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Mining & the mines, 1887

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 9

The following quotations were received in the Mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Stockton Coal, 35s.: Broken Hill Junction Silver, 23s. 6d., 23s., 24s.; Central Broken Hill (paid[?] up), 15s. 9d., 16s.; Souths (paid up),…

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Northers Miners' Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--At the Wallsend miners meeting last night, resolutions to be put before the aggregate meeting of the miners on Monday next, were read as follows:--"That…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 7

At the Wallsend miners' meeting on Monday nignt [?] delegates read the [?]solution to be submitted to the aggregate meeting, on Monday [?] which [?] as follow:—I "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the [?]…

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A Bag of Gold Dust. Tows and Country Journal" Prize Story Competition

Evening News · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 7

Away in the depths of the Australian bush the setting sun is shedding his last beams upon a tranquil valley. Around tower the cliffs and hills; and on every side stretch black, deep…

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Silver-mining in the Barrier Ranges. (By Our Special Reporter.) the Broken Hill Proprietary Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 3

The visit of the Minister for Mines and the Minister for Justice to the Barrier Ranges will probably be instrumental in attracting the attention of those who now guide the destinies of the colony to the enormous wealth which,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 7

A few weeks ago, our London cables announced that the Junction Reefs goldmine near Bathurst had been put upon the London market and withdrawn. Few people in Sydney knew…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 9

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Burwood Coal, 20s.; Stockton Coal, 35s.; Waratah Coal, 12; Nymagee Copper, 5s.; Broken Hill No. 14 Block Company, 104s. 6d.; 103s.;…

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A Coal-lumpers' Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 6

Adelaide, Thursday.--A labor display occurred at Port Adelaide to-day in connection with the unloading of the steamer Karaweera, which arrived from Newcastle with a cargo of…

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Coal Mines of New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 24

Consul Griffin, of Sydney, has made a report to the United States Government on the coal mines of New South Wales, which appears in the 78th part of the American Consular Reports for May, 1887. He…

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Hydraulic Gold-mining at Kiandra. [See Illustration.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 393

Our illustrations are copies of photographs taken on the Kiandra Gold-mining Company's works at Kiandra. This company has a lease of 99 acres, in which is contained the ground originally held as ordinary sluicing claims, by…

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Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 9

The Executive Committee of the Bulli Colliery Disaster Fund have very wisely decided, by an almost unanimous vote, not to vote lump sums to the widows. There are…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 7

We learn from Messrs. Gresley Lukin and Co. that they have received a cablegram from London authoritatively stating that the property of the Cumberland Coal Company, which…

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Captain's Plat Silver Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 415

It would appear that at length the vast silver deposits at Captain's Flat, near Bungendore, are in a fair way of being utilised. The difficulties that were formerly met with in treating the ores are reported to have been overcome by…

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The New Zealand Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 24

The Minister of Mines in New Zealand (Mr. W. J. M. Larnach) has authorised the preparation of an official handbook relating to the mines of that colony, and the work has been done by Mr. Patrick Galvin,…

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Late Strike at the Eskbank Colliery. Lithgow

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 415

The Eskbank Colliery strike has terminated. Nearly two weeks ago the men employed there struck work, because the manager, Mr. Pitt, would not accede to their demands. To-day the district officers had a final interview with Mr…

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Revival in Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 9

THERE is now quite a revival in mining matters, and the general outlook in extremely encouraging. Silver, gold, lead, and copper have again shown the largest share of improvement. Au Fairfield…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting at Wallsend. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 399

At the Wallsend miners' meeting on Monday night the delegates read the resolutions to be submitted to the aggregate meeting, on Monday next, which are as follow:—1. "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the continued…

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Gold in Northern Queensland. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 7

COOKTOWN, Thursday. -- Considerable interest is manifested here by a discovery at the Monte Christo mine, where Mr.Rosser, the Queensland Government mining surveyor and…

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Rich Find of Gold near Armidale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 390

Golden quartz, assaying 56oz. per ton, has been crushed at Parke and Lacy's battery, Pyrmont, from the Hillgrove Diggings, near Armidale. Gold showed all through the stone…

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Tin Mining at Tingha. II

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 414

The first claim we come to at Stony Creek is known as Davis and party, and is held on tribute from the Union T. M. Co., the tributors paying 1-10th of the tin for the right to work it. In the offset considerable difficulties presented…

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