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Mining & the mines, 1882

1,772 stories in Sydney's papers · page 80 of 89

Tuena Goldfield

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 12

A mining man just returned from Tuena nas furnished us with the following particulars of route, &c., to this field:—"I have just returned from Tuena district and goldfield, my visit hoing to…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 November 1882 · page 7

The Sir Garnet Wolseley Company report having broken through and obtained are. They are raising payable stone. The reef averages one foot thick; driving northerly. Mr. A. P. Wood reports the yields of Victorian mines…

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Mining News Victorian Mining Market

Evening News · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 2

The Victorian Stock Exchange reports the following sales on Friday :-Hepburn Nc. 1, 30s 6d ; Garibaldi, 12s ; New Australasian, £9 7s Gd, .£9 5s ; ditto Extended, 47s, 47s Gd ; Shamrock, 24s 3d ;…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

The Manager of the Wesley Tin-mining Company, Limited, reports the yield for the week ending 11th instant to be l8 tons of ore. The following is a return of coper received at Darling…

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Insolvency Court.—monday. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) Re Anvil Creek Coal Mining Company (No. 3[?])

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 4

This was a motion for s[?]on to compromise with contributory John Morrison Saunders. Mr. Knox, instructed by Dawson and Son, appeared for the contributory, and Mr. R. Smith (Norton and Smith) to oppose the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 3

Hidden Treasure Gold-mining Company.--The mining manager reports, under date 11th instant:--"During the past week the north drive, No. 4 level, has been driven a further distance of four feet--total…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 November 1882 · page 10

The output for the week ending November 11 is as follows:—196 tons of ore smelted, producing 80 tons of regulus, equal to 35 tons of copper. Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. have Gympie telegraphic…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 November 1882 · page 8

Messrs. Melhade and Curtis report the yield from the Band and Albion Consols, last fortnight, to be 255oz…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 November 1882 · page 8

The Mechanics' Company are now carting upwards of 200 tons of quarz to the Rainbow battery. It is expected to yield a handsome dividend. No. 1 Centennial are raising very good stone. No. 1 East Mountain Maid are erecting a…

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Mining Intelligence. Tom Ingley Goldfields

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 5

On Saturday last (says the Iaverell Argus) some very fine stone was raised from No. 2--McPnail's--which for richness surpasses anything previously obtained, the stone being thoroughly impregnated…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 893

In breaking down the north drive of Hall's lease at Gympie, on Saturday, 60oz. of specimens were obtained. The Manager of the Wesley Tin-mining Company, Limited, reports the yield for the week ending 11th instant…

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Mining Telegrams. CARCOAR, Nov. 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 893

The West Balmoral Gold-mining Company finished a crushing of 28 tons, realising 30oz. gold. The Queen of the Mount have now reached a depth of 126 feet in the second shaft, the prospects of which are causing an…

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News from the Colonial Goldfields. (The latest information concerning mining shares will be found in our Telegraphic and Commercial Reports.) New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 22

VEGETABE CREEK.—A correspondent writes Nov. 6:—We have been favoured with plenty of rain, and things are looking bright. At Rose Valley, M'Donald and party have got good tin about 2ft thick,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 14

At Mount M'Donald the West Balmoral crushed 94 tons, realishing, 70 oz. 17dwts. without blanketings. At the King of the West battery, 76 tons yielded 24oz, gold. From Grant's Amalgamated Company's lease Barton and party finsihed a…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury. November. 14

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 39

THE MELBOURNE P. O. ROBBERY.—A man named Warren, convicted some years ago at Albury Assizes, on a charge of embezzlement, was brought up at the local police court, yesterday, charged on suspicion with being concerned in…

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The Miner. Mineral Products of New South Wales. By Harrie Wood, Esq., Under Secretary for Mines. Lead and Zinc

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 22

Ores of lead, especially of galena, which is often found argentiferous, are frequently met with in the gold-bearing veins in the Silurian, Devonian, and granite formations. Sometimes the ores are contained…

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The Bingera Goldfields

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 November 1882 · page 5

The following information respecting the development of gold mining at Bingera will prove interesting At Upper Bingera, several parties are working a kind of decomposed serpentine…

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Mining Intelligence. Sandhurst Gold Returns and Dividends. [By Telegraph.] Sandhurst

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 November 1882 · page 3

Messrs. Clarke and Co. report as follows for the week:--Gold Returns.--Garden Gully United, 490oz; Belmont and Saxby, 390oz ; North Shenandoah, 360oz;…

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The Wagga Gold Cup

Evening News · Monday 20 November 1882 · page 3

Messrs. T.T. Jones and Son, jewellers, of George-street, were this year commissioned by the Murrumbidgee Turf Club to supply the gold cup, to be run for at the forth coming race meeting. The cup has…

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