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Mining & the mines, 1886

3,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 152

The Kohinoor Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 5

About 500 yards to the westward commences the boundary line of the Kohinoor Silver Mine—locally known as "Montgomery's"—in which Mr. Kahlo is also the loading man. It is owned by the Kohinoor Gold and…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

SILVERTON.—Said the SILVER AGE : A parcel of over one ton of fine silver, viz., 30,023oz was booked at Hill and Co.'s by the B.E.S.M.A. for dispatch by coach; 6523oz left on Tnesday, making a total for…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 5

In the Mining market yesterday a fair amount of business was recorded, at varied rates. Transactions, upon the whole, did not evince any fluctuations worthy of note. Stockton Coal showed a rise in value [?] 6d., and Wallsends…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 8

Sunny Corner Silver-mining Company, Limited.—The secretary reports for week ending May 15:—"Five furnaces ran the full week, and one for one day only,…

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Queensland Mines. Brisbane, This Day

Globe · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 3

A 199 tons from the Number One North Glanmyre mine, Gympie, yielded 2258 ounces. There is considerable activity in…

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Mining at Gundagai. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 7

GUNDAGAI, Monday.--Mitchell and party, crushed several tons stone on Friday last at Harford's battery, which yielded 25dwt. to the ton. This was taken from the…

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Weekly Mining Reports. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 5

Sir,—As a shareholder in the Silver King mine, I also would like to ask, as did a correspondent of yours a few days ago, how it is that weekly reports are not published? Smelting has now been carried on for several weeks, and we…

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The following appeared in our Special Edition of yesterday. a Drunken Frenzy. a Fatal Dispute. the Kimberley Rush. Burnt to Death. Stock and Share Market. Queensland Mines. Latest Melbourne News. Homebush Stock Sales. the Waterview Collision. the Kimberley Rush. the Yield Denied. Miners Sweeping Derby Streets. Melbourne, This Day

Globe · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 3

A letter received in Melbourne from Kimberley states that the yield is greatly exaggerated, and not more than 400oz. have been obtained, and that numerous…

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Captain's Flat and the Molongolo Diggings. Reopening of an Important Mining Centre. (From Our Special Reporter.) I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 5

As not a few of the public may be aware, considerable interest has been evinced of late in New South Wales mining circles with respect to the probable resuscitation of mineral operations, upon a large scale, at the once famous…

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The Kimberley Goldfields

Globe · Tuesday 18 May 1886 · page 8

Since the days of the decade following Hargreave's gold discovery in '52—that era in Australian history which metamorphosed n mere penal settlement into a…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 4

CUNNINGAR—The Cunningar New Contracting Works, in connection with their smelting plant, are now in full swing and doing excellent work. The smelting furnace will start in the concentrates in…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 6

GUNDAGAI— Mitchell and party crashed several tons of stone on Friday last as Hartford's battery. The stone yielded 25dwt per ton. It was taken from the recently discovered reef on Kimo Hill. A. fourth…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 7

In the Stock and Share Market yesterday almost the only transactions were in mining shares, and a fair amount of business was done. The following quotations were received up to 1 o'clock:—Broken Hill Silver, 35, 341/8, 34½,…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 8

It is said that in the Wallsend mine an almost inexhaustible strata of coal exists. This mine alone can produce coat at the rate of 20,000 tons per week for 60 years…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. Difficulties En Route. Advice to Miners. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The miners from South Australia and Victoria appear determined to give the Kimberley gold-fields a trial, and the exodus has fairly set in. On Sunday night…

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Mining at Gundagai. Gundagai, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 3

A new reef has been discovered by Mitchell and party at Kimo Hill. They crushed several tons at Harford's battery, at a yield of 25dwt. to the ton…

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Terrible Death at a Mine. Falling Down a Shaft. Newcastle, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 5

Late last night a terrible and fatal accident occurred in the Maryville Colliery, Wickham. Michael Gibson, a groom and steam pump attendant,…

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DERBY and the Kimberley Goldfields. (From the Perth Inquirer, May 5.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1886 · page 7

The township of Derby is situated on a spit of land running out into the sea, and is surrounded on two sides and the base of the site by a mangrove swamp of some 17 miles in extent. The exhalations rising from this swamp…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 20 May 1886 · page 6

WICKHAM AND BULLOCK ISLAND COAL CO.—The output for the week ended May 15, was 1485 tons 14cwt. NEW INDUSTRY IN THE NORTH.—A fine deposit…

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