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Mining & the mines, 1884

2,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 103

The New Mexican Gold Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Captain Paull, of the New Mexican Gold lime, has arrived at Adelaide, and to-day explained to the shareholders in this colony the position of the mine…

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Border" Town Gold-mining Company, Albury

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 14

The sum of 1400 has been expended by the Border Town Gold-mining Company in the Black Range in the purehase of maohinery for its alluvial Blaim…

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Mining Telegrams. Carcoar

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 22

At Lane's battery, Gally Swamp, Digby and party have finished crushing a parcel of 87½ tons of stone for a yield of 95oz. lOdwt. of gold. The quartz has been taken from between the 40-feet and 70-feet levels. A drive has been…

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On "Salting" Mines. (CONCLUDED.)

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 22

In our last article we had just got to the point at which we were about to commence incidents in connection with the Sir William Don mine, and with these we now proceed. When shares were selling at 6d. apiece there was a…

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The Barrier Silver Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 22

In order to provide every facility for the thorough development of the silver mines in the Barrier Ranges, and with a view to securing to the fullest extent for Sydney the trade of that part of the colony and of the districts in the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 12

The mining manager of the Hodgkinson Union Goldmining Company, Limited. Thornborough, Queensland, telegraphs as follows:—"Cleared up for four weeks ending June 30, 270 tons stone: result, 248oz. melted gold, valued…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 22

Mesers. Melhado and Curtis report that a dividend of 2s. has been declared in the Band and Albion Consols Gold-mining Company, Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. have the following…

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Erroll Copper Mine. Blayney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 14

The work of sinking the shalt more deeply in the Erroll copper, mine is steadily proceeding. A large number of men will find employment shortly. Captain Moustaka is superintending the work…

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Latest Mining Telegams. Brickwood Tin Mining Co

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 14

The mining. manager reported on. June 28—The Wash in the deep lead ia 2ft hi depth, and a great deal firmer than what we have had before, there, being a cake'of baked sand above it, which is a good sign. In…

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The Silverton Mines. Deniliquin

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 14

Mr. Yates, the representative of tho Deniliquin Silver. Mining and Prospecting Co., in Silverton, will leave Denuiqain on Thursday next for the Barrier Ranges, to bein prospecting, in the interests of…

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Country and Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 42

SPECIAL TO CORRESPONDENTS.—The immense increase of country correspondence in our columns is matter of great pleasure to us. But we have to ask correspondents to condense as much as possible, otherwise there…

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Does Hauling Coal Pay? To the Editor

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 5

Sir,—Knowing that the coal trade of the district of Hartley has contributed a very fair share to the revenue of the colony, I was somewhat surprised to discover that the hon, the Treasurer looks upon it as…

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Reckless Speculation in Mining Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Warden Lukin,of Gympie, in his report, severely condemns the reckless und unprincipled manner in which shares are bought and sold at high rates in Brisbane in worthless…

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Serious Mining Explosion. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 4

A serious accident happened in the Shenandoah mine, Golden-square, Sandhurst. A miner named Patrick Carmody was engaged at the bottom of the shaft, which is 1290ft deep, in charging some…

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Gold Find Near Gayndah Q.) Brisbane

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 5

A party of miners left Maryborough yesterday for the scene of the reported gold find near Gayndah, the road to which has been kept a secret…

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The Mining Industry of the Colony

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 8

AGAIN we have to compliment Mr. Harrie Wood, Under-Secretary of Mines, upon the able and lucid manner in which he has performed the duty of reporting upon the mining industry of the…

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Mining News. Railway to Silverton. Hay

Evening News · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 6

A meeting will be held in Hay on Monday to memoralise the Government for a road or railway to Silverton. Hay is the nearest railway station to Silverton, being 231 miles by Menindie; and, as the…

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"RETRIBUTION," Author's rights Reserved. Chapter Vi. the Gold Discovery

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 5

The fair island of Tasmania was theo the destination of the very worst criminals, and its penal establishments were notorious for their severity. Strange, that the garden of Australia should have been…

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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 24

A NEW REEF is reported to have been struck between Wagga and Tarcutta, and that the result of some of the stone, hand-crushed, showed half an ounce to the ton. Land has been applied for and a company…

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Mining Intelligence. Victorian Gold Returns. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 July 1884 · page 7

SANDHURST, Saturday.--Messrs Clarke and Co., of Sydney and Melbourne, report:--Gold returns: Frederick, 230ozs; Brukus, 463ozs ; Sadowa, 270ozs; Hercules, 220ozs; Unicorn, 111ozs; Extended St…

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