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Mining & the mines, 1873

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Mining Summary. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 5

THE leading feature of interest on the Gold-fields this month has bien the visit of his Excellency the Governor to Hill End. A tour to the west would hardly have been complete if it had not…

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Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 5

During the late heavy rains there was a narrow escape from a very serious catastrophe, by the flooding of the Bulli coal mines. The weather had been more or less showery…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 2

A correspondent writing from Trunkey Creek says: The Bathurst company cleared up on Saturday night after a fortnight's crushing. Mr Crichton, the manager of the mine, took 448 oz of gold to Bathurst on…

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Mining. Thursday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 5

THERE was n[?]t a great deal doing in the Share market to-day. Coal investments not [?] great demand, nor were there many sellers. Warat[?] wanted at [?]½. Copper quiet. Sales, of…

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Telegrams This Day. Return of Archbishop Folding Murder on the Bathurst-road Personation of a Chief Secretary. Breadstuffs Falling. Speculation in Candles. Search for Coal in Victoria. Importations of Tasmanian Cargoes. Conference at Newcastle. Serious Charges Against a Solicitor. Alleged Suicide at Brisbane. Fresh Discoveries of Gold In; the Northern Territory. [From Our Correspondent.] Bathurst. Thursday 6.46 p.m

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Michael Dynan has terminated, and the jury found that he had been feloniously killed. Warrants are out against three Rivetts, Fishburnes, M'Guire…

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Coal Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 115

The only exports sent away during the past fortnight have been—A. A. Co.:—January 10:—64 tons to Sydney, 167 to Melbourne, 30 to steamers, and 112 for home consumption; total, 373 tons. Lambton, January…

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Gold Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 115

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

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Mines and Mining. Mining Companies

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 14

THE 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 Intelligence. Gold

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 5

HILL END AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.—A good gold-beariDg vein has been struck in the Ballarat claim. In Eisenstaedter's Royal Standard they are still carrying the gold down, and this…

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New Gold-fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 116

THE Government Gazette, published on Tuesday, contains proclamations setting apart the following as gold-fields:— About 56 square miles. County of Gresham, at the junction of the Boyd or Little River with the Nymboi…

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Nanama Gold-fields. January 30

Empire · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 4
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The weather this last few days seems to have taken up; we had some very heavy rainfull last week, which replenished the waterholes, but it seems as bad now as if no rain had fallen at all, for the waterholes are nearly dry again…

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Mining Reports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 15

Mr. E. L. Hitchens furnishes the following reports: —From Golden Belt, Tambaroora— " The third halfyearly meeting of this company was held at the company's office, on Tuesday last. A progress report was…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 2

The half-yearly, report and balance sheet of the General. Moltke Gold Mining. Company states that since the formation of the company the work at the mine has bean uninterruptedly carried on, and with the…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 15

A digger, writing from Uralla, desires to caution the public against an attempt that is being marle to get up a rush to that district. "It is reported that a man can earn L14 to L15 a week, which is great falsehood." Again,…

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The Peak Downs Copper Mine

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 104

THE sketch appealing with this notice affords a view of one of the picturesque forms in which the copper ore in Queensland presents itself at the outcrop. The picture is taken from a part of the Peak Downs. The Peak Downs region…

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The Goal Miners' Strike. To the Editor

Empire · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 4

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

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A Visit to the Mitchell's Greek Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 23

HAVING been engaged by Back, Dwane, and Company's copper company to visit their lease on Mitchell's Treck, near Wellington, and report on the same, I thought an account of the trip would not be unacceptable to the…

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The New Mining Bill. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 15

SIR,—I hope you will allow me space in your valuable journal to offer a few remarks on the New Mining Bill. Mr. [?]nes in effect says that he does not claim any credit respecting the principles of the Bill, but that it is the result of the…

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The New Mining Bill. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 15

SIR,—Will you allow me to reply to the letter of "Veredice" in your last issue, on the question of miners' residence areas. The farms mentioned by him, though their extent is ridiculously exaggerated, are not held under miner's rights…

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