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Mining & the mines, 1888

3,867 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 194

Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 123
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal, The Australian Star

The last week has been remarkable for one of those sudden and spasmodic developments of speculation in mining shares, of which we have had several specimens in the past, and seem likely to have several…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 15

The following quotations were received in the mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday, viz.:—Burwood Coal, 33s.; Stockton Coal, 47s. 6d.; Broken Hill Junction, 67s.,6 68s., 68s. 6d.; South (paid-up) £7, £7 2s. 6.;…

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The Golden Gully Mine, Ironbarks

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 6

The Golden Gully Gold-mining Company comprises a block of 20a., about three miles froth Ironbarks Station, near Orange. The ground was worked 17 years ago, and on the…

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The Barrier Mines. Silverton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 162

The big Ironclad claim underlie shaft has been extended 3ft. The formation is very strong and making wider. Attention is being paid to opening out the lode on the top of the hill, near the large granite outcrop, where…

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The Centennial Gold Medal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

The design for the gold Centennial medal, to be presented to his Excellency Lord Carrington by the Centennial Celebration Commission, has just been completed by Mr. W. J. Armor, of…

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Gold Discovery in Western Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 9

PERTH, Thursday.-Mr. Von Bibra, the prospector, returned to Perth to-day from Yilgarn-hills. He reports that he has discovered a reef containing stone, of ironstone character, showing fine…

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The Gold Discovery in Wales

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 6

The London letter of the Sydney Morning Herald conveys some interesting information about the discovery of the gold-bearing reef in Wales. We are inclined to believe that the…

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The New Mining Mania

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 9

The main and all-pervading topic in mining circles in Sydney during the past fortnight has been an extraordinary and almost phenomenal "boom" in connection with the values of silver stock…

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Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Friday -- The week's return from the Broken-hill mine is as follows: -- Five furnaces running, less one furnace for five and a-half hours. Ore treated, 1239 tons ;…

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A New South Wales Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Bedrock Gold-mining Company, Fairfield, New South Wales, has been registered with a capital of £40,000…

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The Fairfield Mining District. (By Our Special Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 9

The important discoveries of silver ore recently made near Fairfield, Drake, have formed a prominent feature in the present renewal of mining activity in these colonies, and the more weight has been attached to these discoveries…

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At the Colliery

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Lambton miners are at work to-day, but this will only make two days for this fortnight so for…

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Gold-mining in New Zealand. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 9

The prospectus of the Bluespur Gold-mining Company, New Zealand, will shortly be issued[?] The capital of the company is fixad at £130,000…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 7

The labor dispute at Nymagee has not been settled. A correspondent advises by wire : -- "The miners, smelters and wood carters are still on strike at the Nymagee Company's mine…

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Mining Notes

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 7

Mount Costigan Lead and Silver Company's manager reports:—Furnace continues to ran splendidly. I am despatching two team today with bullion for the Exhibition…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 11

The following quotations were received in the mining market on Saturday:—Stockton Coal, 50s.; Burwood (20s. paid), 32s. 6d.; Hetton Coal, 7¾d.; Waratah Coal, 17½d.; Great Cobar Copper, 10s. 6d., 10s. 3d., 11s., 10s.; Broken…

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Silver Mining

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

THE silver mining property at Captain's Flat, near Queanb[?]yan, known as " The Vanderbilt," has been placed on the Melbourne market, and it is expected that it…

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The Red Rock Gold-mining Company. Fairfield. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 7

Sir, -- To avoid any misconception with regard to the cablegram which appears in your paper this morning, may I ask you to state that the company alluded to as the "Red Rock…

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