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Mining & the mines, 1875

922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 47

Country and Mining News. GOSFORD. May 31

Evening News · Saturday 5 June 1875 · page 8

Since May last we have had very wet weather. Our roads as might be expected, are in a very bad state, and are likely to be [?] through the [?]. The mall from Cooranbong, due on the 28th, has not yet arrived owing to the flooded state of the…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents.) Paerimata. May 31

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 June 1875 · page 10

POLICE COURT —Saturday—Before Messrs. G. Langley, E. S. Rowling, J. M'Crane, [?] Taylor, and N. Stuart Mr. Arthur T. Holroyd was charged by Alfred Ali (his apprentice) with neglecting to teach him his trade as a…

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Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 June 1875 · page 5

CARROLL and Beard's G. M. Co.—Under date June 2, the mining manager reports as follows:—" 500-feet level cross-cut eastward: This cross-cut has been carried in a further distance of five feet this week. Present distance of…

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Mining Bill

Evening News · Tuesday 8 June 1875 · page 2

It will be seen by our Parliamentary report that it is the intention of the Government to move the House into committee of the whole, on Wednesday next, to consider the advisability of bringing in a bill…

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Mining Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1875 · page 5

Great Victoria G. M. Co.—The mining manager writing from Adelong on May 29 report as follows:—"North shaft has been sunk an additional 5 feet, making total depth 544 feet. The quartz vein mentioned in my last, as…

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Mining Board of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 June 1875 · page 7

THE Board met, pursuant to adjournment, yesterday morning. Present—Messrs. Thompson (chair), Baker, Copeland, W. Brown, Griffin, Burns, Sweeney, Mongan, and De Ceurey Browne…

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Gold Mining Regulations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1875 · page 7

The Mining Board of New South Wales has made and passed the following regulations, numbered from 1 to 156 (both numbers inclusive). The schedules thereto, numbered from 1 to 28 (both numbers inclusive), are also…

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Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1875 · page 5

STAR of Peace G. M. Co.—Under date 5th June, the mining manager reports as follows:—"We are still making good progress in sinking the main shaft, the same having been sunk 8½ feet in the past fortnight, present depth…

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Mining Registrar's F[?]s

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1875 · page 8

For supplying, filling in, and registering, or filing any of the undermentioned schedules, via.:—Schedule 1, reporting discovery of gold. 1s; 2, raining registrar's receipt, nil; 3, application for mining tenement, 6d; 4, notice to make survey, 6d;…

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Mining Board of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1875 · page 2

THE Board met yesterday morning, at the Board-room, Public Works Department. Present—Messrs. Thompson (chair), Baker, Copeland, Griffin, Burns, W. Brown, Sweeuy, Mongan, and De C. Browne…

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Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1875 · page 5

WILLIANS' G. M. Co.—The mining manager sends following reports for formight ending 7th instant:—"260 feet lavel: The east cross-cut has been extended 4 feet, and has broken through the grenite bar, discovening a strong body…

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The Mining Board

Evening News · Thursday 10 June 1875 · page 2

The Mining Board met again yesterday at 2 o'clock, when the secretary (Mr. Baker) announced that he had received a letter from the Minister for Mines returning the regulations, as amended by the…

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Mining Board of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1875 · page 7

THE Board met yesterday morning, at the Board-room, Public Works Office. Present—Messrs. Thompson (chair), Baker, W. Brown, Griffin, Burns, Sweeny, Mongan, De C. Browne, and Copeland…

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Facts in American Mining. [A Paper Read by Mr. Densusan Before the Royal Society.] No. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1875 · page 6

IN this paper I propose to call attention to what has been done in America, in the way of improvements in methods and processes of mining; in the apparatus and appliances employed; to give data showing the great results achieved…

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Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1875 · page 2

The latest accounts that have reached us from the principal gold-fields are as follows:—Our Hill End correspondent says:—" A fine reef, or rather two reels, have been opened in the bed of the…

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Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1875 · page 8

BEYERS and Holtermann's G. M. Co.—Under date 9th June the mining manager reports as follows:—"The east cross-cut at the 261-feet level has been extended 5 feet this week, making a total length from shaft to date of 28 feet…

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Mining Summary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1875 · page 2

Mining affairs present few features calling for comment at present; accounts from the different gold-fields snow that, while there have been no enormous yields or startling finds, there has…

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Mining Board of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 June 1875 · page 8

THE Board met at the Board-room, Public Works Department, yesterday morning. Present—Messrs. Thompson (chain), Baker, Copeland. W. Brown, Griffin, Burns, Sweeny, Mongan, and De C. Browne…

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The South African Gold Mines

Evening News · Saturday 12 June 1875 · page 3
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

If gold-mining operations in South Africa are not yet conducted upon any very extensive scale, it is unquestionable that the area over which the precious metal is known to exist is constantly increasing. The…

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