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Mining & the mines, 1887

1,915 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 96

Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 7

The prospectus of the Princess Alexandra Gold-mining Company; which will be found in our advertising columns, contains many features of interest. The holding consists of…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 5

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Burwood Coal, 17s. 3d.; Waratah Coal, 11?; Wickham and Bullock Island Coal. 12s. 6d.; Broken Hill Junction Silver, 16s. 10d.,…

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Newcastle Coal Company. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 8

The twenty-first half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Coal Company was held this afternoon. Mr. W. A. Steel, chairman of the company, presiding. There was a good attendance of shareholders. The report and balance-sheet…

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Doctor Glennie's Daughter. a Story of Real Life. Part the First. Twenty Years Ago. "The shame and the sin are packed away, where no eye but mine can see them. Having wronged no man, waat cause have I for self-reproach? Thank God, my honor's saved."--FABIAN [The Right Ok Translation Is Reserved.]

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 3

"They would have their father," said Sister Letty, who was following his diagnosis with painful intensity. "True, they would have their father. You…

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Colliery Waggons

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 3

Hudson Bros. and Co. have recently undertaken the manufacture of waggons for collicties at their Clyde works. Hitherto these have been imported, the colonial…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 7
Also in Evening News, Evening News

Mr. W.H. J. Slee inspector of mines, has furnished the department with a report of the Hill End district. At Hawkins-hill he states that mining is very dull, only two mines--the…

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Silver and Tin Mining on the Barrier Ranges. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Silverton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 8

The erection of new winding and concentrating plant at the Pinnacles Tribute mine is being rapidly proceeded with. The claim is situated 15 miles south-west from here, and nine miles from Broken-hill. Forty men are employed in…

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The Croydon Goldfield

Evening News · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 8

CROYDON, Thursday.—The new Croydon goldfield is at present an unsolved auriferous problem, but when the solution does take place it will probably be the greatest reefing district in the history…

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Queensland Gold-mining. London, July 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

The No. 1 North Phœnix gold-mine, Gympie, Queensland, which was to have been floated on the London market with a capital of £340,000, has been withdrawn…

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Mine Engineering

Evening News · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 6

Major Parrott, of the firm of Parrott and Cameron, Mercantile Buildings, has received a communication from the secretary of the Royal Commission for the Adelaide Exhibition, written…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company was held yesterday, Mr. W. B. Walford, chairman, presiding. The report and balance-sheet were adopted, and a…

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Another Mining Venture Withdrawn

Evening News · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The scheme for the North Phoenix mine has been withdrawn from the London market…

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A Fatal Fall. a Coal-lumper Killed

Evening News · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 4

This morning a terrible accident occurred on board the steam-collier Tasmania, while lying alongside the ship Thessalis, below Garden Island, discharging coals, by which a man named Henry…

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MINING The Handbook of New Zealand Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 258

It affords us much pleasure to congratulate the Hon. W. J. M. Larnach, C.M.G., Minister for Mines of New Zealand, and the officials of whom he is the head, upon the production of a highly useful,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 6

The Mining Journal comments on the fact that in spite of the improving statistical position of the copper market prices advance but very slowly. Our contemporary attributes the…

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Late Mining. The Kimberley Goldfields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 234

Donald M'Neil left Derby last week for Melbourne, taking with him 14cwt. of stone from a rich reef at Mount Dockrell. Gold lies in large lumps in the stone, which is of a crumbly nature and of a dark slate colour. The stone…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 13

The following quotations were received in the Mining Market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Stockton Coal, 35s.; Wickham and Bullock Island Coal, 13s. 6d.; Broken Hill Junction Silver, 20s., 18s. 6d.; Souths (paid up) 11s. 9d.,…

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Newcastle Coal Company. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 259

The twenty-first half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Coal Company was held this afternoon, Mr. W. A. Steel, chairman of the company, presiding. There was a good attendance of shareholders. The report and balance-sheet…

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