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Mining & the mines, 1886

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 28 April 1886 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BUNINYONG.—The Imperial tributers (Back and Boys) from 32 tons of stone obtained 19oz 8dwt 12gr of gold. Luke and party from 40 tons of stone got 20oz 3dwt of gold…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Silverton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1886 · page 11

What is believed to be the true water-line has been touched in Rasp's shafts. Broken Hill Mine. The discovery is likely to prove of immense value to the company. A change has occurred in the character of the ore below…

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Colliery Disaster at Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 5

Between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, the 10th instant, a disastrous occurrence by which five men lost their lives, took place at the Lithgow Valley Colliery, Lithgow. The names of the killed were…

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Buried in a Gold Mine. One Man Still Imprisoned. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE,Wednesday.--A fall of earth occurred to-day at the Duke Consols No. 4 tribute mine, Timor, near Maryborough. Two men, John and James…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

NEW ZEALAND GOLD.—The New Zealand gold export for the last quarter was of the value of .£255,215, as compared with ^£238,228 for the corresponding quarter of last year. The improvement is…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 4

DALMONTON.—The mining manager of the Union G. M. Co., Daimorton Grafton, wrote on April 21:—I got down about 10ft on Monday on the new reef, and on Tuesday I put a shot in the reef 20m, which…

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The Silverton Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 6

The following particulars, taken from the "Official Catalogue" of exhibits of silver ore from the various properties of the Barrier Ranges Silver-mining Association, Limited, will be interesting on account of the…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 8

KIANDRA GOLD-MINING CO.—Messrs, Watt and Dodds have received the following report from the mining manager for the week ending April 24 :—"Sluicing…

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The Lithgow Valley Colliery Accident. to the Editor Op the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 7

Sir,--A prompt and graphic account of the and accident at Lithgow has appeared in your columns. But to a practical miner and one who knows something of the nature of gases,…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 12

J. O'Brien and Shearer have just finished a crushing at Harford's battery of nine tons of quartz, yielding lOdwt. to the ton. The stone was taken from a new reef recently found on Kimo Hill. The machine is now putting through…

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The A.j.c. Meeting. Sydney Gold Cup. Break Up of the Encampment. Insolvency Court. Bank of New Zealand. Shot by His Brother. Arrival of the R.m.s. Potosi. Intercolonial Telegrams the Cabinet. Wreck of the S.s. Taupo. Flemington Sheffield Handicaps. Hydrophobia in Victoria. Parliament. A.j.c. Autumn Meeting. Cup Day. Racecourse, 3 P.m

Globe · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 3

The Gold Cup of the A.J.C. is the race of the year in New South Wales. It is to our sporting population, tradespeople, artisans, and gentlemen without any…

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Miners for Lambton

Evening News · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 5

LONDON, April 29.—The directors of the Scottish Australian Coal Company are prepared to send out labor for the Lambton Colliery, if advised to do so, to fill the places of the…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 3

SUNNY CORNER.—The secretary of the Sunny Corner Silver Mining Company reported that during the week ended April 24, six fornaces were in fail blast, reducing 878 tons of ore. resulting in a return…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 6

LYMINGTON WALLSEND COAL Co.—The first half-yearly meeting of the Lymington Wallsend Coal Company was held on Wednesday. Mr. Cowlishaw presided. The report said that two shafts had been…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 8

A correspondent at Mount M'Donald telegraphs as follows:—For some time past there have been a good many prospectors in this locality. Yesterday a shaft was bottomed in the bottom of a main gully known as Noyean…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 5

The Sunny Corner Silver-mining Company, Limited.—The Secretary reports that during the week ended April 24, six furnaces were in full blast, reducing 878…

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The Lambton Colliery Strike. London, April 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 8

The directors of the Scottish and Australian Coal Company are prepared to send out labour for the Lambton Colliery, if advised to do so, to fill the places of the miners who are at…

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