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Mining & the mines, 1874

1,490 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 75

Shipment of Coal at Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 October 1874 · page 3

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Shaw, Mr. White, Mr. Brookes, Mr. Sweetland, Mr. Henderson, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Finch, Mr. F. Ash, Captain Broomfield, Mr. G. R. Dibbs, Captain Hacking, and Mr. J. C. Dibbs had an…

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The Seizure of Spurious Gold

Evening News · Thursday 22 October 1874 · page 2

George Davison and Henry Maynard were brought up at the Water Police Court this morning, by detective officer Lyons, on remand, charged with obtaining the sum of £2 from Charles Hunt,…

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Strike at the New Wallsend Colliery. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 October 1874 · page 5

SIR,—As the Herald of to-day copied a notice from the Newcastle paper in reference to the above, I take the earliest opportunity after my return to Sydney to inform you that the miners all resumed work on Saturday last,…

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Mining

Empire · Friday 23 October 1874 · page 3

In respect to the gold-fields of the colony there ia nothing of more than ordinary interest to report. Wherever the work is conducted properly results have been favourable to the shareholders and…

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Mining Summary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 October 1874 · page 5

MINING affairs during the past four weeks may be said to have been progressing steadily and satisfactorily on the whole, though many matters are still in abeyance until the whole of the…

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Mining. Thursday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 October 1874 · page 10

THE Share market was flat to-day, and sellers of coal disposed to accept a decline. Wallsend were quitted at 18?; Waratah offered at 15?; and Shale and Oil at 11s. 6d. In gold, a sale…

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Mines and Mining. The Treatment of Iron Pyrites

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 18

Ar the monthly meeting of the Eoyal Society of New South "Wales, on the 14th inst., Mi-. Thompson read the following paper on the trentmont of iron pyrites by Mr. J. Latta, who was unavoidably precluded from…

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The Palmer Gold-fields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 19

FILES of the Cooktown Herald of October 3rd are to hand, and from them are taken the following extracts:— A correspondent writing from Palmorsville under date September 21st, says:—…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 15

GULGONG.—The Argus reports that Messrs. Westerly, Robinson and party, in Nos. 25 and 26 Slack Lead, have succeeded in getting through the hard basaltic rock…

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Five Mex Killed in a Colliery

Evening News · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at the Burrow Colliery, Bryncethin, near Bridgend, on August 26, in which five men lost their lives. It appears that seven masons were engaged in willing inside the…

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Five Men Killed in a Colliery

Empire · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at the Barrow Colliery, Bryncethin, near Bridgend, on August 20, in which five men lost their lives. It appears that seven masons were engaged in walling inside the…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 19

The Ironbarks correspondent of the Western Examiner says: There'is very little to report in mining of present. The Bald Hills, from which great results were anticipated, are almost a failure, many of the parties having…

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Latest Mining

Empire · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 3

A telegram has been received in Sydney, by the chairman of the Williams Gold-mining Company, Adelong, contradicting the statement that appeared in the local paper, to the effect that extraordinary rich…

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Mining. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 8

SALES of shares to-day were very trifling. "Wallsend were quitted at the reduced price of l8. Hill End gold shares firm. Star of Peace G. M. Co,—The mining manager…

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The Mining Record

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 522

IN Monday's market Coal shares opened weak. Wallsend sold at £18 13s. 6d. to 18½; sellers at the lower rate. Waratah offered at 15½. Peak Downs Copper were done at…

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MINING BOARD.—Monday

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 6

THE Mining Board met on Monday morning at balf-past 10. Present: H. A. Thompson, Esq., chairman); Messrs. baker (secretary), Copeland, Griffin, Sweeny, and Mongan…

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Mining Board. Friday, October 16

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 522

The Mining Board met at their room, Colonial Secret[?]ry's Office. The following members were present:—Mr. Thompson (in the chair), Messrs. Baker (secretary), Copeland, Griffin, Sweeny, and Monga[?]…

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Mining Board, Friday, Oct, 16

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 7

Present—H. A. Thompson, (chairman), Messrs Baker (secretary), Copeland, Griffin, Sweeny, and Monffan, Af ter some deliberation, the board adjourned until Monday next, at half-past 10; the members subsequently…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.) Singleton. October 20

Empire · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 4

The opening match of the cricketing season took place last Saturday, between eleven Benedicts and eleven bachelors. The day was rather too hot for out-door exercise, but, nevertheless, the game was played with great spirit, and was won by…

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondents.] Parramatta. October 19

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1874 · page 32

QUARTER SESSIONS—On Friday last Quarter Seasons opened, with a very light calendar, before his Honor Judge Dowline—Mr. Forbes acting as Crown Prosecutor. Henry Thomas, an old man. pleaded guilty to having stolen a…

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