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Mining & the mines, 1888

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Meeting of Miners at Newcastle. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The Co-operative miners have resolved--"That an aggregate meeting of the miners of this district be held for the purpose of propounding some scheme to…

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Mr. S. R. Wilson on Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 7

Mr. S. R. Wilson, the manager of the British Blocks and Block 14, has been visiting Adelaide. He was interviewed by a representative of the S. A. Register and gave him some…

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An Action About Mining Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. Justice Williams to-day gave reserved judgment in the action brought by John Telford, storekeeper, of Cairns, Queensland, against Carr Boyd, the…

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Silver-mining As an Investment

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 4

What return should a silver-mine pay to its proprietors? Obviously it should be larger than the return expected from a bank, a building society, or an ordinary business…

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The Gold Discovery in North Wales. London, April 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 7

An interim injunction has been, granted, restraining Mr. W. P. Morgan, the discoverer of gold near Dolgelly, in North Wales, from removing gold from the Gyrfyddyd mine…

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The Influx of Gas at the South Waratah Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 8

The Under-Secretary for Mines (Mr. Harrie Wood) held an official inquiry to-day at the South Waratah Colliery into the circumstances attending the influx of gas in February last. There were present Mr. J. Mackenzie,…

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Mining Investments. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 7

Sir.--The large number of persons pf the working-class who invest their savings in mining ventures have much to thank yon for in the fair and impartial manner with which you…

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Gold Prospects of the Barrier Ranges. Action of Messrs. Paul and L[?]usell, of Sandhurst

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 3

OUR Broken Hill correspondent sends us the following paper upon the auriteous prospects of the Barrier district, especially in the Purnmoota district, and which he…

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Triumphant Democracy. Or, Fifty Years' March of the Republic. Published by arrangement with David Proudfoot, Esq. Chapter Xi. Mining

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 2

Deep in unfathomable mines Of never falling [?]aill He treasures up his vast designs And worth his wondrous will."…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 7

The first crushings of the Eidsvold (Q.) reels were looked forward to with some interest. We learn from the Maryborough Chronicle that the Mount Rose obtained 293oz. smelted gold…

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Mining Memoranda

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 2

The mining manager of the Mount Cotingan South Extended Silver and Lead Mining Company, Tuena, reports that the total distance in the drive is 55ft. They hare made very little…

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Mining Intelligence. Notes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 7

It is thought by some that the approaching fourth of the month, and the consequent necessity many are under of putting their accounts on a satisfactory footing,…

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Cable News. Fall in Mining Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The sudden fall in shares in the Great Eastern Mining Company, Gympie, Queensland, has seriously affected shares in other Australian mines…

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The Forndale Colliery Dispute

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The miners' delegates approve of the action of the Ferndale miners in asking for an advance in price. The owners want the miners to…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 7

We are requested by Mr. W. I. Coyne to state that the share list of the Hargraves Gold-mining Company will close this day. The Australasian Mining Exchange announce…

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Accident in a Mine

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 6

MELBOURNE, This day.--This morning, a miner named Nicholas Richards, formerly of Sandhurst, met with an accident in the North M[?] mine, which, it is feared,…

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The Great Eastern Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, -- British shareholders in the Great Eastern Mining Company, Gympie, Queensland, threaten to institute proceedings against the promoters…

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Late Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 8

Some magnificent specimens from the Mount Jones, Eidevold goldfield, were exhibited in Mary borough to-day. HOBART, WEDNESDAY. The full in tin has caused quite a sensation. Prices of…

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Gold Prospects of the Barrier Ranges. Action of Messrs. Paul and Lansell, of Sandhurst

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 6

OUR Broken Hill correspondent sends as the following paper upon the suritecous Prospects of the Barrier district, especially in the Paramoota district, and which he…

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Intercolonial Rabbit Commission. Forther Experiments with M. Pasteur's Scheme. Meeting of the Executive Committee. Deputation to the Minister for Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 4

In connection with further experiments which have been made by the representatives of M. Pasteur for the purpose of demonstrating their method of destruction of rabbits by disease, we understand that three of the rabbits ineculated…

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