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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 194

The Workington Colliery Disaster

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 5

London, Friday Night,—The latest reports from Workington, in Cumberland, where a colliery explosion occurred yesterday, state that 20 of the miners were killed…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 7

In reference to the correspondence re White Rock which has appeared in our columns, a correspondent writes:--" From brokers' published account the 60,000 contributing shares…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 5

The following quotations were recorded on Saturday by the Stock Exchange, viz.:—Stockton Coal, 61s.; Wickham and Bullock Island Coal, 24s., 25s., 25s. 3d.; Nymagee Copper, 17s. 3d.; Broken. Hill, No. 14 Block, £9 7s. 6d.,…

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The Wingello Gold Company

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 5

London, Sunday.—The judge who has had the consideration of the petition for the winding up of the "Wingello Gold-mining Company, Victoria, has decided that the…

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The Wingello Coal Company. London, April 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 7

The hearing of the petition for the winding up of the Wingello Coal Company of New South Wales, which was floated in January with a capital of £185,000, has been…

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Lewis Ponds Mining Properties. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 7

Sir,—As I am interested in some of the Lewis Poods properties so unfavorably dealt with in this day's issue of your paper. I would ask if the terms on which they have been placed…

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

The Australian Star · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 3

THE past week began largely and get worse until Thursday, when [?]luers improved. This condition cannot be said to have obtained in respect of all stocks to…

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Sydney Syndicates and Mining [?] to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 7

Sir,—In the month of October, 1887, a syndicate was formed of 20, consisting of bankers, merchante, retired squatters and others, and authority was given me by wire…

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The Eidsvold Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 7

The reefing field at Eidsvold, in the Burnett district of Queensland, is coming into note, and great hopes are indulged in as to its permanency and richness, By the courtesy of a gentleman…

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Hargraves Goldfield. (By E.c.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 7

In the memorable year 1651, when the then few inhabitants of this colony were eagerly prospecting for gold with as much rest as those now seeking far and wide for curly gossan and…

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The Ministerial Trip to the North. Mr. Abigail on Mining Speculators. the White and Red Rock Mikes. Another Rich Find at Hillgrove, (By Our Own Reporter.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1888 · page 5

Mr. Inglis and Mr. Abigail returned to Sydney by the northern mail train yesterday morning. It is a long and wearying journey from Tenterfield to the metropolis, and the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 7

The forty-ninth half-yearly general meeting the Waratah Coal Company was held yesterday at the company's office. The report and balance-sheet were adopted. The balance-sheet…

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The Great Mount Morgan Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 4

The Daily Northern Argus, which is published at Rockhampton, in the Mount Morgan district, has the following" The big boom in Mouns Morgan shares eclipses…

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Australasian Mining Exchange

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 7

Block 14 and South Broken-hill had considerable attention in the forenoon. The latter opened at a considerable decline in the forenoon, but steadily improved till the level of the…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 7

The share list of the Hero Freehold Silver and Gold Mining Company, Limited, Queensland, for 50,000 contributing shares, was definitely closed on…

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"Bearing" and " Funking" in Mining

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 7

The special correspondent of the STAR at Broken Hill sends the following remarks upon the present state of the share market, and the prospects of the silver…

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Mining Intelligence. (Continued from page 7.)

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 5

OUR attention has been called to the comments of a contemporary upon the prospectus of the Lewis Ponds Extended Gold and Silver-mining…

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The White Rock Mine. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 7

Sir,--A paragraph in your mining column of Saturday's issue calls for remark. A share-holder seems to have formed an erroneous impression of the working of this mine from…

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Mining Managers' Reports. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 4

Sir,—Since you so kindly give publicity, gratuitously, to the reports of mining managers, perhaps you will permit an inquiry, through your columns as to why that publicity is not more availed of. One registered company, which has…

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The Supreme Obstacle to Mining Prosperity. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 April 1888 · page 7

Sir,--It will doubtless be considered great presumption for the off spring to say it knows better aud has been more experienced than its parent, and therefore able to give advice; but yet that…

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