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Mining & the mines, 1881

1,360 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 68

Temora Gold. TEMORA

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1881 · page 2

A nugget weighing 50oz 12dwt was got to-day in Buckle and party's claim, adjoining that of Nugent and Adams…

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Gympie Gold Yield. ONE-MILE

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1881 · page 2

Ninety-two tons of stone from the North Columbia Company mine yielded 129oz l0 dwt of retorted gold…

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Gold Discovery at Mount Lindsay. BRISBANE

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1881 · page 2

Two parcels of store of 501b weight each were recently sent to Sydney for assay. They were taken from a new reef discovered at Mount Lindsay, at the head of the Logan River. The…

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Mining News

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1881 · page 4

Great Cobar Copper Mining Company (limited).-- Mining manager reports for four weeks, ending 5th February, 1881:--Underground: The winze sinking below 89 fathoms level, 100 feet north of Barton's…

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Mining Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1881 · page 4

GREAT COBAR COPPFR MINING COMPANY (Limited). —The mining manager reports for four weeks ending 5th February:—Underground: The winze sinking below 39fathom level, 100 feet north of Barton's shaft, has been…

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Parkes Mining. PARLES

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1881 · page 2

Medlyn and party, on the Bonnie Dundee line of reef, Parkes, from whose claim very rich stone was obtained some time ago, have again (yesterday) struck very rich stone. They have lodged SO.b…

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The Discovery of Gold at the Gre[?] Range

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1881 · page 3

We are indebted to the Minister for Mines for the following copy of a letter from the Mining Registrar at Wilcannia, respecting the gold discovery at Mount Brown, Grey Range:-…

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Mining. the New Gold-field

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 10

GEOLOGISTS have often expressed an opinion that deposits would bo found in the Barrier and Grey Ranges; but the practical proof has been packing till now. There is more than ordinary…

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The New Gold-field

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 22

THE discovery of a new gold-field at Mount Poole, 200 miles from Wilcannia, is confirmed. The locality is as yet little known, but from Sydney to Wilcannia, where coaching ends, there are three roads available—…

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Late Mining. Weekly Return of Gold, Copper, and Tin

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 301

The gold received for coinage at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week ending February 17 was 521-05 oz. The coin issued during the same period amounted to 65,000 sovereigns…

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Mining Mems

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 10

A SLIDING Rock mine in the for north of South Australia lias been sold for £580. THE coal exports from Newcastle last week amounted 21,566 tons…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 313
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We learn from the Parkes Gazelle that Messrs. Bothwell, Hunter, and party, now working the vein of stone near the old Currajong consols ground from which Duggan and party crushed a grand lot that yielded five ounces to the ton,…

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Mines and Mining. The New Rush at Mount Poole. [By Electric Telegraph.] Wilcannia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 22

No more gold has come in from Mount Poole, but letters by yesterday's mail give good accounts. Evans and party, who found the 8oz nugget, have another nugget 5oz. Gold reported as being,…

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Hount Brown Gold Diggings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 12

A GOOD deal of excitement has been created by the reports received in reference to the reported finds of gold at Mount Brown in the Grey Range, about 200 miles from Wiloannia, We have published all the…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 12

Three hundred tons of stone from the North Glanmire Company's claim, Gympie, returned 548oz 4dwts of retorted gold. The dividend amounts to 10d per scrip…

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Gold Far West of the Darling

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 292

In the extreme left hand top corner of the map of this vast colony there appear a few unsignificant-looking specks, which are supposed to represent a range of mountains; and as these specks are floating in what…

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Gympie Mining. One Mile

Evening News · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 4

Two hundred and sixty-nine tons of stone from No. 1 North Glanmire yielded 304oz of retorted gold. This gave a dividend of 6d per scrip. From the Phoenix Company's mine 330 tons…

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Gold at the Grey Range. Wilcannia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 301

Cobb and Co. start their first coach for Mount Poole and Mount Browne at a fare of £4 each, and all the scats are engaged from Wilcannia. There are intermediate stations where water and rations are procurable; but…

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Country and Mining Hews. ADELONG. February 13

Evening News · Saturday 19 February 1881 · page 3

Weather.-The weather during the past week has been exceedingly hot until Saturday night , when heavy black clouds came up from the S. K., and distant thunder was heard, but only a Jew drops of rain fell. The air became…

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