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Mining & the mines, 1873

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Mines and Mining. Characteristics of Different Varieties of Copper Ore

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 15

NATIVE copper occurs in mines, in various shpes, especially in Cornwall, Brazil, and Siberia Masses of the metal, which weighed more than a ton, have been found in the…

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Mining Reports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 15

The mining manager of the Prince William Gold Mining Company, writing on 20th instant, says: "I have to-day sent you per Cobb's coach a box containing about 150lb of the rich specimens refeered to in my…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 15

The Wallsend colliery coutinues in active and uninterrupted work; the output is pretty well up to has maximum, and one day during lust week 1000 tons were sent into the port…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 7

THE few sales of shares effected to-day gave no encouragement to those who want to realise. Gold shares were very dull, with a tendency to lower rates. Beyers and Holiermans changed…

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[?] Parkes at the Billabong Gold-Fields. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Bushman's, August 20

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 10

In reply to repeated invitations sent to the Premier at Sydney at [?] and at [?] places, to extend his precent visit to these [?] telegram was received from Mr. Parkes while [?] at Grenfell, that he would be here…

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The Gold Coast. London, August 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 6

Preparations are being made to prosecute the war on the Gold Coast with increased vigour. Two steamers are loading at Woolwich with arms and ammunition to be used by the forces sent…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.) Berrima. August 27

Empire · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 4
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

On Tuesday, the 26th instant, a matter of considerable interest was tried before our local bench, consisting of Messrs. Wilshire, Atkinson, and Cordeaux. Mr. David Smith, manager of the Fitzroy Iron and Coal Company, charged two…

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Telegrams This Day Extraordinary Yield of Gold at Gundagai. the Engineer in Their for Railways. Libel Case at Brisbane. Robbery in Queensland. Bridge at Echuca. Libel Action in Victoria. Wardill Near Sandhurst. Mount Bischoff Mining Co., Tasmania. South Australian Education Bill. Public Immorality. Latest Commercial. &c., &c., &c. GUNDAGAI. Saturday, 10.18 a.m

Evening News · Saturday 30 August 1873 · page 2

Two hundred and seventy-nine (279) oz gold has been retorted from 60 tons quartz from Fuller's claim, Bushman's Daughter reef. The blanketings are not included…

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The Great Australian Gold Mining Company

Empire · Monday 1 September 1873 · page 3

The Great Australian Gold Mining Company says the Anglo Australian, is aunounced, with a capital of £200,000. in 100,000 shares of £2 each. Of these 75 0O0 are A, bearing a preferential interest of 10 per cent.,…

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The Mount Pleasant Colliery Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1873 · page 2

THE following is the written judgment delivered in the above case by Mr. District Court Judge M'Farland, which we extract from the Illawarra Mercury:— The facts and questions involved in those 21 causes, and…

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Dreadful Accident at the Waratah Colliery

Empire · Monday 1 September 1873 · page 4
Also in Evening News

WE (Newcastle Chronicle) yesterday learnt, with much regret, that an accident of a dreadful nature happened at the Waratah tunnels, to a miner named Benjamin Salmon, who likewise keeps a boot and shoe shop in the…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Monday 1 September 1873 · page 3

THE half-yearly general meeting of the Frederick's Valley Hydraulic Sluicing Company was held on Friday last, when the report and balance sheet were adopted, and with progress report of managing director,…

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Mining. Saturday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1873 · page 8

THE half-yearly meeting of the King G. M. Co. was held on Thursday, at the office of the compasry; The report and balance-sheet were adopted. Messrs. G. S. Caird, A. H. C…

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The Coal Fields of Victoria

Evening News · Monday 1 September 1873 · page 3
Also in Empire

THE following report upon the coal and lignite in the Crossover, Barrabool Hills, Winchelsea, and Loutit Bay districts has been forwarded to the Minister of Mines by Mr. Mackenzie, the New South Wales Coal…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 September 1873 · page 2

HILL END AND VICINITY.—The Observer of Saturday reports no crashing of any moment since Wednesday. Pullen and Rawstho[?]'s are reducing a parcel from Mathowson's, from which a fair return is anticipated…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Tuesday 2 September 1873 · page 3

The Hill End Observer of Saturday has the following:—"The last straw breaks the camel's back," and the late poor crushing from Paxton's has had a more than ordinary depressing effect on an already depressed state of…

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Mining. Monday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 September 1873 · page 6

ANOTHER week has opened without bringing any indications of an improvement in mining matters generally, or any noticeable change in the state of the Share market. There was…

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