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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 194

Mining at Lewis Ponds. ORANGE, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 8

Fardell and party have obtained permission to suspend work on their claim at the Bulga for three months. to give them an opportunity to float a company…

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The Gold Discovery in North Wales. London, May 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 9

Mr. W. P. Morgan, the discoverer of gold near Dolgelly, in North Wales, will stop working the mines unless he is allowed to realise the gold obtained, which is claimed by the…

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The Newcastle Miners' Delegate Board. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 10

An important special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held yesterday, all the lodges being represented, and the district officers also being present. The proposed Arbitration Bill was then read and discussed, and it was…

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The Administration of the Mines Department. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 May 1888 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of the 10th, I see Mr. Abigail in speaking on the 18th clause of the Land Bill, gives a sketch of the doings under the Rabbit Act. This speech, though ostensibly on the Land Bill, deals only with the…

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An Alleged Mining Swindle. the Broken-bill Maritoto Mine. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Thursday. -- Mr. Precious, the mining expert, has examined the Broken-hill Maritoto Mine on behalf of the Sydney directorate and says he is satisfied, after careful…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 7

Messrs. J. N. S. Clarke and Co., 811 George-street, desire as to draw attention to the prospectus of the Queen P.C. Block Company, Croydon, Queensland, adjoining the Queen of…

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Catching Unwary Investors. How Mining Companies are Promoted

The Australian Star · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 5

THE New Zealand HERALD sounds a note of warning concerning company promoting and undue speculation in mines. It says: -- "While the hopes of this district hang…

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Values of Mining Properties. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 7

Sir, -- In my last I drew attention to the extraordinary value set upon sections of mining property by the promoters of companies. Of course if they were certain the world was…

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The Situation in Europe. Arrest of an Austrian Officer. Accumulation of Coal on Russian Railways. Defence of the French Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday. -- An Austrian military officer has been arrested in Poland on suspicion of having been engaged in mapping out every Russian fort on the frontier…

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Maritoto Gold Hill Mining Company

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 6

We are informed by Mr. W. Archer, one of the provisional directors of this company that as yet the board of director know nothing further about the statement which…

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The Wingello Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- The shareholders in the Wingello Gold-mining Company, Victoria, have decided to abandon their petition for the winding up of the company…

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Assistance for Miners

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 4

LITHGOW, This Day.--The Lithgow miners have forwarded the sum of £20 to the miners on strike in the Newcastle district…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 7

The Mount Costigan Lead and Silver-mining Company, at an extraordinary meeting held yesterday, resolved to increase their capital for the purpose of effecting certain improvements…

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Too Strike at South Waratah Colliery

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Towards the support of the South Waratah miners. Mr. James Curley, miners general secretary, has received the sum of £20 from the…

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European Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondents.) the Wingello Coal-mining Company. London, May 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 14

The hearing of the petition for the liquidation of the Wingello Coal-mining Company, New South Wales, which was floated in January last with a capital of£185,000, has…

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MINING Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 1086

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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Latest Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 13

"Well, Adrian, what fresh news from the mine?"…

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The Barrier Mines. Silverton, May 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 1086

Stannery Tin Mine.—The manager reports on May 2: Have opened three costeaning pits across different lodes. In No. 1 lode the formation is 30ft wide, cutting 7ft. deep, showing lode stuff, with slate and sandstone seams…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 1080

Share Report.—Sales: Sapphire, Tasmania, paid, 5s.; contributing, 2s. 6d.; Brokens, ex dividend, £252 to £257; Robe, £95 to £90; South, paid, £7 10s. to £8 4s. 6d. to £7 18s. 6d.; Block 14, from £8 to £7 15s. 6d.; South,…

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(Continued from page 1113.) Mining Matters in South Australia. (From Our Adelaide Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 May 1888 · page 13

"The Broken Hill has saved South Australia," said a well-known bank manager the other day; "there's no doubt about that. Two years ago we were nearer insolvency than anybody liked to…

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