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Mining & the mines, 1887

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 6

CA[?]OAH, Saturday.—Several parcels of gold were brought from Mount M'Donald yesterday, aggregating nearly 100oz. Of this total Austin and party contributed. 70oz, obtained from 20 toss. The…

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Tasmanian Tin Mines

Evening News · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 5

LONDON, August 8.—The Tasmanian Creek Tin-mining Co. has been registered, with a capital of £210,000…

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Fatal Colliery Explosion in Prussia. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 7

GELSENKIRCHEN, June 3.—The GELSENKIRCHENER ZEITUNG to-day states that an explosion of fire damp occurred at the Hibernia coal-pit near here soon after midnight, it is feared that…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tin-mining in Tasmania. London, Aug. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 7

The Tasmanian Creek [?]Tin-mining Company has been registered, with a capital of £210,000…

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Kimberley Goldfield

Evening News · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 5

PERTH (W.A.) Tuesday.—The last news from Kimberley is very satisfactory. New reefs bearing gold have been discovered; but until the requisite machinery has been erected the value…

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Gold-mining in Queensland. London, Aug. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 7

The Dan O'Connell Gold Mine, Northern Queensland, has been withdrawn from the market…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The eleventh half-yearly meeting of the Torrington Tin-mining Company was held yesterday at the company's office, Captain J. Broomfield presiding. The report and…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Barrier Ranges Silver Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 9

Shares in the Broken Hill Proprietary Company have been singularly unsettled since Friday last, when they sold at £137, in consequence of the discovery of a block of rich ore. On Saturday following, on a small return of silver…

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The Ministerial Visit to Oberon. Local Requirements. Visit to a Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 August 1887 · page 5

OBERON, Tuesday.--The Oberon Progress Committee waited upon Mr. Garrett this morning to press upon his attention certain local requirements. Mr. T. Luxton acted as…

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The Katoomba Colliery Strike

Evening News · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 5

We are informed by the managing director of the company that most of the miners, principally the old hands, have returned to their work, there being now only eight or nine men, who have been…

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Mining

Evening News · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—The Koh-i-Noor mine at Captain's Flat started smelting last Thursday, and up to the present has succeeded in putting through 90 tons of ore for a return of 9 1/2 tons of…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 8

The following quotations were received up to 1 o'clock:— Broken Hill Silver, 139; Broken Hill South Silver (contributing), 6s. 3d.; Central Broken Hill Silver (paid up), 16s. 3d., 15s. 6d.; Pinnacle Group Silver, 8s.; Egerton…

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Another New Zealand Mining Company

Evening News · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 5

LONDON, August 10.—The Merry Vale Mine, Otago, New Zealand, has been placed on the market with a capital of £165,000. Fifteen thousand £5, preferred shares are offered to the…

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A Coal Mine on Fire

Evening News · Friday 12 August 1887 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—With regard to Phillip's coal mine at East Maitland, it seems it has only been worked in a small way for a number of years past, the coal being more used for…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 August 1887 · page 7

Art extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Great Northern Coal Company was held on the [?] inst. at [?] the Sydney Exchange. Mr. Henry Austin in the chair. A progress report was…

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New Zealand Antimony Mining Company. London, Aug. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1887 · page 5

A company has been formed to acquire the New Zealand antimony mining property. The capital is fixed at £250,000. The first issue will amount to £120,000. Mr. Walter Buller…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Mount Morgan West Mine. London, Aug. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1887 · page 5

The proposal to liquidate the Mount Morgan West Mining Company, and establish a new company, has been adopted at a meeting of the shareholders…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 7

The manager of the Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Mining Company reports having dispatched 17 tons of lead bullion, containing 47[?]oz. silver and 27oz. gold, from the above…

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