The Russian Warship at Newcastle. Visit of the Officers to the Collieries. (By Telegraph)
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 4
NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- The Russian corvette Rynda saluted Fort Scratchley yesterday morning, which compliment was promptly returned. Shortly afterwards, at the invitation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Discoveries in Western Australia. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5
PERTH, Sunday. -- The reported discovery of gold-bearing quartz 20 miles from Cape Leuwin is creating great excitement here. £80 has been offered for £10 share in the Von Viteras…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Copper-mining in the Northern Territory. London, Jan. 21
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 9
The Palmerston Copper-raining Company, with a capital of £100,000, has been registered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Killed in a Coal Mine. Crushed to Death
The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At Sneddon's colhery, Brookstown, yesterday, Charles Petty, brother-in-law of the owner, was killed. In taking out a pillar of coal the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 7
The Minister of Mines (Mr. Abigail) has received a letter from the warden at Kempsey,[?] that there is every probability of a mining field breaking out between Deep Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Intelligence
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 7
The following quotations were received in the Mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:- Stockton Coal, 50s., 50s. 6d.; West Wallsend Coal, 14s.; Wickham and Bullock, Island, 14s. 6d; Great Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Near the Bellinger
The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 8
MR. DUCAT[?],mining registrar at Kempsey, has forwarded a telegram to the Mining Department, to the effect that a new mining field has been discovered between…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken-hill Mining. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 7
BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The market has been again active to-day, especially in Gipsy Girls, Rising Sans and South Extended, all three stocks being very firmly held, especially…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Intelligence. Manager's Report, &c
The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 7
Cosgrove's Broken Hill Silver-mine, January 16:--"Since my last report some good ore has been broken at the level of No. 2 shaft. It consists principally of grey are,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining. First Signs of Minerals
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 4
The first signs of the vast areas of valuable minerals the colony possesses were observed about 90 years ago, when large seams of coal were found at the entrance to the river Hunter. Gold was seen in the year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Non-fulfilment of Mining Covenant. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 7
Melbourne, Monday.--The Minister of Mines has refused to forfeit Rowe Brothers' mine, at Fryerstown, Castlemaine, for nonfulfilment of labor covenants. The mine has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wingello Coal-mining Company. London, Jan. 23
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 9
The shares in the Wingello Coal-mining Company, New South Wales, which was recently placed on the market with a capital of £185,000, have been subscribed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners and Chinese
The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 5
CROYDON, This Day.--A branch of the Victorian Amalgamated Miners' Association was formed here yesterday, when over 600 miners marched down the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 7
At the half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle-Wallsend Company, held on Monday, Mr. W. Walford, chairman, presiding, the report and balance-sheet were adopted. The report showed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Intelligence
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 10
Also in The Australian Star
The following quotations were received in the Mining market up to 1 o'clock yesterday:—Stockton Coal, 50s. 6d.; Waratah Coal, 17½.; Wickham Bullock Island Coal, 14s. 6d.; Great Cobar Copper, 13s. 3d., 13s.; Nymagee…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →COUNTRY. Newcastle Coal Co
The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 8
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The twenty-second half-yearly meeting of the Newcastle Coal Co. was held at noon to-day. The profits for the half-year amount to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Western Australia. Reported Gold Discoveries
The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 5
PERTH, Tuesday.--A telegram has been received from Cossack, stating that gold has been found accidentally on the Melling ran, 60 miles west of Roeburne, by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Mining. (By TELEGRAPH.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 7
CROYDON, Monday.--A monster meeting was held on Saturday for the purpose of forming a branch of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Victoria, over 600 being present,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Kimberley Goldfields. More Rich Discoveries. (By TELEGRAPH.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 7
PERTH, Tuesday.--Heavy rains have been falling at the Kimberley goldfields. Several reefs are doing well. M'Neill's claim has been sold for £60,000 and Jackson's Lady Broome…
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