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Mining & the mines, 1886

3,031 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 152

Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 6

IF TRUE. A FORTUNE.—A party of men, under instructions from, and accompanied by, a man named Shadforth, described as a chemist and mineralogist, of Sydney, recently obtained a miner's right from…

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Mining Topics

Globe · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 5

Messrs. Gresgly Lukin and Co. have the following report from the manager of the Cravens Caledonia Gold-mining Company. No liability, Charters Towers,…

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The Kimberley Gold Rush

Illustrated Sydney News · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 8

INCIDENTS of the past month have vividly recalled the "good old days" of Ballarat and Bendigo, that once gave a flavour to Colonial life, and the Englishman who arrives in Australia whilst the excitement born of the…

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A Great Mining Company

Globe · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 8

A general meeting of the shareholders of the Cumberland Coal and Iron-mining Company and the South Cumberland Coalmining Company was hold at the…

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Mining Topics. Latest From Sunny Corner

Globe · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 3

Subjoined are accounts from the Michell silver fields up to Saturday, together with a resume of the reports of the managers of the various claims:—…

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Miners' Delegate Meeting at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 7

At the miners' delegate meeting on Saturday night the delegates held a special meeting to consider the general agreement of the conference and other matters. The lodges represented were the Borehole, Wallsend,…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. Port Darwin

Globe · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 3

An extraordinary was issued to-day by the Northern Territory Times containing the following information regarding the Kimberley goldfields:—…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 June 1886 · page 7

The steamer Otway has reached. Cossack from Port Derby. Kelan, Cribb, Oregon, and Edwards had arrived at Dorby from the Kimberley diggings with 200 ounces of gold. They left 20 men on the fields, but…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 6

EMMAVILLE.—At the little Plant Webb'8 Silver-mining Company (at the 100ft level) is raising good ore. The lode is of great width, and the assays give over 300oz to the ton…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 10

In the Mining market yesterday the transactions were few. Up to 1 o'clock the quotations were:—Nevada Silvers, 2s. 6d.; Silver King Silveis, 2s. 11d.; Victory Gold, 19s. 6d. The afternoon salea were; Nevada Silvers,…

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The Greta Miners. Newcastle, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 3

The Greta miners held a meeting yesterday and resolved that a sub-committee be appointed to draw up a list of the grievances of the Greta miners, and that their…

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The Ferndale Colliery. a Rich Find. Newcastle, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 3

The Ferndale Colliery Company have taken prompt measures to bore for coal in a part of their estate in close proximity to that effected by the late disaster. The…

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Transit of Coal From Bullock Island

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The whole of the gear for the new hydraulic cranes at Bullock Island is now on the wharf, and preparations are being made by the cutting away of a large…

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Explosion in a Mine. Brisbane, This Day

Globe · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 5

Two miners, named respectively Marshall and Martin, were seriously injured by an explosion which took place in the Mount Elliott mines yesterday. Marshall's…

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Kimberley Goldfields

Globe · Wednesday 16 June 1886 · page 3

The "digger's boat," chartered through the meeting of miners this morning, will proceed on her voyage to the land of gold punctually on the 23rd instant. The…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 17 June 1886 · page 3

NORTHERN TERRITORY.—From Pine Creek we learn that Mr. O. Jensen has struck a very rich leader.—The portable engine for the Eveleen Silver-mining Company, which is 20 h.p., and weighs over…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 June 1886 · page 8

There was but little business of importance to report in the Mining market yesterday. The following quotations were received up to 1 o'clock:—Broken Hill South Silver (10s. paid), 10s.; Novada Silvers, 2s. 6d.; Silver' King…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 18 June 1886 · page 6
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THE KIMBERLEY RUSH.—In the South Australian Parliament, on Wednesday, a motion was agreed to for the exploration of the country in the direction of the Kimberley goldfields, with the view of finding…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 18 June 1886 · page 3

KINBERLEY RUSH.—Thus a New Zealand correspondent on Jane 7 :—"The Kimberley goldfields are causing considerable excitement, and large numbers of West Coast. Thames, and Otago miners have…

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