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Mining & the mines, 1887

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 October 1887 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The smelters at the Broken-hill mine are not running uninterruptedly, and are at present stopped for about an hour. The market is not very active…

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The Poolamacca Tin Mines. Report by Government Geologist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 October 1887 · page 11

The following report by Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, Government Geologist, regarding the tin lodes in the Poolamacca field, has been presented to the Minister for Mines:- "Department of Mines, October 24, 1887…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 October 1887 · page 11

Reports from the various mining centres during the past fortnight have continued to be of an encouraging nature, and, with the exception of coal-getting, operations on the several fields have been brisk; very little…

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The Poolamacca Tin Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 October 1887 · page 6

The Government Geologist, Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, has presented to the Minister for Mines a lengthy report on the Poolamacca tin country, in the Barrier Ranges, which he recently…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 October 1887 · page 8

The following quotation was received in the Mining market upto 1 o'clock yesterday:—Pinnacle Tribute Silver, 25s. The afternoon sales were:—Katoomba Coal (preferential shares), ½; Broken Hill No. 14 Block Company,…

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Miners' Working Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 October 1887 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Last night the Cooperative Miners passed a resolution "that this meeting disapproves of the masters interfering with the [?]orking hours so long as the men do…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 October 1887 · page 7
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Some little sensation has been caused among residents at Littlefields, seven miles from Penrith, by the discovery of the color of gold in quartz and ferruginous conglomerate. A man…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 October 1887 · page 9

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Central Broken Hill (paid up), 18s. 3d.; Day Dream Silver, 3s. 9d.; Pinnacle Tribute Silver, 25s. 6d. The afternoon sales were:—…

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Important Find of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 October 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A 5ft. seam of coal has been struck on Mr. P. Murray's ground, three miles from Mirboo. The coal is of good quality and is believed to be a continuation of…

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The Poolamacca Tin Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 939

The following are extracts from a report by Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, Government Geologist, regarding the tin lodes in the Poolamacca field, has been presented to the Minister for Mines:—…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 13

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Stockton Coal, 37s. 6d.; new issue, 36s.; West Wallsend Coal, 15s. 3d.; Broken Hill, No. 14 Block Company, 8¼, 8?; Junction, 24s. 3d.,…

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A Gold Find

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 2

The late Rev. W. B. Clark, one of our most authentic geologists, said that no gold would ever be discovered this side of the Blue Mountains. That gentleman's opinion…

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Coal in South Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 938

Considerable interest is being shown in the supposed coal discovery at Teatree Gully (says the South Australian Reister). During last week the locality was visited by a number of persons, including some with a knowledge of…

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MINING. Silver-Mining in the Barrier Ranges

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 939

Proceeding south from the Proprietary Company's mine we come to Blocks 14, 15, 16, and the Junction in the order named. Broken Hill North Company's mine is in 80,000 shares of £1 each, and it adjoins Block 16, which is now about…

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The Mudgee Gold Nugget

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 20

THE Government have taken delivery of the great gold nugget recently found at Maitland Bar, in the Mudgee district. It is ono of the finest and purest nuggets of gold found in this country, and…

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Late Mining. Crookwell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 911

Great excitement exists in this district just now. The prospectors, Burton and Wilson, hoisted the red nag on the deep lead immediately under the King Solomon's Goldmining Company, a 22-acre lease. Judging from the 7oz…

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News by Telegraph. a Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 5

TEMORA, Friday.--An accident happened to a miner named Beu Organ, working at Gambier and party's claim, No. 1 South Deutchers. The men were getting ready to put in a set of…

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Mining in the Tuena District. OCTOBER 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 939

During the past six months considerable attention has been given to the country comprised in the Peelwood and Tuena districts. From the period when, the smelting machinery at the now celebrated Mount Costigan silver…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 909.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 October 1887 · page 15

CARCOAR.—At Galley Swamp, Hardwiok'a claim finished a trial crushing, yielding 16dwt to the ton. The claim had been looked up for many years; and the lease, through being cancelled, gave the new…

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