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Mining & the mines, 1884

2,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 103

Mining Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1884 · page 2

The mining manager of the Prince of Wales Gold- mining Company, no liability, Burnt Yards, reports under date 8th March,as follows; -- Since my last report I have sunk the Blue Shaft 2ft in depth by…

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Export of Gold to Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1884 · page 9

Tho Standard of January 19 observes that "the tendency of the market is still upward, although there is no special reason why it should be so at the moment, beyond a further access of fear regarding the exports of gold to Australia…

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Mining News. Emmaville Items. Emmaville

Evening News · Thursday 13 March 1884 · page 3

Bailey and party have struck 6ft of splendid wash at Rose Valley. The Glen Smelting Company's battery began crashing on March 10. The machinery works well…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1884 · page 9

A cake of refined gold was brought into town last night, weighing 170oz., being the return from 254 tons of stone taken from the Eleanora gold mine. The manager says the stone now going through the machine will yield better…

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Fatal Colliery Explosion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1884 · page 3

A disastrous colliery explosion occurred a few days ago at Penygraig, in the Rhondda Valley, resulting in the loss of 15 lives, a large numberof horses also being killed. The catastrophe occurred very early in the morning, when fortunately,…

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Mining Intelligence. Milparinra Goldfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1884 · page 8

The following report has been received by the Under-Secretary for Mines, from the warden at Milparinka, Mount Browne:— "Milparinka, March 3, 1884…

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Mining News. Ournie Goldfield. Albury, Thursday night

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1884 · page 3

Further public meetings have been held in the Upper Murray district to agitate for the opening of the Ournie goldfield reserve…

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Fatal Mining Accident Near Adelong. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1884 · page 8

A minor, named William Jones, a Welshman, fell down a shaft at Donkey Hill to-day and was killed. The deceased and his two mates were examining an old abandoned shaft with the view of working it if it was thought payable, and…

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The Black Range Goldfield. Albury

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1884 · page 3

Another effort is being made by some Melbourne capitalists to open up the deep alluvial ground at the Black Range. BINGERA, Thursday…

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The Coal Miners' Demonstration at Wallsend. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 515

The principal event of the week has been the miners' first annual demonstration, which took place on Saturday last, at the Athletic Ground, Wallsend. The day was remarkably fine, and the attendance reached nearly 4000,…

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"This Is Mine."

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 4

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"This is Mine."

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 3

HAVE and hold forms the motto of a prominent old country family, and is being acted upon by the regal bird, which, having secured its prey, finds another claimant for the stolen venison. Such a scene is not…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 501

The manager of the Wesley Tin-mining Company, limited, reports the yield of ore for the week ended 8th instant to be 7 tons. The hon. secretary of the Stock Exchange reports that…

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Mining Telegrams. Carcoar, March 7

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 500

133oz, of gold have been brought to town from Mount Macdonald to-day, the result of the crashing of 90 tons from the tributary's claim on the Balmoral Gold-mining Company's ground. The Queen of the Mount tributary have…

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Gold Discovery at Hargraves

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 501

Mr. F. O'Brien, Mining Registrar at Hargraves, has forwarded to the Under-Secretary for Mines a report, dated March 1st, upon the recent gold discovery at Hargraves. He states that Bond and party cut a splendid vein at a…

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To-day's Cables. Disastrous Mine Explosion

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 4

NEW YORK, March 14.—News has been received of a disastrous explosion at a mine at Pochantas, West Virginia, in which 150 miners were killed…

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The Gold Discovery at Hargraves

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 12

Mr. P. O'Brion, Mining Registrar at Hargraves, has sent to the Under-Secretary of Mines a report, dated March 1, upon the recent gold discovery at Hargraves. He says that Bond and party cut a…

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Late Mining. Armidale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 520

A cake of refined gold was brought into town last night, weighing 170oz., being the return from 254 tons of stone taken from the Eleanora gold mine. The manager says the stone now going through the machine will yield better…

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More Gold in Gympie. Gympie

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 12

Specimens containing fully 500oz of gold were obtained when breaking down the reef in the Wilmot Extended claim yesterday. More gold ia expected…

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The Miner. Floating Mining Companies

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 22

IN the absence of some better suggestion, a writer in the Otago WITNESS proposes, in order to prevent "bogus companies," that in every application to register under the Mining Companies Act—it be…

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