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Mining & the mines, 1883

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Department of Mines, Sydney, 10th June, 1883. Notice to Applicants for Gold-mining Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that unless the Lessees execute and take delivery of the undermentioned Gold-mining Leases within thirty days from this date, they will be declared void. SOUTHERN DISTRICT…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 3

Victory Gold-mining Co., Limited, Charters Towers, Queensland.--The mining manager, under date June 16, wrote:--"In the underlie shaft there is a formation about 2 feet thick, with 6 inches of rich stone on…

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Mining News

Evening News · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 3

Messrs. Gresley Lukin, and Co. have received the following telegram fro Gympie:—Monkland and Abyssinian: Reef intersected in the eastern drive, showing good coarse gold. Great Eastern: Improved…

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Important Case to Miners. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 3

The case Thomas v. Jones a precis of which has been telegraphed, appears likely to prove of greater public importance than was at first imagined. I learn to-day that the miners' general secretary, Mr. Curley, has…

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The Terrible Mining Accident in Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 6

The Eaglehawk correspondent of the Argus gives the following fuller particulars of the shocking mining accident that occurred in that locality on Tuesday last:— "A terrible accident, which has caused the death of two…

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Contract for the Supply of Coal to the Royal Navy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 2

TENDERS will be received at noon on FRIDAY, 20th June, for the supply of Best Steam Coal for the use of H.M., ships at Sydney, for the year commencing 1st July, 1883:— 1. The coal to be the best procurable from the Southern or…

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Department of Mines, Sydney, 1st June, 1883. Notice to Applicants for Mineral Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that unless the Lessees execute and take delivery of the undermentioned Mineral Leases within thirty days from this date, they will be declared void. No. 1583. W. Braddon; portion No. 15; locality, county of…

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Department of Mines, Sydney, May 29, 1883. Notice to Applicants Eor Mineral Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 2

Notice is hereby given that unless the Lessees execute and take delivery of the undermentioned Mineral Leases within 30 days from this date, they will be declared void. No. 1600, W. H. Pinhey; portion No. 241; locality, county of…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1883 · page 5

A new run of gold has just been discovered at Lower Temora. A shaft has been sunk beside the old Junes-road, about 300 or 400 yards west from Murray's prospector's claton. It b[?] on gold. About 5dwts. have been got…

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Mining Telegrams. Carcoar

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 1241

A very rich and extensive outcrop of red oxide, accompanied with green and blue carbonate of copper, has just been discovered near the Belabula River, on the Clifden Estate, the property of Mr. W. M. Rothery. This outcrop…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 11

The mining manager of the Union Gold-mining Company, Dalmorton, Grafton, reports under date June 23:— "I have raised 25 tons quartz during the past fortnight, making in all 70 tons at grass—40 sons having been taken…

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Railway Rates for Coal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 1235

Introduced by Mr. F. B. Gibbes, M.L.A., Messrs. W. Martin and A. Harber waited upon the Minister to ask that no increase should be made in the rate for hauling coal from Lithgow to Sydney. It was represented that the many…

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The Tariff on Coal

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 17

Mr. F. J. Gibbes, M.L.A., introduced W. Martin and A. Harber to the Minister of Public Work as a deputation, to complain of the recent change in the freight rates for coal. The deputation said they represented…

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Stealing a Gold Pin

Evening News · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 5

A young girl named Mary Nutter was charred before Mr. Marsh, S.M., at the Water police court to-day with stealing a gold pin, valued at 15s, the property of James Williams. In reply to the charge,…

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Mining at Cudgegong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 1241

Almost since the first discovery of gold in New South Wales the district of Mudgee has been famous for its mineral wealth. There is scarcely a hillock or mountain but what traces of some kind of ore are to be found; and in…

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Stealing a Gold Chain and Locket

Evening News · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 5

A man named Patrick King was charged on remand before Mr. Marsh, S.M., at the Water police court, this morning, with stealing a gold chain and locket from the person of S. E. Callan. The case…

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Science. The Coal Plants of Australia. XI

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 1206

After what has been said of the uncertainty there is concerning various species of Lepidodendron, it will readily be understood that there cannot be much score certainty about the genera. Paleontologists…

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A Victorian Tin Mining Venture

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 22

THE Melbourne Tin-mining Company (Limited) was formed recently to work a tin mine at Thaiping, Larut, Straits Settlements. A manager waa despatched to Thaiping to take charge of the mine, and…

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Latest Mining Telegrams. TEMORA

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 13

There is a rush at Lower Temora, on the Old Junee-road, near Small's Hotel. Some nice gold has been got. Mr. Baker, the warden at Temora, has received…

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Shocking Mining Accident in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1883 · page 1240

A shocking accident happened at the Unicorn mine, Raglehawk, near Sandhurst, this evening. The signal was given to haul the cage to the surface, when the engine-driver, by some strange mistake, raised the cage…

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