saturday it is stated that at Rawsthorne's, the prospecting drive to the east has cut a fresh vein, about 4 or 5 inches in thickness, which shows something like 2 or…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 3

At a meeting of the Star Gold Quartz-mining Company (Limited), Trunkey, held on Monday, it was resolved that the general half-yearly meeting should take place on the 21st July next, and the the mining…

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Mining. Monday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 5

THE Share market is still, in a most unsatisfactory state—very sick indeed, and no indications of any immediate recovery. These remarks do not refer to the three coal…

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The Mulloon Copper Mines. [From Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 5

TAKING the Goulburn road from Braidwood, nine miles from that township, the Shoalhaven River is reached at the Warri crossing, where a bridge is in course of erection—long sought for, and at last granted. The…

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Telegrams This Day the South Melbourne Gas Co. and the Corporation. Lunatic Drowned Inthe Yarra, Melbourne. Demand for Maize. the Stawell Claim Holders. the Charge Against De Courcy Browne. Heavy Bail. Burglary at Bathurst. Fresh in the Clarence. the Pontoon at Echuca. the Adelaide Wheat Market. Latest Mining and Commercial &c., &c., &c., GULGONG. Tuesday, 12.33 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 24 June 1873 · page 2

De Courcy Browne was brough before the Bench, this morning, charged with embezzlement. The accused was remanded until Friday; bail given, self in L500 and two…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 June 1873 · page 3

CURRAJONG.—In consequence of the recent heavy rains, wa[?]hdirt has been accumulating. The correspondent of the Forbes Times, 21st instant, states that there is a determination to thoroughly test the auriferous capabilities of the…

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Breach of Collieries Act

Empire · Wednesday 25 June 1873 · page 4

ON the 23rd instant, as we gather from the Mercury. at the temporary court-house, West Maltland, William Farthing, owner of the Anvil Creek Colliery, was charged by Thomas Lewis, inspector of collieries, with…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Wednesday 25 June 1873 · page 3

The mining manager of Prowse and Woodwards' Gold Mining Company reports under date of the 21st June:—The north drive on the 280 feet level has been extended 5 feet. The lode maintaining the same…

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