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Mining & the mines, 1883

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 3

Hidden Treasure Gold-mining Company, Limited. -- Mining manager reports per telegram : "80 tons of quartz crushed for a yield of 185oz of retorted gold."…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 452

The manager of the Wesley Tin-Mining Company, Limited, reports the yield of ore for week ended 3rd instant to be tons. The mining manager of the Hidden Treasure…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 12

Fifty-five tons from the Dan O'Connell claim at Charters Towers yielded 155oz of retorted gold. A copper mine has been discovered in the Champion Bay district. Good prospects have…

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Alleged Discovery of Alluvial Gold

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 451

Our Temora correspondent telegraphed on Wednesday:—"It is reported here thet payable alluvial gold has been discovered and the red flag hoisted at Billy's Lookout, 30 or 40 miles north of Barmedman. There is great excitement…

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Late Mining. Temora

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 469

It is reported here that payable alluvial gold has been discovered and the red flag hoisted at Billy's Lookout, 30 or 40 miles north of Barmedman. There is great excitement over the alleged discovery…

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Science. The Coal Plants of Australia. IV

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 438

Having dealt with the history of the literature of oar fossil flora, I now come tO the subject of its classification. To deal with this fully would necessitate a treatise on botany, but as I only propose to describe…

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The Miner. Our Mining Department

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 22

WELL-NIGH a decade of years ago, amid a flourish of trumpets, there was inaugurated the Department of Mines, with a Minister at its head almost as destitute of the necessary knowledge for such…

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Opening of the Mount Kembla Mine. [See Page 441.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 452

On the 27th ultimo a large party of gentlemen interested in shipping and commercial pursuits witnessed the opening of a new port to be called Port Kembla, about three miles south of Wollongong, and the shipment of the first coal…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 13

Accounts from the new rush at Billy's Look-out, near [?]s, state that another shaft has bottomed on gold. The s[?] is 30 feet, and the probable yield estimated to be about 10z. to the load. A few miners are leaving here…

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Tin-mining on the Tableland. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 469

Sir,—Your Tent Hill correspondent does not trouble your readers often with any news about this large and important mining centre. I think he attempts too much when he tries to give a true and faithful account of all the leading mines…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 22

CADIA COPPER MINE.—Mr. Editor, permit me a short space in your valuable paper on the above This quiet little spot is situated between Orange and Carcoar, and in the early days was a place of much…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correespondents.) To CORRESPONDENTS.—We are gland to receive new items from all quarters. Brevity and truthfulness are essen[?] tials towards insertion in our columns. Business communications relating to correspondence should be addressed—Business Manager, " Town and Country Journal," Sydney. ALBURY. March 6

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 March 1883 · page 38

DEER ABOUT.—Some few years ago a few head of deer were brought to the district by a local squatter. These animals have since increased to a goodly herd, the balk of which remain in some large paddocks down the river, and…

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

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 March 1883 · page 3

Messrs Clarke and Company report as follows for the week:--Gold returns : Garden Gully United, 767oz; United Devons, 563oz; South Devon, 528oz ; St. Mungo, 219oz : Railway, 217oz ;…

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Gympie Mining Items. GYMPIE

Evening News · Monday 12 March 1883 · page 2

Nos. 3 and 4, North Glanmire have declared a dividend of 2d. The crushing during the past fortnight averaged loz 2dwt per ton. The Golden Crown has crushed 325 tons for…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 March 1883 · page 6

The parties just returned from the new rush at Billy's Lookout state that prospects have been obtained in the prospectors' claim from 4 to 12 grains to the dish; and in the adjoining claim as much as 15 grains to the dish have…

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Mining News. the Gold Find at Young

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 3

The following telegram has been received from Mr. S. Robinson, warden of the Young goldfield:—"The Bunangong Prospecting and Gold-mining Company, having 15 acres on Bunangong Creek, struck payable…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 8

The hon. secretary of the Stock Exchange reports a yield of 28 [?] of gold from 282 tons of stone taken from the [?]and and Albion mine. Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. have received the…

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Gold "Find" near Young. Young

Evening News · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 2

On Saturday the Burrangong Goldmining and Prospecting Company (Minter and party) struck splendid payable gold in their claim at O'Malley's Flat, two miles from the town, at a depth of 76…

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Fresh Gold Discoveries. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1883 · page 8

On Saturday the Burrangong Goldmining and Prospecting Company (Minter and party) struck splendid payable gold an their claim at O'Malley's flat, two miles from the town, at a depth of 76 feet. The prospect is estimated at an…

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Coal Carters. To the Editor

Evening News · Wednesday 14 March 1883 · page 3

SIR,—Most of the coal merchants in the eastern suburbs have consented to give the carters and others in their employ a half-holiday on Saturday by closing their yards at 1 p.m. Now, as the said workers are…

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