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Mining & the mines, 1887

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New Mining Company

Evening News · Monday 10 October 1887 · page 5

LONDON, October 7.—The Amalgamated Blue-spur Mining Co.'s mine at Gabriel's Gully, Otago, New Zealand, has been placed in the market. The capital is fixed at £150,000…

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Mining at Broken-hill. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 October 1887 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.-- Quarters of splendid chloride ore are being taken from the War Dance at a depth of 35ft. The chlorides occur in copper ore, and bulk assays have…

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New Zealand Mining Companies. London, Oct. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 October 1887 · page 7

The New Zealand Antimony Mining Company has been floated privately, the mine having been taken over by a syndicate. The Amalgamated Blue Spur Mining Company,…

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Manufacture of Saccharine Matter From Coal Tar. London, Oct. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 October 1887 · page 7

A large factory at Magdeburg, in Saxony, is manufacturing from coal tar saccharine matter said to be 300 times sweeter than sugar…

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Gold-mining at Goulburn. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 7

GOULBOURN, Monday. -- A few Goulburn gentlemen, who took up a quartz and ironstone lode near Bungonia, have floated a small company in Sydney to work the venture. The…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 7

In reference to a statement respecting the Icke furnace which appeared in the report of the Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Mining Company, Mr. Icke writes us to say that his…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 9

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Burwood Coal, 33s.; Hetton Coal, £7; Stockton Coal, 36s. 6d.: West Wallsend Conl (contributing), 6s. 3d.; Broken Hill North Silver,…

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Gold Discoveries in Victoria. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday.--There is great excitement about the quartz reef discovered at Nowa Nowa, Gippsland, A very large body of stone has been bared and fine gold is visible…

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The Sew Gold Find in Gippsland

Evening News · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 6

A large number of claims have been pegged out in the neighborhood of Nowa Kowa, Gippsland, where a large and valuable quartz reef has been discovered. There is great…

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Mining at Molong (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 7

MOLONG, Monday.--Operations at Sammy's Mount Mine, from which encouraging specimens were recently obtained, are now to be carried on with a view of further testing by the…

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Queensland Mining Notes. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.--The fortnightly clearing up of the Stockdale Mine returned 145oz. of smelted gold from 220 tons. Tho meagre result has given the shares a tendency to decline…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday. -- The Pinnacles Tribute concentrating machinery was set in motion this afternoon. A large number of people were present, including Mr. Davenbam…

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The Cromwell Mine

Evening News · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 5

LONDON, October 11.-The Cromwell Gold Mining Company's property, in Otago, New Zealand, has been sold to a syndicate who intend to develop it before floating it into a fresh…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The Tower-hill Silver-mining Company publishes its prospectus in another column. The company is being formed for the purpose of purchasing and developing the property…

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New Gold Reef at Bombala

Evening News · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 6

A fresh reef is reported to have been found near Bonang with very rich indications. It was found by Matthews and Co., and by the same person who lately sold a reef ia a similar locality. The…

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The Victorian Gold Finds. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The rumors in reference to a gold-bearing quartz reef of immense quality being found at Nowa Nowa, Gippsland, are much exaggerated. Specimens sent down…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--A splendid specimen of tin stone, weighing nearly half a ton, has been taken out of the Albion claim, Wankaroo, and is being forwarded to the Adelaide…

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Sale of a New Zealand Gold-mine. London, Oct. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 9

The Cromwell gold-mine at Otago, New Zealand, has been sold to a syndicate, who will develop the mine before floating a company to work it…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 October 1887 · page 7

The prospectas of the Forest Range Freehold Gold-mining Company will be found in our advertising columns. The object of the company is to purchase, work or otherwise…

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