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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 194

That Gold Watch

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 4

Mr. Melville asked the Minister for Mines last night in the Assembly whether he had taken any steps to make inquiry with reference to the so-called explosion of gas, in connection…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 7

In our advertising columns will be found the prospectus of the Barrier Reef Silver- mining syndicate, formed for the purpose of acquiring and systematically…

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An Irish M.p. in Sydney. a Chat About Old-wokld Politics. New World Minerals and Mining Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 5

Mr. Bernard C. Molloy, M.P., who has been soaring the Australia and devoting the greater share of his acute attention whilst here to the subject of mining, with which he has had a…

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The Chinese Question. Lord Knutsford's Reported Dispatch. Debate in the Legislative Assembly. Chinese "Warned Off the Croydon Goldfield. the South Australian Premier's Declaration

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 5

Mr. O'Sullivan rose in the Assembly last night to move--"That in the opinion of this House the dispatch recently forwarded to Lord Salisbury by the representative of the Emperor…

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Quartz Gold-mining

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 20

1. Bullock Teams hauling Quartz for Crushing. 2. Five-Stamper Crushing Machine. 3. "Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle," and "Maitland" Claims. 4. A Primitive School…

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Quartz Gold-Mining

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 23

THE Stewart's Brook diggings (see page 24) are situated in the heart of a range of mountains about 33 miles from Scone and 10 miles from the Dennison, a deserted goldfield. The lover of…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The past [?]ortnight's transactions in mining circles have been almost entirely confined to silver scrip, the abnormal rise in the value of which was previously alluded to Spec[?]lation continued rife—and still…

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Does Silver-mining Pay?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 4

"Does silver-mining pay?" is a question which possesses considerable interest at the present time, when so much capital is being embarked in the pursuit. Unfortunately,…

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Lewis Ponds Silver Mines. to the Editor of "The Australian Star."

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 April 1888 · page 8

Sir,--At a meeting held in Orange a few days ago, it was resolved to apply for a Government grant to repair and make a new road to Lowis Ponds from Orange, and…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 7

The South Australian Register states, on the authority of Mr. W. A. Horn, one of the directors of Block 14 Company, that an arrangement, has been made with the concentrating company…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 3

From an advertisement we learn that the Central Broken Hill Co. propose to increase the capital of the company by the issue of new shares. It is always to be…

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The West Wallsend Coal Company

The Australian Star · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The West Wallsend Coal Company are making rapid progress with the mine. The manager reports that the line connecting the pit…

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Discovery of Coal in Tasmania. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.—A seam of coal has beenstruck, at Seymour, on the East Coast, 4ft. thick, at a depth of 144ft. The roof is firm, sandstone and the floor hard shale, indicating a…

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Scottish Australian Mining Company. London, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 7

The Scottish Australian Mining Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum…

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(By Wire.--from Our Own Correspondent.) Rich Gold Find

The Australian Star · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 8

MELBOURNE, This Day.--AN important gold discovery has been made in the Victoria Company's mine at Foster, South Gippsland. The stone is heavily charged…

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Miraculous Escape From Death. Two Miners Buried by a Fall of Earth. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A remarkable escape from death took place at Collmann and Tacchi's mine, Sandhurst. Two men named Barrass and Hunken fired soma holes, and the…

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A Mountain of Gold. the Great Mount Morgan Mine

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 19

THE DAILY NORTHERN ARGUS, which is published at Rockhampton, in the Mount Morgan district, has the following:-" The big boom in Mount Morgan shares eclipses and swallows up all other local…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 7

Some very rich specimens of auriferous quartz from the Carrington Mine, Bowling Alley Point, near Nundie, were shown to us yesterday at Messrs. Clarke and Co.'s office…

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MINING Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 922

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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