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Mining & the mines, 1888

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Queensland Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 7

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--On 'Change to-day there was a good inquiry for Mount Morgan Extended at 4s. 6d.; sales at 4s. 6d. and 4s. 9d. The sale of 2000 Mount Morgans is reported…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1888 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--All the five furnaces of the Broken-hill Mine have been running smoothly, and the underground work is progressing satisfactorily. There has been…

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Gold Mining in Victoria. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

A company is to be formed, with a capital of £200,000, for the purpose of working the Harrietville gold mine, Victoria…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 7

"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip." But one of the biggest slips ever recorded must have been that made by the unlucky shareholders of Buckna[?]'s Gold Estate…

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Accident at a Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

BULLI, Thursday.--Through the breakage of the winding gear at the local mine a train of waggons descended the incline towards the jetty at a terrific speed, and Thos. Tindall, in…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 3

The special correspondent of the ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL has been visiting the South African Goldfields, and this is what he says of them:--"It was…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 6

The following quotations were received in the mining maiket up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Katoomba (paid up). 14s.; Great Cobar Copper, 4s. 3d., 4s. 6d.; Nymagee Copper, 18s.; Broken Hill Junction, 39s. 6d., 40s., 40s…

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The Reported Gold Find at Inglewood

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The news about gold find at Mount Midas, near Inglewood, from one of the prospectors, is to the effect that no good thorough test…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 7

Broken-hill, Thursday.--In sinking the shaft on the Bonanza Extended, they have cut through the hard, country bar, and are now in very good lead ore, with every indication of its…

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Another Mining Accident. A Foolhardy Act

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

BULLI, This Day.--A miner named Thomas Tyndall nearly lost his life to-day through a piece of evidently reckless bravado. The winding gear by which the…

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Accident at the Bulli Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

This afternoon an accident occurred at the Bulli Colliery through the breakage of the shuft of the large drums used for winding the trucks over the steep incline from the foot of the mountain to the pit. Two londed waggons having…

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The South African Goldfields. Glowing Reports. Ten Ounces to the Ton. London

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

Mr. Murray, of the Cape TIMES, has arrived in London from the South African Gold-fields. He made the quickest journey therefrom on record, having travelled…

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The Croydon Goldfield

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1888 · page 5

CROYDON, This Day.--The Queen quartz mine crushed 120 tons stone, and obtained 1527oz. of gold…

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Miners' Hardships

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 24

" A Suffering Miner," has written to us as follows: Instead of the mining law being made easy for the hard-working goldminer, he is surrounded on every side with obstacles and handicapped with four times…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 7

The hon. secretary of the Stock Exchange reports the crushing of tho Band and Albion G.M. Company, Ballarat, for the past week to be 160 tons stone for a yield of 193oz. gold…

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MINING Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 46

To meet the growing demand for reliable information in connection with mineral discoveries, the proprietors of the Mail have arranged for the services of a competent assayer and mineral expert, who will examine or assay…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 3

A DISCOVERY of coal and fireclay, says the SOUTHERN MAIL, has lately been made at Mittagong, on a mineral lease-- the property of Mr. Peter Murphy --…

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Mining Intelligenge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 13

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Nymagee Copper, 18s. 3d.; Broken Hill Junction, 41s., 41s. 6d., 41s. 3d., 40s. 6d. South (paid up), 36s., 38s., 39s., 39s. 6d., 39s. 9d., 40s.,…

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Meeting of Miners' Delegates. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

Newcastle, Friday. -- At a meeting of miners delegates yesterday, the following motions were rejected from the B.C. and Duckenfield Lodges:-- " That all members,of…

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The Broken-hill Silver Mine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--A meeting of the South Australian shareholders of the Broken-hill Mine was held to-day, when a series of resolutions asking for more official information as to…

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