News from the Colonial Goldfields. (The latest information concerning raining shares will be found in our Telegraphic and Commercial Reports.) New South Wales
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 24
SUNNY CORNER.—Wire news from Mitchell's Creek report that smelting is going on briskly, the furnaces giving ample satisfaction. LUCKNOW.—The manager of the New Reform G…
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Evening News · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 8
MAITLAND, Saturday.—Some specimens of gold-bearing quartz were found on Mr. Reginald Wyndham's estate, near Branxton, and have been on view in Maitland. They show gold freely, and it is Mr…
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Evening News · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 8
[A number of the following items appeared in our second, third, and fourth editions of Saturday.] MUDGEE, Saturday.—Puddling at the Canadian is being carried on without interruption. There is an…
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Evening News · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 3
BATHURST, Monday.—There is increased activity in mining at Sunny Corner. The second smelter is expected to start in three weeks. There is sufficient ore at grass to keep both smelters employed for some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Nymagee
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 September 1884 · page 8
The output for the week ending the 6th instant is 29[?] tons of ore smelted, producing equal to 50 tons of fi[?] coppor. Refined, 40 tons; despatched, 53 tons. PARKES, SATURDAY…
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Evening News · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The miners working, at the Working Miners' United Co.'s mine, Homebush, Avoca, struck work on account of six men who were at work on the surface having refused to pay the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 2
The mining manager of the Lumpy Lead Gold Company, Forest [?], under date 6th instant, reported that during the fortnight the shaft was sunk 8ft 6in through hard trap rock. Four shifts were…
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Evening News · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 2
Interesting discoveries have recently been made in the San Domingo mines of Spain, showing the methods of mining adopted by the ancients. In some of the mines the Romans dug draining galleries…
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Evening News · Tuesday 9 September 1884 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Monday.—From Inglewood several very satisfactory returns have been reported by different mining companies. The Golden Fleece have had a crashing of 32 loads for a yield of 68oz 10dwt,…
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Evening News · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 8
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An amicable arrangement having been come to with the men at the Working Miners United, Homebush, Avoca, they have returned to work…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
Last Chance Extended, Ballarat East.--" Have driven 12ft for the week; the various slates being in a little more settled country, an improvement may be looked for at any moment. Will crush during the…
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Evening News · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 8
BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.—It is reported in town that a splendid nugget of gold, weighing 8oz, has been discovered near Little River by a party of prospectors; but the rumour has not yet been…
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Evening News · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 3
GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The Hidden Treasure Gold Mining Co. has finished crushing 50 tons at the Nana Creek Quartz Co.'s battery, for 70oz. The same company has 30 tons at grass. The same…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Great Coal Case. Triumphant Hairsplitting
Evening News · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 8
At the North Shore Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Marshy S.M., the judgment was given in the long-standing case Cocke v. Figgiss, charged with delivering coal without having a perfect weighing…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Barrier Ranges Silver Mines. [By Telegraph From Wilcannia.]
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 5
SILVERTON, September 6.--There have been several new discoveries towards the Pinnacles, and a number of claims have been pegged out on the line of reef. At the now celebrated Apollyon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining News. [The following items appeared in our second and third editions yesterday.] Mittagong Diamonds
Evening News · Wednesday 10 September 1884 · page 8
BOWRAL, Tuesday.—Four parties have applied for 20-acre leases of the ground en the Mittagong gold-field. One of the applicants is an ex M.L.A. The applicants say that it is their intention to dig for diamonds…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 September 1884 · page 6
BYEROCK, Wednesday.--Splendid specimens are being got out of the Girilambone mine, and there is every prospect of that speculation turning out a complete success…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Intelligen[?] [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Copeland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 September 1884 · page 11
During the past two days rich specimans have been brought from No. 2 Mountain Maid mine and lodged in the A. J. S. Bank. The North Hidden Treasure rent in the drive going south is improving in [?] and approaching…
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Evening News · Friday 12 September 1884 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Extended North Queens, sellers 1s 9d, sales 1s 9d; Egyptian, bayard 84s, tellers 86s, sales 35s…
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