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Mining & the mines, 1889

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The Moonta Mines Copper Company. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1889 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Moonta Mines Copper Company have declared their sixty-fourth dividend, the amount of the present one being 10s. Since the company started operations…

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A Queensland Gold Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--At a meeting yesterday of shareholders in the Mount Shamrock Gold-mining Company, Queensland, the resignation of the directors was demanded…

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The Biggest Gold Mine in the World

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 7

A CORRESPONDENT in forwarding the following extract from the IRON AGE, states that it refers to a bigger thing than MOUNT Morgan of Australia : -" Millions in the shape of rich gold-bearing…

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Fatal Colliery Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 11

LITHGOW, Wednesday.—A fatal accident, occurred on Tuesday morning in the New Vale pit. A man named Thomas Stokoe was killed by a fall of about 50 tons of top coal. Deceased, at the…

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Fatal Colliery Explosion

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 11

LONDON, January 20.—A terrible explosion occurred at Hyde, near Manchester, to-day. Thirty lives were lost, and many miners were seriously injured…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 7

The week's run at the Broken-hill Proprietary Mine, with eight furnaces in operation, was 2529 tons are treated, yielding 434 tons bullion, containing 89,406oz. silver…

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The Moonta Copper Mine

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 6

ADELAIDE, This Day.--Since the rise in copper last year, the Moonta mine has paid £95,000 in dividends, and one has just been declared of 10s. This brought…

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The Secretary for Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 13

Mr. John Moore Chanter is by birth a South Australian, and was born in Adelaide in February, 1845. He received his education in that colony, and came with his parents in 1857 to Victoria, where they…

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Gold Without "U."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 25

An old gentleman, rejoicing in the name of Gould, having married a very young wife, wrote a poetical epistle to an acquaintance informing him of the fact, and concluded it thus:…

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Colliery Explosion Near Manchester. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 170

A terrible colliery explosion occurred at Hyde, near Manchester, to-day. Thirty lives were lost, and many miners were seriously injured…

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Latest Mining News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 44

COPPER AND TIN.—No alteration has taken place in the quotations of these metals in Sydney since last week. Copper remains at £70, £75 per ton, as per quality; and tin at 17s 6d per unit…

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New Mining Syndicate

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 6

LONDON, January 25.-The South African and Australian Mining Investment Syndicate, with a capital of £21,000, has been registered…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 12

Webb's South S.M. Co., Limited.--The mining manager, under date January 19, reports: "I have to report Shaft No. 2 West to a depth of 73ft 6in, contractor…

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Serious Mining Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 11

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—A miner named Jas. Postewaite met with a serious accident on Monday at Farley, near Maitland. It seems that he was engaged with others in opening out a…

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Prospecting for Gold in New Guinea

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 198

The mission schooner Annonciade arrived at Thursday Island on Monday, from Yuille Island, after a voyage occupying 18 days. She brought seven diggers who had been prospecting at the St. Joseph River…

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Prospecting For, Gold in New Guinea

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 10

THURSDAY Island, Monday.— The mission schooner Annonciade arrived this morning from Yuille Island, after a voyage occupying 18 days. She brought seven diggers who had been prospecting…

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Australian. South Australia. Sale of a Copper Mine

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 6

ADELAIDE, This Day.--Sir Henry Ayers states that the sale of the Burra copper mine to an English Company will be completed on March 13…

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A New Zealand Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The Otago Pioneer Quartz Gold-mining Company, New Zealand, has been registered with a capital of £100,000…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Lithgow

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 201

A fatal accident occurred at the Lithgow Vale Colliery on Tuesday morning, by which a miner named Thomas Stokoe, aged 25 years, lost his life. Deceased was engaged in carrying timber in the vicinity of the…

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Otago Quartz-mining Co. London, January 25

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 January 1889 · page 5

The Otago (N.Z.) Pioneer Quartz-mining Co. has been registered with a capital of £100,000…

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