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Mining & the mines, 1887

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The Great Eastern Mining Company. London, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 9

The shares are being allotted in the Great Eastern Mining Company, Gympie, Queensland, which was recently floated on the London market…

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Mail News. the Split in the Liberal Party. Father M'glynn and the Pope. Great Cave in on the Panama Canal. Hanlan and Gaudaur. 200 Lives Lost in a Colliery Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 3

By the arrival of the R.M.S, Zealandia, which arrived yesterday at Sydney from San Francisco, we have English and American news to June 3…

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Another Colliery Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday,--It is feared that more trouble with arise at the Lambton Colliery, as the manager refuses to allow the men to use powder. The men held a meeting last night…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 7

The Under-secretary for Mines (Mr. Wood) has just received a report from the inspector of mines in reference to the Lucknow goldfield. Mr. Shoe states that the working of these…

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Accident in the Mount Keira Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--A serious accident [?] a young man named Joseph Shipp on the Mount Keria railway line yesterday afternoon. He was proceeding homewards on…

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The Kimberley Goldfields. Extension of the Field. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 8

Bergeant Sherry, in charge of the gold escort, reports that on May 5 the prospects of the Kimberley goldfields were still very good. The newly-discovered reefs exceed expectation, and the miners on the field are most…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 7
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Our Melbourne correspondent wires: -" There has been a great falling off in the gold returns recently obtained by Mr. G. Lansell from his 180 Mine Sandhurst. The yield for the last…

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Lambton Miners' Blasting Grievance. Abandoning Coercive Measures

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The new dispute at the Lambton coal mine, was farther discussed a a meeting of the Lambton miners last evening. They hod notified the manager that they would…

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The Barrier Range Goldfield. (From Our Special Reporter.) Silverton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1887 · page 8

Yesterday a trial crushing took place here of about 17¼ tons of stone from the Turiowic Company's mine, at Poolamacca, 50 miles north-east of Silverton. There being no machinery on the field, which has only…

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The Isis Gold-mining Co

Evening News · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 4

LONDON, June 30.—The shares in the Isis Gold-mining Co., Northern Queensland, which was recently floated on this market have been allotted…

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Isis Gold-mining Company. London, June 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 12

The shares have been allotted in the Isis Gold-mining Company, Northern Queensland, which was lately floated on the London market…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 7

The hon. secretary Stock Exchange reports the crushing of the Band and Albion Gold Company, Ballarat, for the week to have been 283 tons stone, for a yield of 340oz. gold…

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The Lambton Colliery Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 5

Newcastle, Friday.--The Lambton miners held a meeting last evening, when a lengthy letter from the manager, Mr. Croudace, was read, recapitulating the terms on which permission…

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Mining Intelligence. a Goldfield Near Narandera

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 8

ALONG with many other residents of the town we (Narandera ENSIGN) have just had the pleasure of seeing and handling a very nice sample of gold and a lot of exceptionally good gold-bearing…

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All For Gold

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 31

Late in the year '50 I landed in South Australia. I had come out from London under engagement to a gentleman whom South Australia might well regard as a benefactor. This…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 13

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Great Cobar Copper, 4s.; Broken Hill South Silver (paid up), 9s., 9s. 3d.; Central Broken Hill Silver (paid up), 12s. 6d., 12s. 9d.;…

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Mr. Balfour's Coal Bill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 5

An important debate was opened by Mr. Dillon in reference to the [?]ery of the Chief S[?]tary for Ireland. In the course of his speech Mr. Dillon pointed to the enormous item of £125…

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Late Mining. Albury

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 15

A report has been received here of the discovery of highly auriferous quartz in an abandoned reef near Grong Grong. A large number of claims have been pegged out. The specimens obtained are said to be very rich…

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Mining Notes on Mudgee, Hill End, Gulgong, &c. No. II

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 43

After running over a fair stretch of level country from Walierawang westward, the Mudgee railway line enters on a rugged dominion, of mountains overlooking the Capertee Valley. These mountains,…

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