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Mining & the mines, 1888

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An Australian Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The North Australian Mining Company has been registered with a capital of £100,000. Among the directors are Sir J. W. Downer, Mr. J. C. F. Johnson,…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--There hat been a ran on Broken-hill Junction to-day. The faces in that mine show splendid ore, the chlorides being more massive than ever seen before in…

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Mining Intelligence. The Charters Towers Field

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 January 1888 · page 5

CHARTERS TOWERS, This Day.--The total dividends declared in connection with the Charters Towers mines for the year 1887 amounted to £6,268,008, being…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 7

"Shareholder," writing to the Argus respecting the position of the Pinnacle Tribute Silver-mining Company, suggests that the shareholders should resign in a body. He…

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Mining Intelligenge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 8

The following quotations were received on 'Change up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Stockton Coal, 4½s. 6d.; New, 43s. 6d.; West Wallsend Coal, 14s. 3d.; Great Cobar Copper, 5s. 5s. 3d.; Nymagee Copper, 15s.; Broken Hill No. 14…

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Croydon Mining (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 7

CROYDON, Wednesday.--The Republic Gold-mining Company at Tabletop, with a capital of £30,000, has been locally floated by Messrs. Creaser, Elmslie and Co. Stone showing gold…

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Late Mining Intelligence. Another Find at Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 January 1888 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, This Day.--Rich are equal to the Central, was found last night in No.2 shaft, Cosgrave's Company.27ft down. This [?]nd improves the Round Hill…

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COUNTRY. The Ferndale Colliery Dispute

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.-- The motion of the miners' delegates that the Ferndale miners should give 14 days [?] if the manager refused another 6d [?]n for…

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The Newcastle Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- The Wallsend Miners' Association have rejected a motion from a lodge delegate approving of the Ferndale men giving 14 days' notice unless they…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 7

A short time ago it was noted with a flourish of trumpets that £1000 had been paid for a scat on the Melbourne Stock Exchange. We now learn from the Argus that during the last…

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Accident in a Mine

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.—A telegram from Avoca reports a great fall of sand at the Working Miners' United claim, which has filled up the drives and part of the…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 6

THE Broken Hill Junction-Mine is making preparations to have a very large body of very rich ore broken down. The underground appearance of this mine is…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 8

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Burwood Coal, 33s.; Stockton Coal, 44s. 9d., 40s., 44s. 6d.: Great Cobar Copper, 5s. 6d.; Nymagee Copper, 15s. 3d., 14s. 9d.;…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 7

The condition of the Pinnacles Tribute mine is thus referred to in the SILVER AGE:-- "At the Pinnacles Tribute Company…

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First Use of Gold

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 6

THE most interesting question of all about gold is: How did it come to be the root of all evil? What has made this particular yellow metal, above all stones and minerals,…

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The Gold Rush to South Africa

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 6

AFFAIRS in the Transvaal (says a correspondent) seem to be rapidly developing. The mineral resources of the Republic are proving even more valuable than was at…

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The Mining Boom. A Cause of the Revival

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 8

ADELAIDE, This Day.—A great revival in the mining market has taken place. Since Monday much business has been done, and Broken Hills have gone up to £252. The…

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The Silver Mining Fever. Excitement Continues. Heavy Transactions

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

WHAT has been called the "boom" in silver stocks still continues, but the rush appears to be hardly so great as it has been during the last three or four days…

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A Silver-mining Fever. Extraordinary Rise in Stocks. Is It Justified ?

The Australian Star · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 6

DURING the last few days there has been an extraordinary rise in silver stocks, not only in Sydney, but also in Melbourne and Adelaide. For several…

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The Boom in Silver Stocks. the Demand for an Open Stock Exchange. Continued Rise in Broken-hill Shares. Something About the Value of the Mines. £250,000 Worth of Business This Week

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 January 1888 · page 5

A few more discoveries in either gold or silver like that made in the Central Broken-hill Company's property will greatly stimulate the present boom. Speculation and the attendant…

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