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Mining & the mines, 1887

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 May 1887 · page 7

The Cosmopolitan Tin-mining Company's concentrates assayed 6[?]2 per cent. of pure tin, not 62-8 per cent. as stated yesterday. The mistake was due to a clerical error…

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The Bulli Colliery Commission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wollongong, Thrusday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1887 · page 5

The Commission resumed the inquiry at 10 o'clock this morning. William Boland Green, who had been a colliery manager for many years, said he was acquainted with…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 May 1887 · page 8

The Government Resident at Wyndham telegraphs to the effect that the complexion of affairs on the goldfields has altered considerably for the better. Good patches of alluvial gold have been…

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The Bulli Colliery Commission

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 1003

The Royal Commission appointed to inqaire into the cause of and circumstances connected with the Bulli Colliery disaster have been conducting their inquiry during the week at Wollongong. They are likely to…

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Fearful Death at North Illawarra Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 5

BULLI, Friday.--Whilst engaged oiling the rollers of the tramline at the top of the incline. North Illawarra Colliery, this morning, an old resident of Bulli, William Moon, was…

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MINING Prospecting Vote

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 1031

The intention of the Government to place on the Supplementary Estimates a sum of £15,020 for the purpose of prospecting mines in certain districts, with a view to ascertaining whether results would warrant men going on…

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New Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 5

London, Friday.--The Lord Byron Gold-mining Company, with a capital of £100,000, is being floated…

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Late Mining. Menindie

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 1030

The Broken Hill Proprietary silver mine's smelting return for the last year's run ending May G has produced 1,529,448 oz. of pure silver, equal to 48 tons; and 3891 tons of lead. The approximate value is £385,000. and the sum…

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The Bulli Colliery Commission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 9

The Commission resumed the enquiry at 10 o'clock this morning. Thomas Bissell, mining engine driver, employed in the Bulli mine, was working at the time the explosion…

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Terrible Death at North [?]Bulli Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 12

William Moon, an aged man, and an old resident of Bulli, was killed at 7 this morning, in the North Bulli colliery[?] The deceased was in the act of oiling the rollers on the top of the tram incline. Some loaded waggons had passed down,…

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The Kimberley Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 7

PERTH, Thursday.--The Government Resident at Wyndham telegraphs to the Governor to-day as follows:--"The complexion of affairs with regard to the goldfields at Kimberley has…

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Cable News. Queensland Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1887 · page 5

London, Sunday. -- The Mount Leyston (Queensland) Gold-mining Company, with 180,000 shares of £1 each, has been registered…

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Gold-mining in Queensland. London, May 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1887 · page 7

The Durham and Lord Byron claims on the Etheridge goldfield, Northern Queensland, have been amalgamated and formed into a company with a capital of £100,000…

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The Belli Disaster. Evidence of Colliery Managers. Serious Allegations Against the Miners. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1887 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Saturday. -- The Royal Commission of inquiry into the causes and effects of the Balli colliery explosion continued their examination of witnesses to-day, during which…

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Australian Mining Enterprise

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1887 · page 5

London, Sunday. -- An Australian mining syndicate is being formed with a capital of £25,000…

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The Bulli Colliery Commission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1887 · page 5

The Commission resumed the inquiry at 10 o'clock this morning. H. O. M'cabe, mining engineer and manager of the Mount Keira Coal Mine, who entered the Bulli mine on…

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Important Mining Legislation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 4

Early during the next session of parliament it is the intention of the Minister for Mines to introduce several measures dealing with the mining laws and other questions intimately…

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The Bulli Colliery Commission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Reporter.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 3

The Commission resumed their inquiry at 10 o'clock this morning. J. C. Jones, manager of the North Illawarra Colliery, who was on of the first to enter the pit after the…

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Resumption of Work in the Bulli Mine. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 5

On Friday last the local mine resumed working at the 4-foot seam adjoining the scene of the late explosion. Three new hands arruved from Sydney per Bulli company's boat to-day…

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Gympie Gold Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 May 1887 · page 5

Brisbane, Tuesday.--News from Gympie states that the interim washing up from the Great Eastern crushing has given 1015oz. of retorted gold…

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