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Mining & the mines, 1883

1,506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 76

Mining Inteliigence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 November 1883 · page 6

The following quantities of tin oe were received at Newcastle and Morpeth for the week ended 27th October:—From Armidale to Morpeth, 9 tons le[?]t. 1qr.; from Uralla to Newcastle, 22 tons 13cwt. 1qr.; fom Uralla to Morpeth,…

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Wang Coal

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 3

THE fireman's day of toil is o'cr; with joy their faces beam, For while working on the mountains, Lor can't they got some steam…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 7

Jackson's Reef Gold-mining Company, No Liability, Barmedman. The mining manager reports for the week ending 27th instant:--" I grassed six tons of quartz, making 147 tons in paddock. I have taken…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 838

Mr. J. Marcombe reports having received the following telegram from Gympie : — "283 tons quartz from 3 and 4 Glanmire yielded 380oz. gold. Dividend of 6d. declare. Still crushing from mine."…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 12

Specimens contamine 50oz of gold were obtained in breaking down the reef in the South Wilmot Extended claim, at Gympie. A. 25oz nugget was found on Monday by Whelan,…

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The Coal Fields of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 9

On Wednesday evening 31st ultimo, Mr. D. Ritchie delivered, in connection with the Technical College, in the large hall, the eleventh of his course of lectures, the subject belog the "Coal Fields of New South Wales." There was…

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The Miner. Electricity in MIning

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 22

AT the meeting of the English Institution of Mechanical Engineers, held in Belgium, the question of the application of electricity to the working of mines was discussed. Commenting upon this subject,…

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MINING Milling Telegrams Adelong, Oct 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 837

It is reported here on good authority that the Great Victorian Amalgamated Gold-mining Company, hiving discovered payable gold below 1000 feet, have claimed the Government award of £500. This same company received a…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspodents). Bulgandramine. October 33

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 14

PROTEST AGAINST THE LAUD BILL— Last Friday evening a rather large and influential meeting was held at Mungery for the purpose of considering the provisions of the Land Bill. Mr. J. Roche Ardill occupied the chair, and…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Discovery of a New Reef on the Dark River. Alburt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 12

News has just reached Albury of a valuable discovery by Mark Sheehan, an Albury resident, who is now prospecting on the Dark River [?] reports having struck a new reef on the Fortune line. The lode is 8 inches wide and…

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A Worn-out Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 837

It is with such an expression as the above that the township of Parkes is generally described, and in one sense the description is lamentably true, for all round the town in various directions are heaps upon heaps of "mullock," the…

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Gulgong Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 837

The following report, dated from Gulgong on the 20th instant, has been received by the Under-Secretary for the Department of Mines from Mr. W. H. J. Slee, Inspector of Mines : —…

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News from the Colonial Goldfields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 November 1883 · page 22

(The latest Information concerning mining shares will be found in our Telegraphic and Commercial Reports.)…

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Mining Intelligence. Sandhurst Gold Returns

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 November 1883 · page 3

Messrs Clarke and Co., of Sydney and Melbourne, report as follows:-- New Chum United, 612oz; Garden United, 697oz; United Devonshire, 426oz; Belmont, 412oz: Garfield, 208oz; Chum Railway,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 November 1883 · page 6

The South Australian Gold-mining Company have just finished crushing 74 tons of stone, 60 tons being from the Federation claim, which gave 48oz., and 14 tons from Kolly's shaft, which grave 4[?]oz. gold…

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Mittagong Coal-mining Company

Evening News · Tuesday 6 November 1883 · page 3

A dinner in celebration of the successful floating of the Mittagong Coal-mining Company was given at Thatcher's Bulletin Hotel yesterday, when the promoters and local directors eat down to a very well-set…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 November 1883 · page 8

The following is a copy of a letter received by the Under-Secretary for Mines from the Government Inspector of Mines on the present condition of gold mining at Hill End:— "Hill End, 30th October, 1883. Sir,—I do myself the…

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Newcastle Coal Export. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 6 November 1883 · page 2

The past week's coal export amounted to 33,889 tons, made up as follows :—Sydney 6292, Melbourne 7916, Adelaide 1851, Warrnambool 526, Launceston 1788, Lyttelton 680, Auckland…

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Coal Seams of New South Wales

Evening News · Tuesday 6 November 1883 · page 2

Mr. Ritchie gave another of his series of lectures oil useful knowledge, in the large hall of the Technical College, on the evening of Wednesday, the 3lst ultimo, on "The Coal Measures of New South…

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Mining Intelligence. the Alabama Claim, Araluen. [By Telegraph.] Braidwood, Monday. The Alabama claim, Araluen, washed out last

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 November 1883 · page 3

Great Cobar Copper-mining Company, Limited.-- The mine captain telegraphs for week ended 3rd instant as follows:--"Copper despatched, 68 tons; ore smelted, 474 tons, producing equal to 65 tons fine…

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