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Mining & the mines, 1886

3,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 152

Mining at Mount Adrah. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1886 · page 7

GUNDAGAI, Friday.--On Wednesday last Cole, Ryan and party crushed at the reefer-battery, Adelong, 23 tons 16cwt. Twenty tons yielded 42oz.; and [?] tons 16cwt. yielded 2[?]dwt., being…

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The Lambton Strike. Mass Meeting of Miners. Lambton, Saturday Night

Globe · Monday 24 May 1886 · page 2

As early as half-past eight this morning there was an unwonted stir in Lambton, and miners were flocking in from the surrounding districts without intermission…

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Valuable Mining Discovries. Brisbane, This Day, 4 p.m

Globe · Monday 24 May 1886 · page 3

It is rumoured that a discovery of valuable reefs has been made in Marble Island, off Broad Sound. The stone, it is stated, strikingly resembles that from…

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The Lambton Strike. Aggregate Meeting of Miners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1886 · page 4

An aggregate meeting of miners to consider the question of the Lambton strike was held yesterday on the Lambton Recreation Reserve. It was largely attended, there being upwards of 2000 persons present, including many females…

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Latest Melbourne Telegrams. Rising of the Murray. the Polar Expedition. Kimberley Goldfields. Melbourne, This Day, 3 p.m

Globe · Monday 24 May 1886 · page 3

A telegram from Echuca reports that the Murray is gradually rising, and that with its rise there is a corresponding business activity in wheat, &c…

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Special Edition. Globe Office, 5 P.m. Randwick Race Meeting. Queen's Birthday Review. Sir Henry Loch's Level. the Celebration in Melbourne. Good Tidings From Kimberley. Harriman and Edwards. the South Polar Expedition. Melbourne Hunt Club. Fire at Camperdown. Eastern Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club. Important Mining Discoveries at Marble Island. Sydney Turf Club

Globe · Monday 24 May 1886 · page 3

The day opened cloudy for the Birthday Meeting of the above club. The sky was everclad, and there was every sign of rain. In spite of this fact, however, a great…

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Fatal Mine Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A fatal accident occurred on Saturday at the Energetic Long Gully Mine, Sandhurst. James Pomberley and Thomas Glasson were engaged in blasting with…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

TASMANIA.—Beacouefield Prospecting Association has secured a prospective are of 50 acres for quartz and alluvial. Favorable prospects of reef gold have been obtained from the surface. The men are now…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 5

KIMBERLEY.—The Melbourne AGE of Saturday last said:—Whether it be that the inhabitants of New South Wales have more money and more leisure, or that the magnetic influence of gold is affected by…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 8

Yesterday having been a public holiday throughout the colony no business was transacted ia the mining market. The main centre of interest in mining circles continues to…

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Trades and Labour Societies. Iv.—sydney Coal Lumpers' Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 5

Mr. George Herbert, secretary to the Sydney Coal Lumpers' Union, gives the following information respecting that society:—There are 502 men connected with the union. These are all in Sydney. The union is without…

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Valuable Mining Discoveries. Brisbane, This Day, 4 p.m

Globe · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 3

It is rumoured that a discovery of valuable reefs has been made in Marble Island, off Broad Sound. The stone, it is stated, strikingly resembles that from…

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Latest Melbourne Telegrams. Rising of the Murray. the Polar Expedition. Kimberley Goldfields. Melbourne, This Day, 3 p.m

Globe · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 3

A telegram from Echuca reports that the Murray is gradually rising, and that with its rise there is a corresponding business activity in wheat, &c…

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A Letter From Western Australia. the Kimberley Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 7

Fn a letter received by a resident of Sydney from a friend in Perth, Western Australia, the writer gives some interesting information with reference to his experiences in that colony…

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The following appeared in our Special Edition of yesterday. Randwick Race Meeting. Queen's Birthday Review. Sir Henry Loch's Levee. the Celebration in Melbourne. Good Tidings From Kimberley. Harriman and Edwards. the South Polar Expedition. Melbourne Hunt Club. Fire at Camperdown. Eastern Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club. Important Mining Discoveries at Marble Island

Globe · Tuesday 25 May 1886 · page 3

The day opened cloudy for the Birthday Meeting of the above club. The sky was overclad, and there was every sign of rain. In spite of this fact, however, a great…

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The Gold Country. Mine News From Kimberley. Melbourne, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 26 May 1886 · page 5

A syndicate of twelve has been formed in Melbourne to purchase eligible building. sites at Kimberley. The Perth correspondent of the Age…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 26 May 1886 · page 6

OFF TO KIMBERLEY.—A party of sixteen miners, each having a capital of £100 in cash, has left Grenfell for Kimberley. They propose to purchase an outfit in Sydney during the present week. The…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 26 May 1886 · page 5

GUNDAGAI.—R. A. Cotton, manager of the Wagga Wagga Co's claim at Bongonglong, which is about nine miles from Gundagai, reports that he has cleared up after having crushed 100 tons which yielded 12dwt…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Wednesday 26 May 1886 · page 3

The Band and Albion mine at Ballarat is now working at the 1090 feet level, and from No. 7 shaft it is intended to put in a drive to strike the reef at the 1200 level…

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