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Mining & the mines, 1888

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Gold Mining in Queensland. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 7

A company has beon registered, with a capital of £26,000, to work Blocks 8 and 9 of the Day Dawn Gold-mining Company, Queensland…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 7

Referring to the tin market, the Mining Journal of November 19, after noting a rise of £10 per ton during the week, says:--"There has not been a very large business doing, but…

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Queensland Mining

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 6

BRISBANE, This Day.--The crushing of 140 tons of the Alexandria Hill Company's stone yielded 195ozs…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 5

THE Melbourne HERALD reports of silver mining thus:--"The success of the Broken Hill Proprietary is very gratifying to its shareholders. The history of this mine…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 7

The sale of 500 West Wallsend coal Beares paid to 20s. is reported at 14s. 3d…

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Gold Discoveries at Michelago

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1888 · page 5

Several discoveries of gold have been made on the outskirts of the town of Michelago, midway between Queanbeyan and Cooms, and about 220 miles south of…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 6

THE Melbourne HERALD reports of silver mining thus:--"The success of the Broken Hill Proprietary is very gratifying to its shareholders. The history of this mine…

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Gold Discoveries at Michelago

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 6

Several discoveries of gold have been made on the outskirts of the town of Michelago, midway between Queanbeyan and Cooma, and about 220 miles south of…

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A Mining Boom

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1888 · page 4

"ARE we to have a mining boom?" This question is being shrieked by the Foreign-trade Press with ever-increasing anxiety and shrillness. The DAILY…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 9

The lion, secretary of the Stock Exchange reports the crushing of the Band and Albion Gold-mining Company, Ballarat, for the past work, to be 250 tons stone for a yield of 242oz. gold…

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A Gold Field Romance

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 3

A South African paper says:--"A true story, which sounds almost like a brilliant bit of romancing, by Mr. H. Rider Haggard, also comes to me from…

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Croydon Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 7

CROYDON, Tuesday.--The Australian Investment Company's battery and M'Eacharn's mill start crashing at Golden Valley, 16 miles from Croydon, and Mountain Maid, three miles from…

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Serious Explosion in a Mine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 5

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--A serious accident happened at 10.30 this morning, at the New Carrington Gold and Silver Mine, near Maruian. Two miners named Andrew Thompson and W…

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Mining. South Australian Stock Market. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--To-day's share sales were:--Broken-hill (Block 14), £9 to £9 is.; South Broken-hill (contributors), 80s. to 27s.; Central Broken-hill (paid), 51s.; Broken-hill…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Referring to the industry of diamond-cutting, which has received a great impetus through the discovery of the South African fields a London correspondent writes:-- " A new trade is…

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Ths Mount Morgan Mine

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.--A parcel of 2000 Mount Morgan shares was sold at £8 on 'Change yesterday…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 8

The following quotations Were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Broken Hill South (paid up), 32s., 33s, 34s.; ditto (contributing), 27s. 6d., 28s., 29s.; Sunny Corners, 7s. 6d…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 6

CONSUL BAKER'S report on the min[?] the Mexican State of Vera Cruz state:-- "That there are minerals of immu[?] value at no great distance from the [?]…

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After Gold in South Africa

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 2

Pastor Brincker, a missionary, writes from Otyimbingue to Berlin that five gold diggers had arrived there from Australia in August in search of gold. Two were…

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