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Mining & the mines, 1882

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Victorian Mining Market

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 10

The Sandhurst correspondent of the "Argus" reports:—"Business of moderate extent on Tuesday, Garden United being almost the only stock evincing special improvement. Confidence, Golden Age,…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 10

Twenty-six tons of stone, from a reef at Morse's Creek, Victoria, yielded 265oz of gold. Mr. Harrie Wood is in Melbourne collecting information as to the working of diamond drills…

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Late Mining. Adelong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 679

The escort took for the Bank of New South Wales 807oz. 8dwt. 12gr., and for the Commercial 23Soz. 8dwt. 4gr. A boiler of immense size arrived yesterday on Amos Brothers' claim, intended for winding purposes. Heavy machinery…

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The Miner. Something Practical for the Mining Department

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 22

MR. W. G. Bailey, a member of the Queensland Legislature, publishes the following letter concerning what would be an improvement in the working of Government Mining Departments:…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 6

Thirty tons from No. 1 North Cambrian Reef, Sebastopol, were crushed this week, and the gold is now in the retort; fully 3oz. per ton will be the return. A visit to the Shamrock and Euroka mine fully warrants the statement…

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The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, April 29, 1882. Coal-trade Disputes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 16

"THE workmen," says ADAM SMITH, "desire to get as nmch, the masters to give as little as possible. The former are disposed to combine in order to raise, the latter in order to lower, the…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury. April 25

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 39

[?]STOCK.—An improvement in the local market was noticeable immediately after the late rains, and if sellers had been disposedr to come to taring, a large number of sheep-would have changed hands. Buyers however at once…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sandhurst

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1882 · page 3

Messrs. Clarke and Co. report the following gold returns for the week:-- Confidence, 86Ioz; Garibaldi, 32loz; Ellenborough, 282oz ; Hercules, 270oz; Frederick, 150oz; Sadown, 118oz ; Belmont and…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 May 1882 · page 6

Gold is being purchased very freely to-day, nearly £3000 worth having been bought. Bourke and party, on the lower lend, continue to pick out some very nice specimens. All the dams are hard at work puddling. The Cambrian…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1882 · page 6

The manager of the Brickwood Tin-mining Company, Limited, Tingha, reports the receipts of the following telegram from the mining manager:—" 1[?] tons bagged in store, about 3 tons to dress."…

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Coal nine Dangers

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 3

Mr. David Mitchell, President of the Misers' Association ; Mr. John M'Fadyen, treasurer of the same ; and Mr. James Curley, secretary of the Miners' Union, were on Friday introduced to the Hon. the…

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Trade at the Gold Coast

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 4

LONDON, May 2.—As a consequence, of the disastrous war now raging in West Africa, trade with the Gold Coast and other districts of Guinea is completely paralysed…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Tamworth

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Ruzicka, a gold digger of Nundle, de posited today at the Bank of New South Wales 346oz of gold, being the yield of three days' working of his claim at Hanging Rock. Mr. Ruzicka first…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 6

Mr. Ruzicka came into town with his gold last night, tend very kindly gave me the following information:— He first struck gold on the 3rd December, and on the 17th of the same month sold 344 oz. On the 14th of March he…

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The Queensland Goldfields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 5

Mr. J. W. Jones, the Deputy Surveyor-General of South Australia, has raturned from his trip to the Queensland goldfields, and furnished some interesting notes of the country he has traversed. Mr. Jones…

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Mining News. Victorian Mining Market

Evening News · Thursday 4 May 1882 · page 3

THE Sandhurst correspondent of the "Argus" reports:—"There was a brisk market on Tuesday forenoon in Snobb's Hill stocks, north of Ellen-borough, and heavy advances realised, but later in…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Copeland

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1882 · page 3

The gold escort will leave tomorrow with 510oz. Owing to the want of water, only one battery has been at work during April. No. 1 South Centennial started carting today. They will put through 200…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1882 · page 6

The Adelaide Agnes Company have finished crusing 19 tons of stone left by Head and Aldridge, who had previously picked out 90oz. from specimens, the yield being 16oz. This return is considered very handsome by the manager…

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The Albert Gold-field

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 6

We are indebted to the Minister for Mines for a copy of the following telegram, which has been received from Mr. Warden C. M. King, dated Wilcannia. 27th ultimo:—"On the 22nd instant, 67 points of rain fwll at Milparinka, and…

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Milling News. Victorian Mining Market

Evening News · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 3

The Sandhurst correspondent of the "Argus" reports :—"The main feature of the market on Wednesday was the sensational advance in value of Ellesmere, which appear to be passing into few hands, the…

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