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Mining & the mines, 1884

2,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 103

Special Cables The Right of the Grown to Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 September 1884 · page 5

London, September 15.--The "Times" maintains that the Crown has an undoubted right to the gold in Victoria…

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Mining News. Melbourne Mining Market

Evening News · Thursday 18 September 1884 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Egyptian, buyer 31s, seller 32s, sales 32s 6d; Federal, buyer 6s 9d, seller 7s 3d, sales 7s; Great Extended Tribute, buyer 2s 3d, seller 3s, sales 2s 6d; Stenandoah, buyer lls 10d,…

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Mining Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 September 1884 · page 7

The Mining Manager of the Red Hill Amalgamated Gold-mining Company, Tambaroora, under date September 13, writes:--Since my report of the 6th instant the two boilers have been cleared out,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1884 · page 10

Flannery and party are making a most successful [?] with a new bering apparatus which has been made expressly for them at the Glen Smelting Company's works for bering through drift and water. They are now…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 September 1884 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--North Lady Mary, Sympie, has declared a dividend of 5d; No. 1 North Ph[?]ix ditto 2s 6d. No. 1 South Wilmott crushed 91 tons for 3778oz amalgam, and will probably declare a…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 September 1884 · page 12

The Rangatira Gold-mining Company at the Urarra reefs have sent in a parcel of 8 tons of quartz for trial, which was crushed at Wilson and Company's machine, and yielded 20oz. ldwt. of gold…

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Gold Mining Near Avoca

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Gold mining is looking up in the Avoca district, the Vale's Reef mines having been again taken up by a strong company of Sandhurst and Melbourne men. Other claims are also…

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Gold-mining at Copeland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 15

We have to thank the Minister for Mines for a copy of the following report from the Warden of the Copeland goldfields:- "Warden's Office, Copeland, 10th September, 1884…

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Centennial and Baal Gammon Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 6

Mr Charles De Boos, the warden at Copeland, has furnished the Mines Department with a report on this company's tunnel. It is situate towards the head of the right hand branch of what is known as…

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Emmaville Silver Mine

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 580

From Emmaville, under date September 6, a correspondent writes:—"The silver lode is situated about eight mites in a north-west direction from Emmaville, the strike of the lode being due north and…

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Rangatira Gold

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 5

ADELONG, Friday.—The Rangatira G. M. Co. at the Urarra reefs sent in a parcel of 8 tons of quartz for trial. The stone was crashed at Wilson and Company's machine, and yielded 20oz 1dwt of…

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Wombat Gold

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 5

YOUNG, Saturday.—About 40lb of specimens from the Wombat claim were shown here. They are computed to go 1000oz to the ton. A parcel of about 50 tons of stone has been raised to grass, and gold is…

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Gold in Temora

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 5

TEMORA, Saturday.—Robert Lindon and party, in their prospecting claim between Deutscher's paddock and the Deep Lead, have struck the reef at a depth of about 6ft. The stone shows good gold. A…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 580

Melhado and Curtis report yield from Band and Albion Consols Gold-mining Company last week to be 32loz. from 395 tons. The lode in the bottom level is 2 feet 9 inches, gold throughout…

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Gold Near Tumut

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 5

TUMUT, Friday.—Nothing further has yet been heard of the rich gold discovery near Tumut, although, every confidence is placed in the report being true. The prospector is very reticent…

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Mining Telegrams. Bourke, Sept. 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 578

Satisfactory news has been received here by Mr. Garot, by cablegram from England, to the effect that the parcel of 16 tons galena which he sent home a few months ago from his mine at Silverton, had realised £25 per ton. The ore…

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Gold Robbert in Creswick

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Last Thursday night a serious robbery took place at the Lone Hand No. 1 shaft. Every fortnight the sand containing gold is collected, and it was estimated that the stuff on this occasion…

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Gold Robbery in Creswick

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The police have obtained a clue to the perpetrators of the gold robbery from the Lone Sand mine, Creewick…

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Country and Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 15

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

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Mining Registration at Silverton

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1884 · page 5

During the first rush of miners to the Silverton district the only person in charge was a policeman, who did not well understand the administration of the Mining Act with regard to the registration of…

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