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Mining & the mines, 1889

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Gold-mining in Queensland

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, December 31.-It is proposed to reform the Great Eastern Gold-mining Company, Gympie, Queensland, with the object of purchasing the adjoining properties…

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Gold-mining in Queensland. London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

It is proposed to re-form the Great Eastern Gold-mining Company, Gympie, Queensland, with the object of purchasing the adjoining properties…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 7
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The Nelson Mine.-This mine is situated at the back of the rifle butts, to the east of the town of Wellington (says the Wellington GAZETTE), in a line with the other copper claims. It is the only mine in…

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Burra Copper Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The South Australian Burra Burra Copper Company has been registered with a capital of £50,000…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--During the past year 1,509,065 tons 2ewt 3qr of coal have passed along the Great Northern line for shipment from this port…

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The Coal Trade in 1888

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 4

It is very gratifying to find that the exports of coal for the past year largely exceed those of any previous year. Considering that the trade was suspended for several weeks through…

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Victorian News. Mining Returns

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-The report of the Secretary for Mines upon the progress of the gold-mining industry during the quarter ending September 30, has been published. The yield of gold…

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Mining Intelligence. Perth, This Day

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 8

The Government have received a telegram from Pilburra, announcing that a nugget weighing 115oz has been found. BRISBANE, This Day…

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Recent Mining Accident. a Body Recovered

Evening News · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-This morning the body of Richard Grace, one of the victims of the Shaw's. Reef mining accident at Maryborough, was recovered at the 325ft level. The body had been…

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Extraction of Gold and Silver From Quartz. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.] Croydon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

A mining investor interested in Croydon but now in London advises Elmslie and Co., his agents hero that Nowbory and Vautin have norfected a new process for the extraction of gold and silver…

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The Mining Accident in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1889 · page 5

This morning the body of Richard Grace, one of the victims of the Shaw's Roof mining accident at Maryborough was recovered at the 325ft. level. The body had been hold fast by centrepieces…

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Gold-mining in Wales

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 1.-Mr. Samuel Owen, of Sydney, has secured 500 acres of land adjoining Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan's mine at Dolgelly, in Wales, for gold-mining purposes…

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Mining. the Annandale Copper Mine Blayney

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 6

Below will be found a copy of the report on the above mine by Mr. John Scobel, of the Frogmore Copper Mine. A large amount of capital and labor have been spent on the mine, but…

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Gold-mining in Wales. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 4

Mr. Samuel Owen, of Sydney, has secured 500 acres of land adjoining Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan's mine at Dolgelly, in Wales, for gold-mining purposes…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 7

Considerable prominence has been given by the Victorian press to the Forster-Firmin patent gold and silver amaigamator, which was exhibited and publicly tried at the Melbourne…

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Purchase of Gold

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day.-- The Charters Towers banks have purchased during the year 139,017oz of gold…

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Mining Intelligence. Brisbane, This Day

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 5

The stone crushed at Gympie for the year amounts to 111,860 tons, yielding 105,662oz of gold. The dividends paid during the year amounted to £171,000,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 9

During the last month at Gympie 9923 tons of stone were crushed, for a yield of 13,839oz. of gold. The dividends declared amounted to £26,250. The total quantity crushed during the year was 111,860 tons,…

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The Export of Gold From London. an Uneasy State of Things. (London Standard, November 21.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1889 · page 6

The feeling of uneasiness that has recently been prevalent in the city shows no signs of abatement, nor can we pretend to be surprised at the fact. The tenth is that the money…

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