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Mining & the mines, 1873

2,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 103

Mysterious Death at Bathurst Child's Body Found in the Yarra. Sale of Stations in the Murrumbidgee and Lachlan Districts. Sale of Race Horses at Adelaide. Expected Marriage of King Thakombau's Son. Reduction of Savings Bank Interest. Large Purchases of Gold at Sandhurst. Tenders for Half a Million of Victorian Debentures. Price of Coal in Melbourne. Bathurst. Saturday, 11.45 a.m

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 2

The man killed on the Macquarie Plains road was named Michael Dinan. The case is a very mysterious one. It is rumoured that he was killed and laid across the road. The…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Monday 20 January 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of the Mulloon Copper Mine reports that in driving north from No. 7 shaft, and not feeling satisfied of having all the lode, he gave orders to take down the side of the level foot wall, and there…

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Mining Companies

Empire · Monday 20 January 1873 · page 4

TUE annexed information, which is given in a city article of the London Times, is worthy of the notice of those interested in mining speculations:- The followinG notes convey suggestions for the…

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Mining. Saturday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1873 · page 5

THE share market was flat to-day. No sales worth mentioning were reported. Mr. H. L. Nelson, M.L.A., has brought to our office some splendid samples of copper ore,…

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Separation of Gold From Pyrites. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1873 · page 3

SIR,—I would not have taken any notice of the envious effusion of your correspondent "Oxygen," were it not calculated again to damp the hopes of the many parties who have invented their capital in reefs containing much…

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The Newcastle Strike. Close of the Melbourne Exhibition. Fire at Sandhurst. Reminiscences of the Right Hon. Robt. Lowe. the Firebrace Divorce Case. Wreck of the Royal Adelaide. Rochforts Love Passage. Gold in the Cape Diamond District. the Coal "Rig" in England. Departure of the Delegates to the Conference. Admiralty Tenders. Bathurst. Monday, 1.51 p.m

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1873 · page 2

In regard to the death of Michael Dinan, found killed on the Macquarie Plains-road, the circumstances appear to be surrounded with more mystery than ever. The inquiry is…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1873 · page 8

HILL END AND NRIGHBOURHOOD.—In its report of Saturday the Observer says:—Good news reaches us from the Ajax line, as a good gold-bearing [?] has been [?] in the Ballarat Claim. In Eisenstaedter's Royal Standard…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Tuesday 21 January 1873 · page 2
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Messrs. Rule and Hayes report the following as the reanlt of a crushing of 981b quartz from the claim of the Goulburn Gold-mining Company, Junction Point. The sample, which was taken from a reef 20 feet wide,…

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Mining. Monday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1873 · page 8

SHARES did not move very freely today. Krohmanns gold were perhaps the most salable, and a number changed hands at from 55S. 6d. to 56s.; Carroll Beards were done at 68s., and…

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Telegrams This Day. the Beet-root Sugar Company, Victoria. the Baroda's Commercial News and Passengers. the Newcastle Strike. Rise in Price of Gold at Sandhurst. Mysterious Murder at Sandhurst. Lord Canterbury to Be Created an Earl. Colonial Annexe at Kensington. Seizure of Liquors in a Dancing Den. an Inhuman Mother. Scarcity of Coal at Melbourne. Melbourne. Monday, 7.50 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 21 January 1873 · page 2

The Victorian Beetroot Sugar Company are inclined to believe that they are in a more hopeful position than recently anticipated. The Hon. Julius Vogel left by the City of…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 3

CURRAJONG.—Writing on the 16th, the correspondent of the Forbes Times says:—Matters in the alluvial have assumed a lively aspest on account of the rushes that are taking place around. One of these rushes is of but small…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 2

The first half-yearly meeting of sharcholders of Jeffree's Rose of England Gold-mining Company, limited, was held at the office of the company yesterday, when the directors' report and balance-sheet were…

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Fatal Accident in a Mine

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 3

DOLCOTH mine is the despast and richest in West Cornwall. On November 15, at the time for making their ascent, the men were congregated at the main shaft, 1600 feet deep, waiting to assend, when two…

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A Bill To make certain provisions relating to persons working in Collieries. [Sir James MARTIN—16th January, 1873.] Preamble

Empire · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 3

Whereas it is expedient to prevent children of tender years being employd in collieries and to limit as hereinafter mentioned the hours of labour in such collieries Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent…

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A Bill To make certain provisions relating to persons working in Collieries. [Sir James MARTIN-16th January, 1873.] Preamble

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 4

Whereas it is expedient to prevent children of tender years being employed in collieries and to limit at here-inafter mentioned the hours of labour in each collieries. Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent…

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The Mysterious Death Of, Dynan on the Macquarie: Plains Road. the Rydal Goods Station. the Victorian Coal Mines. Steam Communication with Western Australia. Sales of Queensland Sugars. Destructive Fire at Dunedin. Disqualification of a Melbourne Bookmaker. Mr. B. C. Aspinall. the Exhibits at Melbourne, Favourable Reception of Rev S. Kent. Death of an Old Port Phillip Colonist. Disappearance of Young Mr. Higgins. Rydal, Tuesday, 3.38 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 2

The Government hare men engaged in pulling down the goods shed here, although goods are daily arriving for Mitchells Creek, Dark Corner, and the surrounding neighbourhood…

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The Coal Miners' Strike. To the Editor

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 2

SIR—You with others who live away from the scene, of the present social conflict raging in the coal district of Newcastle, may be carious to know what can be the causes operating to produce such painful consequences…

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Fatal Accident in a Mine

Empire · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 3

DOLCOTH mine is the deepest and richest in West Cornwall. On November 15, at the time for making their ascent, the men were congregated at the main shaft, 1600 feet deep, waiting to ascend, when two…

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Telegrams This Day. Fall of Sheep and Cattle in the Melbourne Market. Victorian Wool Sales. Death in Yarra Bend. Working of the New Education Act. Marriage of Miss Snodgrass. the Delli Among Icebergs. the Melbourne Loan Market. Rise in the Price of Cordage. Yield of Gold at Young. Royal Visit to Melbourne. Accident at Ballarat Brewery. Shocking Accident to a Boy. Woollen Factory in Tasmania. Accident to Mr. Chichester. Latest Markets. &c. &c. &. MELBOURNE. Wednesday, 8.3 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 2

Messrs. Powers, Rutherford, and Co. report: Cattle are about 15s lower; sheep not quite so firm. We sold Westward bullocks at £9 2s; Lachlan bullocks at £8 3s. 1700 cattle and…

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