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Mining & the mines, 1886

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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 41

THE KIMBERLEY RBUSH.—Sixteen miners and twenty horses have been Bhipped from Cairns in the Airlie for Kimberley. Theie is a tendenoy on the part of the miners to wait for the report of those…

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A Big Mining Case

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 10

GREAT interest was taken in the application made before the Full Court in Brisbane on Wednesday to make absolute a rule nisi calling on Benjamin. Cribb, Warden of the Crocodile Goldfield, to…

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The Queensland Mining Suit

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 14

The Full Court in Brisbane on Thursday rejected, with costs, Mr. Darley's application on behalf of Richard Bond to issue a mandamus against Benjamin Cribs Warden, of the Mount Morgan Goldfield. The…

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MININC Technical Education in Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 1239

It but rarely happens that mining matters are discussed in the Legislative Assembly. They, however, received much attention a few evenings ago, when Mr. Shepherd brought forward his motion,—"That, in view of the…

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Schools of Mines. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 7

Sir,--I have read with much interest the report of the debate in the House on the motion brought forward by Mr. John Shepherd, M.P., relative to the establishment of schools…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Correspondents,) Albury. June 8

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 15

TAXATION.—A meeting of the Hume Farmers Union, was held Saturday' evening, at which the Government scheme of taxation was discussed at length. The course pursued in omitting cereals…

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The Mount Morgan Mining Cases. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 14

The case of Williams v. Morgan and others was concluded to-day. After an expression of opinion from the Court, Mr. F. M. Darley withdrew his application to amend his pleadings, and said it would be far…

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The Kimberley Goldfields

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 19

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday.—J. M. Cagne has arrived at Derby with gold. The following has been wired to the Townsville BULLETIN from their Herberton correspondent to-day:—"George Hide, of Herberton, has received a letter…

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The Kimberley Goldfields

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 10

BEING desirous of supplying our readers with reliable information concerning this new field, we made arrangements with an experienced miner, Mr. Gilbert Hickey, who left for the field by the…

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News from the Colonial Goldfields. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 24

SYDNEY, Tuesday Evening.—Buaines in shares shows considerable activity, there being a growing desire to invest in stook of this kind. There'is no exciting stock upon this market, hence gold, silver, coal, and other shares are inquired for, and find…

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The Albert Goldfield. TIBOOBURRA,MAY12

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 June 1886 · page 24

These diggings are divided in, properly speaking, two parts, one Mount Brown, with Milparinka as the seat of the police magistrate,and warden, and the second part called the Granite, with Tibooburra as…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 6
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BALLARAT.—The business in the share market on Thursday has been almost wholly confined to the Majorca, stocks, which have risen in price. New Kong Meng, owing to the declaring of a dividend of…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 8

VICTORIAN STATISTICS.—The Victorian. Mines Department furnishes the following remarks to reply to a recent letter from the Sandhurst School of Mines:—Respecting the annual exports from this…

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Shocking Colliery Accident. Two Men Killed

Evening News · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 7

A accident of a shocking character occurred lately at New Hawne Colliery, Cradley (Eng.). While two men named Geo. Coley and John Withers were engaged in spragging a roof in the workings with…

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Hunter River Miners. Newcastle, This Day

Globe · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 8

At a special meeting of miners delegates held on Saturday night, all collieries were represented, and the district officers were also present. A return was taken on…

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"Terra Firma"—mining Education. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 3

Sir,—Since my letter, which appeared in your issue of the 24th ultimo, your correspondents writing under the first part of the above heading have been silent, from which I can only infer that they have not the courage of their…

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The Kimberley Goldfields (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 June 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The fore-and-aft schooner Duke of Cornwall left here on Saturday, with a number of passengers and cargo for Kimberley via Cambridge Gulf…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 5

KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELD.—A TIMELY WARNING.—A correspondent (evidently well informed) of a Melbourne contemporary has written as follows:—Meanwhile, let me offer a few words of caution to…

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