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Mining & the mines, 1888

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Mrs. Langtry in Luck. a Silver Mine on Her Estate. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 5

Whilst men were engaged digging a well on the estate recently bought by Mrs. Langtry, in Nevada (U. S.), they struck a lode of silver ore, which a subsequent…

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A Fight in the Assembly. Affray Between Messrs. Matheson and M'elhone. the White Rock Silver Mine the Cause. Mr. M'elhone Suffers in the Encounter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 5

One of those incidents for which the Assembly has become of late unpleasantly notorious occurred last night in the smoking-room of the House shortly before the adjournment. This…

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The Gold-hill Mine. Is It a Swindle or a Blunder?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 5

Since the sudden collapse of the reputedly rich silver mines in the Sunny Corner district three years ago no more sensational event has occurred in mining in this colony than the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Our Ballina correspondent wires that some interest is being taken in a reported discovery of gold at Black Head, the next cape to the Richmond River Head…

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Mining Intelligence. Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 2

A very lengthy prospectus in the morning's papers invites subscription for shares in a company on the west coast of Tasmania. Following the usual course…

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Discovery of Coal

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Government prospecting at Powlett's River, Western Port, has resulted in the discovery of a seam of very fine coal, 2ft. 4ln. thich,…

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Coal in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Intelligence has been received from Western Port that a bore put down at Powlett Creek, Griffith's Point, at a depth of 458ft. has gone through what seems…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 11

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Stockton Coal, 55s.; Warratah Coal, 17; British Broken Hill (paid up), 7½; No. 14 Block Company, 15 1/8, 15¼, 15; Junction, 5¼, 5 1/8;…

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COUNTRY. The Ferndale Colliery Dispute. The Jubilee Steamship Co

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The result of the ballot on the Ferndale matter is that a large majority have declared in favour of the men giving notice…

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The Silverton Mining Case

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 8

THE action in which the Barrier Ranges Silver Mining Association sued John De Baunn for £2000 damages for trespass upon and remoyal of ore from land…

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Mr. Mackenzie and His Critics. Mr. Melville Returns to the Attack. Accusations Against the Minister for Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. MELVILLE rose, as a matter of privilege, to call attention to the fact that the Minister for Mines had laid on the table of the House…

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Wonderful Escape From Death. a Day and A-half in a Coal Shaft. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1888 · page 10

Mr. John Gillespie, a resident of Wallsend and a local preacher of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, conducted service at Minmi on Sunday night, and left to return on foot to Wallsend, carrying a lantern, but had not reached…

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Razorback Gold and Antimony Mines. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 8

The Razorback Gold and Antimony Mines, New South Wales, will shortly be placed on the London market with the view of floating the property into a public company. The…

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Gold-mining in Victoria. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 8

The shares in the Midas Gold-mining Company, at Creswick, Victoria,which were, placed on the London market, have been subscribed fivefold…

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Cable News. the Midas Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The Midas Gold-mining Company, Ballarat, has been successfully floated, the capital (£180,000) having been subscribed five times…

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The Gold-hill Mine. Has the Market Been Rigged or the Gold Stolen ? Il

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 5

In my former article (writes our representative, who has just completed an investigation into the Gold-hill Company's affairs) I stated my conviction that the failure to realise the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 7

Tho Mount Costigan Lead and Silver-mining Company, Limited, as will be seen from cur Advertising columns, has declared a dividend of 2s. per share, payable at the company's offices…

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Mining Intelligence. Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 3

More prospectuses in the advertising columns of the evening papers, one of whom states in its "Mining Intelligence" that the 2s dividend declared by the Mount…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1888 · page 9

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Burwood Coal, 32s. 6d.; Stockton Coal, 55s. 6d., 5Gs.; Wallsend, 46; Wickham and Bullock Island, l6s.; Nymagee Copper, 17s. 6d.;…

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