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Mining & the mines, 1881

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Gold near Tamworth

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 90

Considerable excitement has been caused in the town, during the past four days, says the Tamworth Independent, July 2, by various rumours that have been circulated as to the discovery of a rich quartz reef at Swamp Oak…

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Mining. Temora

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 9

The mining news of the past week is very limited; no fresh finds to record, no water in the dams, and no now rushes taking place. There are two puddling machines going these will shortly have…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 90

Messrs. T. J. Thompson and Son report the yield of the New Chum Consolidated mine, Sandhurst, to be 518 ounces gold from 196 tons of stone crushed ; and also that of the Garibaldi mine to be 89 ounces gold…

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Mining Share Market. Friday, July 1

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 89

In Coal, Bulli had buyer at 11; Wallsend, buyer 16, seller 16½; Waratah, buyer 6, seller 6¼; Vale of Clwydd, buyer 20s. 3d., seller 21s. In Copper, Great Cobar had buyer at 76s., seller 77s.;…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 12

Antimony [?]re discovered near Solferino and assayed has yielded at the rate of 9O[?]z silver to the ton, besides a payable yield of antimony. It is reported from the northern territory that a…

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The Albert Gold-field. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 6

230 ounces of gold reached here from the diggings during the week through various channels, though no rich find has been made. All at work seem satisfied with their-earnings, the less fortunate making wages…

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The Miners' Difficulty at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 89

Important meetings were held on Saturday night by the miners of the Newcastle Coal Company, at Glebe, and by the Bore Hole, or A. A. Company's miners, at Hamilton. The Newcastle miners were called together…

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Victorian Mining Stock. Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 12

At Ballarat shares are very dull, and at Sandhurst business is brisk. In North Bands there are sellers at 55s; Young Bands, at 25[?]; North Australasia, sellers 64s; Extendeds, sellers at 38s…

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Mining Items. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 22

SYDNEY SHAKE MARKET.—The latest reports conoorning sales of shares in Sydney are publishod with our commercial reports. During the early part of the week business was quiet, though not dull. On…

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The Department of Mines. Annual Report for 1880

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 89

On the whole the outlook for 1881 appears to bo satisfactory, and if a fair supply of water be obtained, the yield of gold should be largely in excess of that for 1880, which is, I am happy to say, notwithstanding the drought, slightly…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspondents.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 39

CORRESPONDRNTS will oblige by sending Mining News on separate pages of their communications, in order to have same classed in our Mining pages. Corrospondents will further oblige by affixing their signatures to…

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N.s.w. Mining Court at the Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 7

We have been furnished by the Department of Mines with Mr. J. K. Crone's report of the N.S.W. Mining Court, of which he had charge, at the Melbourne International Exhibition…

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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, July 8. the Speaker took the chair at 4.80 o'clock. Labour Conditions in Gold and Mineral Leases

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 6

Mr. BAKER, in answer to Mr. Burns (for Mr. Fergusson) stated that he had received complaints from his wardens, clerks, and mining registrars as to the non-fulfilment of the labour…

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The Albert Goldfield. Wilcannia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1881 · page 89

Accounts from the Mount Browne and other diggings continue to be good. No diggers are returning except one or two through illness. Gold has been found in one claim deeper than before. Hitherto it was…

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New South Wales Mines Court, Melbourne Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1881 · page 3

The following report relating to the New South Wales Mines Court at the Melbourne Exhibition has been courteously handed to us by the Minister of Mines for publication:—…

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The Mount Poole Mining District

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 July 1881 · page 3

A report has been furnished by Warden Tompson, of tho Albert mining district, to the Under-Secretary for Minos, Sydney, which shows the working of the claims on the Whittahrena in the…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 July 1881 · page 6

Newa from the Albert gold-field continuos very oncouraging so far as the gold yiold is coucerued. A public meeting was held at Wilcannia to-night, to considei the purchase of a crushing plant. Coachcs leave here regularly…

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Mining at Colongolook. BULLEDELAH

Evening News · Tuesday 12 July 1881 · page 2

Thirty-six tons of stone from the Mountain Widow claim, at Colongolook, yielded 30oz of gold. The machine was stopped through, want of water…

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Carcoar Mining News. CARCOAR

Evening News · Tuesday 12 July 1881 · page 2

Mansfield and party lodged in the City Bank to-day a splendid cake of gold weighing 320oz, the result of a crushing from 240 tons of quartz from their claim at Milburn Creek…

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Mines and Mineral Statistics of New South Wales. Iii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 July 1881 · page 3

From the annual report of the Department of Mines for 1880 we extract the following information in reference to coal, shale, tin, copper, silver, iron, lead, antimony bismuth, asbestos, mangancse, and…

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