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Mining & the mines, 1887

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 7

The hon. sec. Sydney Stock Exchange reports the crushing of the Band and Albion Gold Company, Ballarat, for the week to have been 324 tons stone for a yield of 209oz. gold…

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The Mount Costigan Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 678

At Mount Costigan Silver Mine a number of hands are engaged raising silver ore on the company's ground from their main shaft, near which another shaft ia now going down. A water jacket furnace is now being erected. It…

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Ivanhoe Gold Discovery

Evening News · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 5

Our correspondent, wiring from Hay, says: I have made endeavors to get at the truth about the reported Ivanhoe gold discovery, but can get nothing definite. A letter from a leading…

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New Gold-Extracting Process

Evening News · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 4

LONDON, September 23.—The TIMES states that Messrs. Cosmo, Neuberry, and Voutin have succeeded in remedying the defeats in the chlorination process of extracting gold from pyrites…

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Mining Results for 1886

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 25

Although the annual report of the Department of Mines for 1886 was presented to Parliament before the close of last session it was in manusoript, and has only just been issued from the Government…

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MINING Remarkable Power of Water

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 678

The most remarkable sight in the New England district is undoubtedly the turning of the Rocky River in the Glen Elgin district into a new course. The operation is not only interesting but highly…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--Broken-hill smelting reports return for the week is as follows :-- Ore treated, 1148 tons, yielding 274 tons of [?]uhio[?] and 47,2[?]5oz. of silver. The five…

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Extraction of Gold From Pyrites. London, Sept. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 12

The Times states that the Messrs. Cosmo Newbery and Vautin have remedied the defects in the chlorination process invented by them for extracting gold from pyrites…

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Croydon Goldfields. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1887 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.--News from Croydon states that Mr. Manton left the field yesterday for Sydney to place the True Blue on the market for £10,000. The last nine crushings…

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Mining

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

EMMA[?]YLLE.—At Rose Valley, in Cunneen's tribute, they have washed over one and a halt tons of stream tin per day for the last two we[?]es, and nave a large quantity of wash at grass. At Webb's silver…

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More Trouble at the Burwood Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday,--Fresh trouble is likely to arise at the Burwood colliery. Two miners have been discharged by the manager for putting a cutting shot in 2ft. 6in, facings,…

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Ivanhoe Gold Discovery

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1887 · page 6

Our correspondent, wiring from Hay, says I nave made endeavors to get at the truth about the reported Ivanhoe gold discovery, but can get nothing definite. A letter from a leading…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 7
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We are informed that two applications for leases at King's Plains, Blayney, were made almost simultaneously on Saturday, one for 20a. adjoining the North Confidence Company…

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Mining Investment

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 4

The tangible considerations which guide an ordinary investor in estimating the value of a mining property are always difficult to determine. As a rule,…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--A meeting of the Cambrian Silver Syndicate held on Saturday night resulted in the adoption of a motion authorising the directors to prepare a…

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Alleged Discovery of Gold at Mount Darnick

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 7

The following is a copy of a telegram from Warden Gower, Ivanhoe:--"Re alleged discovery of gold at Mount Darnick, Manfred Run, situated about 56 miles westerly from Ivanhoe,…

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Rich Mining in South Australia. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--It is reported that the mines owned by the South Australian Mining and Smelting Company at Winialpa, in the North, are turning out sensationally rich…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 September 1887 · page 7

In our advertising columns will be found the prospectus of the Gold Company, Limited which has been formed to acqu[?] work, or otherwise dispose of,…

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