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Mining & the mines, 1874

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Latest Mining, Evening News Office

Evening News · Wednesday 10 June 1874 · page 2

There is now on view at the office of Mr. E. J. Spence, Pitt-street, a me beautiful specimens of A [?] ore, taken from the Gympie [?] Company'a [?] at Gympie Qu[?]. There are she to…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Thursday 11 June 1874 · page 3

There is now on view at the office of Mr. E. J. Spence, Pitt-street north, some beautiful specimens of clnnabar ore, taken from the Gymple Cinnsbar Company's selections at Gymple. Queensland. There are also to…

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Applications for Permission to Mine Under Roads, &c., &c., Under the Mining Act, 1874, SECTION 28

Empire · Thursday 11 June 1874 · page 3

THE Minister for Mines, under date 9th June, notifies that applications under the twenty-e[?]ghth section of the Mining Act, 1874, for an order permitting the applicant to mine for gold or any other mineral or metal…

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Applications for Permission to Mine Under Roads, &c,. &c, Under the Mining Act, 1874, SECTION 28

Evening News · Thursday 11 June 1874 · page 2

THE Minister for Mines, under date 9th June, notifies that applications under the twenty-eight section of the Mining Act, 1874, for an order permitting the applicant to mine for gold or any other mineral or metal…

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Mining. Wednesday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1874 · page 5

THE Share market was very flat to-day. Peak Downs had an unfavourable turn; sales reported at 8s. to 7s. 3d., and sellers at 6s. 9d. The market was cleared of Beyers and…

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Mining

Empire · Friday 12 June 1874 · page 2

Considerable impetus has been given to mining by the return of diggers from Cooktown, many of whom have settled down in their old haunts, and added sensibly to the yield of the month. The…

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Mining Summary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1874 · page 7

THE main item of interest for the present month has been the appointment of four, out of the eight, Wardens who are to act under the new Mining Act. These gentlemen are the three…

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Mining. Thursday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1874 · page 6

IN the Share market there was very little doing this morning. Coal shares unaltered. Copper quiet. Sales of Peak Downs at 6s. 9d. Hill End gold shares are much firmer. Beyers and…

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Country and Mining News. GOULBURN. June 9

Evening News · Friday 12 June 1874 · page 3

Intensely severe wintry weather prevails in this district, with blaste of wind penetrating every Book and orany of people's domiciles, blowing grist to the mill of the doctorn, who report an unusually large number of patients upon their…

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Frightful Colliery Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 754

A frightful colliery explosion and loss of life occurred on Tuesday night, April 14, at Astley Deep Pitt, Dukinfield, near Manchester, which is said to be one of the deepest in the world. Four men were engaged in repairing a tunnel…

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Mines and Mining. Australian Tin in the English Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 19

"ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN" writes, in the European Mail of the 17th April:—In view of the fact that the value of tin are is now become an important item of information to New South Wales and Queensland, I have…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 2

HILL END AND VICINITY.—take the following from the Observer of Saturday laSt Frenchman's: Working in bottom stopes; have not broken down much from the hanging wall…

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Dreadful Colliery Explosion.—fiftyone Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 26

On April 14, an explosion of an appalling nature occurred at the Astley Deep Pit, Dukinfield, which is worked by Mr. Benjamin Ashton and others under the style of the Dunkirk Coal Company. The Astley Deep Pit…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 19

Under date 3rd June the mining manager of Krohmann's Gold-mining Company reports as follows: "We have sunk 4 feet in the north shaft this week, making depth from surface 3551/2 feet. There is another large leader coming…

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The Victorian Mines Statute Regulations

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 20

THE mining department of Victoria has, according to The Age, just issued regulations undor the Alines Statute 1873, to the inspectors appointed under tho 9th section of the Act. These are well calculated to…

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The Mining Record

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 758

News of a new find in Krohmann's mine arrived too late either to lead to transactions or affect the value ef gold shares on Monday. Business in Peak Downs copper has been stopped,…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 8

OUR anticipation of an improvement in Hill End shares has been verified by the sales reported from the Brokers' Board to-day, and the increased amount of business done. Beyers…

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Beach Mining in California

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 19

ON the coast line of Klamath county, Cal., there is a remarkable deposit of auriferous gravel. For nine miles along the beach an unbroken line of cliffs, towering from one to five hundred feet, serves as a sea…

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Quartz-Mining at Ballarat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 19

JUDGING from a report that appears in the Courier of the 4th instant, it would seem probable that Ballarat will yet be found a rich quartz-ming district. That journal writes as follows: "Quartz-mining affairs in…

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Application for Permission to Mine under Eoads, &c

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 11

THE Minister for Mines, under dato 9th June, notifies that applications under the twenty-eighth section of the Mining Act, 1874, for an order permitting the applicant to mine for gold or any other mineral or metal…

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