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Mining & the mines, 1881

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Mining Share Reports. (For latest items, see telegraphic and commercial columns.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 23

SYDNEY. — Business opened quiet on Monday. Great Cobar brought 77s 3d, 76s 6d, and 77s, and offered at 77s 6d, with buyers at 76s 6d; Nymagee, buyers at 18s 3d, sellers at 19s, sales at 18s to 18s…

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M I N I N G Mining Telegrams. CARCOAR, Nov. 17

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 888

A new gold-bearing reef has just been discovered in the neighbourhood of Galley Swamp by Rosewarne and party, 14 inches wide. MONDAY…

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Mining Prospects in New Caledonia. (From a Corresspondent.) Noumea, October 10

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 22

MY predictions years ago as to the attention New Cale[?]nia would command in Europe as a mining country have been at length realised. Every mail now for several months past brings here capitalist…

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Working a New South Wales Goldfield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 22

IN the following comments concerning the state and prospects of Adelong, written by a oorrespondent of the "Gundagai Times," many will recognise the truthfulness of what our own correspondent has…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 6

A splendid cake of gold, weighing 459oz., was lodged in the City Bank on Saturday evening last, from Mount M'Donald. The prospectus of the West Balmoral Company, better known as M'Kellar and Findlay's lease, has…

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Mining News. Mining Appeal Case. Cootamundra

Evening News · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 4

THE mining appeal case Quail v. Marshall and party was amicably settled oat of court by both parties agreeing to amalgamate their respective claims…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 6

The gold escort from Milparinka amounted to 1700 oz. The surface water on the diggings is all gone, and the miners are only getting gold by dry blowing. Large numbers are leaving. A Chinaman has struck a large supply of…

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Department of Mines, Sydney, November 25, 1881. Preliminary Notification of Streets in the Municipalities of Victoria and St. Leonards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 9

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expedient to open and make the several streets mentioned in the sebedale appended hereto, NOTICE is hereby given that in accordance with the provisions of the Act…

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Stock Branch, Department of Mines, Sydney, November 18, 1881. Notice to Owners of Stock. Pastures and Stock Protection Act, 1880

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 9

ATTENTION is hereby called to Regulation 41, under the shovenamed Act, by which every owner of Horses, Cattle, or Sheep (whatever the number may be) is required to deliver or forward to the Inspector of Stock for his district, between the 1st…

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Nana Creek Goldfield. Grafton

Evening News · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 4

Good reports continue from Nana Creek. The prospectors on the Lady Matilda are still on a good quality of stone. On the other line of reef work is progressing, with fair prospects. The Hidden…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 December 1881 · page 8

Since last summary some particulars have been received, from the Inverell tin mines, where, owing to the presence of a sufficient supply of water and the encouragement given to the miners by the satisfactory condition of the market in…

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Temora Mining. Temora

Evening News · Thursday 1 December 1881 · page 2

Professor Denton finished his lectures, and leaves for Melbourne to-day. He Tinted the surrounding country, and speaks highly of it as a goldfield, and fully believes very rich deposits will be found at a…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telelegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 December 1881 · page 6

Four hundred loads from No. 4 Deutscher's averaged Sdwt.; No. 1 south Tynan's, 200 loads, about lOdwt; Backley's, 70 loads, exclusive of pickings, 18dwt. the water in some of the deep lead water shafts is failing…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 December 1881 · page 6

An important discovery of a magnificent copper lode has been made at Wongoola Creek, ten miles west of Milburn Crook, by Webb and party. The lode is of fine quality for a considerable distance, and several leases have been…

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The Albert Gold-field

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 930

A correspondent writing to the Central Australian, under date November 9, says:—" Advise all men not to come here, as the water is very scarce and very little gold getting, except that from the reefs, which it will take some time to…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 8

27,013 tons of coal were exported from New-castle last week. KELLY and party, Tomora, last week washed 40 leads averaging 1[?] ez per load…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 930

Mr. Joseph Palmer reports the yield for last week of the Black Horse United Gold Mine, Egerton, to be 1115oz. Messrs. J. B. North and Son report the yield of the Duke Company, Timor, to be 133oz. for the week…

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Mining News

Evening News · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 3

Messrs. Palmer, Thompson and Denny, report as follows:—Watson's Reef Gold Mining Co. (limited).—The manager reports having crushed with 10 head of…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 11

The Homeward Bound prospecting claim Sebastopol is to be floated in Sydney for £12,000…

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A Missing Mining Manager

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 23

WITH reference to the sudden disappearance of the legal manager, Mr. J. W. Blamey, the "Star" writes —" Special audits have been ordered by several of the companies of which the absoonder was…

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