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Mining & the mines, 1879

1,141 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 58

Mining Share Market. Friday Evening, Dec. 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 December 1879 · page 1054

Coal shares firm; Wallsend and Waratah dearer, 16 refused for the former, 8 1/4 offered 9 asked for the latter; Bulli held at 12 3/4. Great Cobar Copper remained at 20s. sellers. Krohmann's and Star of…

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondents.] Adelong. December 8

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 December 1879 · page 38

Our town presented a lively appearance duriae the past Week, numerous teams arriving to replenish the stores, the proprietors expecting to do a roaring trade at the festive season. Those miners who have small holdings are…

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CASQUE & Cowl a Tale of the French Revolution. Chapter Xxii.-- Continued. Apples of Gold

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 13 December 1879 · page 8

As Raimond entered he was reading over a dispatch he had just dictated. He was small and slightly made, with a fair complexion and delicately cut features. A face full of…

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Band and Albion Consols Gold Mining Company. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 December 1879 · page 5

Sir,—As a matter of interest to many of your readers who are shareholders in the above company, will you kindly insert the enclosed letter, which appeared in the Ballarat Star of December 6…

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Copeland Goldfields

Evening News · Monday 15 December 1879 · page 2

COPELAND NORTH, Monday.-The Hidden Treasure (Gill, Cameron, Irwin, and Hicks) have crushed 36 tons for 170oz of gold. A. considerable number of miners intend visiting the Sydney…

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Yalwai Gold Fields. Copeland Gold Fields

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1879 · page 2

NOWRA, Thursday.-Mr. Jury, manager of the Eclipse claim at Yalwal, banked a 225oz cake of gold to-day, the result of a crushing of 62 tons of stone. He also reports having opened a rich COPELAND NORTH. Thursday.-The escort leaves to-day, taking nearly 1000 ounces of gold. The crushings going through the machine are looking fine, and the prospects of the field are Education Meeting at Hinton…

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Splendid Gold Specimens

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1879 · page 3

Some splendid gold specimens from the No. 1 East Mountain Maul, Copelan, are now on view at the office of Mr. Marshall Bayley, Pitt-street. The stone is imp[?] with the precious metal and in some…

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Sofala Mining News

Evening News · Thursday 18 December 1879 · page 2

SOFALA, Thursday.-Versalla and Minine have just finished crushing at Mackenzie's battery, Wattle Flat, 16 tons fo quartz, which gave the magnificent return of 46½oz. The stone was…

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Mining Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 December 1879 · page 4

STAR OF PEACE G. M. Co.—The mining manager reports:—"Hill End, 9th December. Star of Peace Shaft. 789-feet Level, 80 Feet South from the Shaft: Underhand stoping here. The vein is now pinched to from 2 to 4 inches,…

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Good Gold, at Copeland

Evening News · Friday 19 December 1879 · page 2

COPELAND NORTH.—Good gold m struck to-day in No. 1 North Hidden Treasure (Bensusan and party) in the Centennial Reef, in the underlie shaft. The reef is just forming. The Prince…

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Joadja Creek Coal and Shale Co

Evening News · Friday 19 December 1879 · page 3

A deputation, consisting of Mr. Walter Lamb, Mr. Charles Parbury, Mr. Saddington, Mr. John Lamb, ana other proprietors of the Joadja Creak Coal and Shale Mining Co., waited on the Minister for Works…

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Latest Telegrams. Mining News from Sofala

Evening News · Friday 19 December 1879 · page 2

SOFALA, Thursday.—Versalla and Minine have just finished crashing at Mackenzie's battery, Wattle Flat, 16 tons of quartz, which gave the magnificent return of 46½oz. The stone was…

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Mines and Mining. Annual Mining Report for 1878. (Concluded.) Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 22

The quantity of coal obtained from our seams prior to the year 1829 cannot now be ascertained from any public records, and no completeo returns thereof, so far as I can learn, have been published; but from the…

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Gympie Gold Mining

Evening News · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 4

GYMPIE, Saturday.—31 tons of stone from the Home Rule claim have yielded 141oz of retorted gold. 180 tons of stone from the North Glanmire Co.'s mine have yielded 199oz of gold,…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

KROHMANN'S AMALGAMATED G. M. Co. (LIMITED).— Mining manager reports, on 18th instant, as follows:— "We have cut through the vein at the 614-feet level (perpendicular); it measures over 2 feet 6 inches correct…

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Electricity in Mines

Evening News · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 5

Captain Wagemann gave a trial of electricity for the explosion of blasts, in the 380ft level of the Reform G. M. Co., Lucknow, last week. The benefits of simultaneously firing a number of holes was…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 1104

Melbado and Curtis report the yield from the Band and Albion Consols Gold-mining Co. for last week to be 700 oz. A dividend of 7s. 6d. is declared, and will be payable on 20th instant to Sydney shareholders at…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 10

COPELAND NORTH, Monday.—The Hidden Treasure (Gill, Cameron, Irwin, and Hicks) have crushed 36 tons for 170oz of gold. COPELAND NORTH, Thursday.—The escort…

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Mining in 1878

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 1078

From the annual report of the secretary of the Department of Mines for the year 1878 we extract the following comments anent mining in this colony:—GOLD…

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