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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 194

The Burra Copper Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--It is reported, that a copper syndicate has purchased the Burra Copper Mine in South Australia…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 5

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock'yesterday:—Broken Hill Block Company (paid-up), 70s., 71s., 72s.; contributing, 69s.; No. 14 Block, £14 7s. 6d.; Junction, £6 17s. 6d., £7 4s., £7…

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Metropolitan District Court. Thursday. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Dowling.) Winstone V. Royal Jubilee Gold-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 11

A claim for £20, wages alleged to be due. The defence was never indebted. The plaintiff was engaged by the defendants as mining manager at a salary of £5 per week, and he started to work and was employed for some time until…

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Cable News. a New Zealand Gold Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Colville Goldmining Company, New Zealand, has been registered with a capital of £7500…

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Vine-growing on Exhausted Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Government intend to accede to the request of fruitgrowers to allow the selection of Crown lands in blocks not over 5a. in extent on exhausted alluvial…

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My First Gold Mine and My Last

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 8

That my fortune still remains undisturbed in some New South Wales gold reef, I am as convinced to-day as when I set out to find it over 10 years ago. The reason for this confidence will be readily understood…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 7

Our Braidwood correspondent advises us that the escort left there yesterday morning with 1040oz. 7dwt. 16gr., of which 417oz. 10dwt. 9gr. was sent by the Bank of New South…

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The Burra Copper Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 7

A cable message in yesterday's Daily Telegraph announced that a copper syndicate bad purchased the Burra copper mine in South Australia. This mine was discovered by Mr…

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MINING Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 433

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 Intelligence

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

WE desire to call the particular attention of those of our readers who take an interest in mining, to the list of names suggested for the communities of the…

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A Queensland Gold Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The Bishop's Creek Gold-mining Company, Queensland, has been registered with a capital of £100,000…

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The First Gold Escort

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 415

Our illustration shows the arrival, on August 21, 1851, of the first gold escort at the Treasury, Sydney. The gold was brought from the Bathurst district. The Treasury buildings were, in those days,…

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Queensland Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 7

BRISBANE, Friday.--The fever upon Broken-Hill blocks revived to-day, and all other stocks were ousted from the market. In contributing shares heavy sales were effected up to £8 15s…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, Feb. 17

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 433

The following is the return from the Broken Hill Proprietary smelter for the week, less three hours, from five furnaces:—Ore treated, 1294 tons; yield, 235 tons bullion; result, 58,846oz. of silver. The new furnace will be started…

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Western Australia Gold Discoveries. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 7

PERTH, Friday.--Almost every party returning from Yilgarn report having found gold and taken up claims. Gold is found also at Wongon-hills, about 110 miles from Perth, but…

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Croydon Mining News. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 7

CROYDON, Thursday.--Latest crushing:--King, Croydon, 7 North, 60 [?] for 234oz. gold.; Duke No. 2 North, 80 tons for 52oz.; Gem p.c., 84 tons for 68oz.; Alabama, 29 tons…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--The week's run, including the broken time owing to starting the new furnaces and shutting down the old, is a follows:--Ore treated. 1244 tons ; bullion 1824…

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Mining. the Mineral Field Near Kempsey

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 10

THE Warden of Goldfields at Kempsey has forwarded to the Minister of Mines a report on the mineral field at Deep Creek, about 16 or 18 miles beyond the Nambucca River, recently discovered…

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The Recent Discoveries Op Gold in Western Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 10

PERTH, Tuesday.— Payne, who was a member of Anstey's party at Yilgarn, and discovered a reef there, has found gold 20 miles north-east of New Norcia, the Benedictine Catholic Aboriginal…

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