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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 194

Mining Memoranda

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 6

An exceedingly rich discovery is reported to have been made at the South Broken Hill mine. A gold reef, extending along part of the…

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Another Mining Discovery. Melbourne, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 8

The JINGELLIAD NEWS states that the mining boom is in full swing, owing to an important discovery at Mount Musgrove. The whole mount has been pegged out for…

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Mining Extension in Tasmania. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 7

HOBART, Thursday. -- A deputation representing the West Coast mining companies, headed by Colonel Smith, of Ballarat, waited upon the Minister for Lands this morning with reference…

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The Great Cobar Copper Mine. (See illustrations on page 859.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 27

Although numbers of people have heard of the Great Cobar copper mine, only a few, comparatively speaking, have any idea of the magnitude of the undertaking, or of the immense quantity of work…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 5

The West Albion syndicate has been floated privately. Splendid assays have been received from the Silver Stream. A good deal of underground working must…

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Mining. the Mineral Products of New South Wales

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

WE feel somewhat thwarted, at the outset of our examination of the returns just published by the knowledge that we cannot have the advantage of last year's figures to place before our readers the…

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Case of Alleged Coal-stealing at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 14

A public meeting was held at Carrington on Wednesday evening to take into consideration the manner in which the case against Henry Rowe for alleged coal-stealing has been allowed to fall through. The…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 857.) Prospectors in West Australia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 14

The WESTERN MAIL, (Albany) recently reported the following terrible story: Two men name Beadles and Shea, who lost their lives in the bush at yilgarn, Western Australia, appear to have had a…

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Disorderly Mining Meeting. Resignation of Directors. Expulsion of a Shareholder Ordered. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- A meeting of the Broken-hill Flat Company was held to-day. The balance-sheet, showing the balance in hand amounted to £105 was adopted. Of the…

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The Ferndale Colliery Dispute

The Australian Star · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The district officer and representatives of the Ferndale miners interviewed the proprietors of that colliery on Saturday with a view to…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 7

The prospectus of the Kilkivan mines, Queensland, is published in our columns this morning. The company is being formed with a capital of £120,000 in £1 shares, to purchase…

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The Ferndale Colliery Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- A meeting of the proprietors of the Ferndale Colliery and of the district officers of the Hunter River Miners' Mutual Protective Association held yesterday,…

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The Gold Discoveries in North Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- Mr. W. P. Morgan, the discoverer of gold near Dolgelly, in North Wales, has been served with an injunction restraining him from removing any…

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Alleged Coal-stealing at Carrington. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- At a meeting of Carrington residents to-day it was unanimously solved -- " That this meeting considers the action of the Minister for Works (Mr. Sutherland)…

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Gold at Cooma. Eight Miles Pegged Out

The Australian Star · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 5

A resident of the Cooma district, who has just come to Sydney, reports that there is great excitement in Cooma at the prospect of a new goldfield being developed…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 6

The West Albion syndicate has been fleated privately. Splendid assays have been received from the Silver Stream. A good deal of underground working mu[?]…

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Mining Intelligence. Review of Last [?]Wusk's Market

The Australian Star · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 3

To the happy inspiration, or to write note assembly, to the excellent judgement of one man, we are indebted for the improvement which was manifest in the…

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Mining Intelligence. Gold Hill Company

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 3

The second half-yearly meeting of share holders in the Gold Hill Gold-mining Company was held at the Royal Hotel, Orange, on Monday afternoon, the chairman, Mr…

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The South Waratah Colliery Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Mr. Harris Wood, Under-Secretary for Mines, held an investigation yesterday at South Waratah relative to the late gas explosion at the colliery there, in…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 7

The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company was held yesterday, Mr. James Fletcher, M.P. (chairman of the board). presiding. The report and…

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