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Mining & the mines, 1888

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 5

ORANGE, Monday.--It is rumoured here that the Lewis Ponds Silver mine, situate at the Bulga, a few miles from Orange, has been sold in London for £15,000. It is…

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Fall of Earth in a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 4

BRAIDWOOD, Saturday.--Last evening at about 7 o'clock James Parker, a miner at Bell's Paddock, was working in a shaft when about two tons of earth suddenly shifted and came…

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Mining Intelligence. Managers' Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 10

New Reform Gold-mining Company, Lucknow.—Since reporting on 13th instant, I have sent away the largest, and, I believe, the best shipment of Nos. 1 and 2 ore that has over left the mine. This leaves Sykney on the 2nd…

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Latest Mining Intelligence. the Silver Mining Boom. Intense Excitement at Adelaide

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 6

ADELAIDE,This Day.--The silver mining boom is still raging hew, and is now a perfect mania. Yesterday there was a big ran on Bonanzsa. The Exchange…

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The Gold Discovery in North Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 4

LONDON, Friday Night.--It is stated that a quantity of the gold-bearing stone found by Mr. W. P. Morgan, near Dogelly, North Wales, has been crushed, yielding at the…

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Queensland Mining Ventures. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 9

The Economist considers that the prices paid by syndicates for the purchase of goldmines in Queensland are extravagant…

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Mining Intelligence. Review of Last Week's Business. Star Office, Monday Morning

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 7

SOUTH BROKEN Hills occupied the premier position in the market of the week. From £8, at which they left off on the previous Saturday, to £17, 17s 6d at noon on…

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Chinese Ejected from Queensland Goldfields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 9

Warden Morey, of Clermont, who went out to eject the Chinese from the goldfield, returned from Hurley's Dam last night, having ordered off 15 Chinese, who worked there. The Chinamen left without a…

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The Croydon Goldfields

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 7

There was a good deal of excitement on the field on Saturday, over the crushing from the Caledonia claim. It is reported that 202 tons of stone have yielded 2250oz of…

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Evicting the Chinese from a Goldfield

The Australian Star · Monday 30 January 1888 · page 5

The Celestials Depart Peaceably. BRISBANE, This Day.--Warden Morey and the force of policemen who had been out to elect the Chinese from…

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Gold-mining in Queensland. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 9

It is announced that the Monte Christo Gold-mine, in Queensland, will be placed on the market next week, with the view of floating it into a company. The capital is fixed at…

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The Miners' Exhibit

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 4

A VERY favourable report has been made to the Department of Mines on the Miners' Exhibit at the recent Agricultural Show held in Sydney. This exhibit has been…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 7

The prospectus of the Imperial Broken-bill Silver-mining Company is published in another column. Messrs. Clive Smith and Matheson were the broken. For Melbourne 20,000 shares…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 10

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Waratah Coal, 17½; Wickham and Bullock Island Coal, 15s.; Nymagee Copper, 17s. 6d.; Broken Hill No. 14 Block…

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New Gold Discovery at Temora

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 5

THE Minister for Mines is in receipt of a telegram notifying that Messrs. Fahy, Grimshaw, Meurant, and Clark, report a new discovery of gold in a quartz lode…

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The Silver Mining Boom. The Excitement Continues in Adelaide

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 6

ADELAIDE, This Day.--The mining excitement on 'Change here continues. The center is crowded with buyers and sellers of Broken Hill shares…

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The Chinese Ejected From the Clermont Goldfield. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 9

The Chinese miners are leaving the Clermont g[?]ldfield in a peaceable manner, and are congregating in the town, where they intend to interview the Warden with the view of getting rations from the Government, as they…

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Eviction of Chinese From a Goldfield. Resistance Contemplated

The Australian Star · Tuesday 31 January 1888 · page 8

CLERMONT, This Day.--On Saturday afternoon Warden Morey visited M'Donald's flat, and found that nearly all the Chinamen had removed their…

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The Miners' Exhibit

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 6

A [?] favourable report has been made to the Department of Mines on the Miners Exhibit at the recent Agricultural Show held in Sydney. This exhibit has been…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1888 · page 7

The Mines Department has received the following telegram from Temora: "Messrs. Faby, Grimshaw, Meurant and Clarke report new discovery of gold in a quartz lode at Mountain…

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