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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 194

Macquarie Freehold Coal Company. London, June 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 June 1888 · page 7

The prospectus of the Macquarie Freehold Coal Company, New South Wales, with a capital of £120,000, has been issued…

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Mining at Wellington. Dubbo, This Day

The Australian Star · Monday 4 June 1888 · page 8

A smelting, crushing and refining company, with a capital of £5000, in £1 shares fully paid up, has been started in Wellington. The directors are Dubbo and…

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Christening a Mine

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 5

FORBES, This Day.--The ceremony of christening the Britannia Gold Mining Company's claim was performed yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Vanzetti, in the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 7

Mr. C. Coghlan, mining registrar at Lismore, telegraphed to the Under-Secretary for Mines yesterday:--"Just received from warden report by Munro and party of discovery of…

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The Greta Coal Measures

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 8

Mr. T. W. C. David, the Geological Surveyor, who was sent up to examine the Greta coal measures from the Homeville Colliery, near West Mantiand, to Deep…

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The Mount Euriowe Tin Mine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The dressing machinery at the Mount Enriowie tin mine was started on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a few directors, visitors and the press. The…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 8

I have just returned from Yancowinna, and an astonished at the directors' report re Block 14. It is considered here to be stupid ill-advised, and mystical, and that…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 5

Mr. Craig's report in the ARGUS of the new gold field is most favourable, and the district is now spoken of as a geld and silver district…

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The Fall in the Mining Market. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 7

Sir,--Permit me, through the space of your valuable journal, to offer a few remarks in reference to the depreciation of the silver market. Some two months ago article upon…

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The Lake Macquarie Coal Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Lake Macquarie Coal Company of New South Wales is being floated in London with a capital of £120,000…

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Mining Intelligence. Brisbane, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 2

The Croydon returns for the month of May are 5521oz of gold, making a total of 33,496oz since January 1. Sales on Exchange were:--Black Jack,…

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The Mining Boom and Its Collapse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 4

In an article on the collapse of the silver boom the Melbourne Age of Monday gives some particulars that throw considerable light on the situation. Referring to calculations…

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Broken Hill Mining. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 8

Mr. Craig's report in the ABOUS of the new gold field is most favourable, and the district is now spoken of as a gold and silver district…

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The Agitation on the Croydon Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 6

CROYDON (Q) Tuesday.--The Chinese agitation has died out since the general election, and the Chinese gardens are now being worked full-handed. The Chinamen are…

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Colliery Disputes

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- There is nothing fresh to report in regard to the South Waratah and Ferndale disputes, and there seems no more prospect of…

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COUNTRY. Colliery Accident

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--In the Burwood Colliery on Monday a fall of coal bully injured the foot of one William Price, and broke the collar bone of his mate, who was…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 7

The first formal meeting of the Little Dora Reef Gold-mining Company, Limited, was held on Tuesday last, Mr. Joseph Abbott, M.P., in the chair. It was announced that the…

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The Emmaville Mines

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 8

THE Minister for Mines has received a report from the Warden of Goldfields at Glen Innes enclosing a detailed report in reference to certain mines at Em[?]…

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The Waratah Colliery Dispute. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--There is nothing fresh to report in connection with the dispute at the South Waratah Colliery. The locked-out miners met yesterday and received their…

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Miners' Grievances. Newcastle, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 4

A special meeting of the Miners' Association was held yesterday, and a lot of business was gone through; it was resolved to hold a mass Anti-Chinese…

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