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Mining & the mines, 1873

2,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 85 of 103

Mining Reports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 15

THE raming manager of the No. 1 South Dayspring reports having crushed 108 tons yielding 211oz 8dwt retorted gold. The mining manager of Eisenstaedter's New Banca…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 15

A telegram from Warwick to Brisbane, October 3rd reports:—164 tons 9 cwt 1 qr 13 lb of tin ore, from Stauthorpe, were received at the railway station during the past week for transmission to Brisbane…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 7

WE cannot say that there is yet any actual improvement taken place in the value of Hill End shares. At the same time we think that the recent discovery in Fischer-Beards, and…

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The Mining Record

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 478

FEW sales of shares were reported on 'Change on the 3rd instant, but we heard that several parcels changed hands subsequently at current rates. Grenfell Consols were bought at 3s. 3d.,…

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The Victoria Tin Mine—Cope's Creek

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 16

THE Victoria Tin Mine is owned and worked by Messrs. Markham, M'Donald, and Holmes, and is situated upon Cope's Creek at about equal distance from the Armidale and Bundurra Crossings. The ground at this place…

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Visits to Out-of-the Way Gold-fields. No. X.-paddy's River

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 16

THE chief drawback a gold-held like Paddy's River has to contend with is its obscurity, and similar remotely situated fields must possess many important…

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Latest Mining. Evening News Office

Evening News · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of No. 1 North Victoria reef, Junction Point, T[?]ena, reports, under date 8th instant:—The crushing of 164 tons just finished, giving 240 o[?] as the result. There are now 20 tons at grass raised…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.) Hill End and Tambaroora. October 7

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 6

It is satisfactory to notice a continued improvammt in mining matters. Since my last several mines have become prominent by important finds of gold. About the commencement of last week the manager of Paxion's reported that…

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Telegrams This Dat Important News From San Francisco. Latest Intercolonial. Parramatta Wesleyan Bazaar. Serous Accident at Young. the Newcasle Miners. Armidale Circutt Court. the French Barque Parma.—total Wrech. Branch Mail Steamer Between Melbourne and Sydney. Latest Mining and Commercial. &c., &c., &c. Cable Message

Evening News · Saturday 11 October 1873 · page 2

The following message was received by a mercantile firm in town, at 9 o'clock this morning:— In San "Francisco tonnage is greatly…

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The Palmer River Gold-Fields

Evening News · Monday 13 October 1873 · page 3

The following information relative to the new rush to the Palmer is from teh Northern Advocate of September 20:—By the courtesy of Mr. Delorey, we are enabled to…

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The Palmer River Gold-field

Empire · Monday 13 October 1873 · page 3

The following information relative to the new rush to the Palmer is from the Northern Advocate September 20:- By the courtesy of Mr. Delorey, we are enabled to…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Monday 13 October 1873 · page 2

The mining manager of No. 1 North Victoria reef, Junction Point, Tuena, reports, under date 8th instant: The crnshing of 164 tons just finished, giving 240 ozs, as the result. There are now 20 tons at grass raised…

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Mining. Saturday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 October 1873 · page 5

ENGEL's G. M. Co.—The following telegram has this day been received from the mining manager:—" A gold-bearing reef, ten feet wide, discovered on surface by Tuff, within ten feet of company's north boundary, and dipping into…

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Country and Mining News (From Our Correspondents.] Gulgong. October 8

Empire · Monday 13 October 1873 · page 4

ALLUVIAL MINING.—Prospecting partles are at work in alldirections, and it will be very strange if-something good is not struck before the expiration of many weeks. Messrs Dewney and party, prospecting what is called the…

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Press Banquet at Bathurst. Heavy Thunderstorm. the Mining Accident at Young. Tin From Stanthorpe. Consecration of Dr. Reynolds. As R.C. Bishop of Adelaide. Adelaide Wheat Market. Young. Saturday, 5.54 p.m

Evening News · Monday 13 October 1873 · page 2

Mr. Alexander Robertson, mining manager of the Burrangong Gold-mining Company, who fell down a deep shaft, yesterday, died last night. An inquest was held by the district…

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Mining News. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 3

HILL END AND VICINITY.—In the Observer, of Saturday, it is reported that Fischer and Beard are still driving across the vein, and have not passed through it yet, though they have driven between 3 and 4 feet. The reef at this place…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 3

The secretary of the Mount Coora Copper-mining Company reports having received by the Kembla, from Maryborough, 4 tons 6 cwt. of coarse copper, being the third shipment received during the last four wooks,…

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Mining. Monday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 6

THE feature of the Share market to-day was the resuscitation of Band and Albion Consols; after lying dormant for months they have been revived by a buyer at 9s. 9d., closing with…

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Visits to Out-of-the-way Gold-fields. (By a Travelling Miner.) No. X.—paddy's River

Empire · Tuesday 14 October 1873 · page 4

THE chief drawback a gold-field like Paddy's River has to content with, is its obscurity, and similar remotely situated fields must possess many important fea tures to attract the least attention, and moreover must…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Wednesday 15 October 1873 · page 2

The Hobart Town Mercury reports, that the progress making at the Derwent Iron Works is very isatisfactory. On Monday week the blast furnacs, the foundation stone of which was laid on the 15th August, was finished,…

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