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Mining & the mines, 1889

4,535 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 227

To-day's Mining

The Australian Star · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 5

The only sale at the Australasian Mining Exchange this morning was :-- SILVER. Biting Sun, Is,…

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Mining Intelligence. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Friday 3 May 1889 · page 8

No.1 trial shaft in the South mine is now down 230ft, the plat being cut preparatory to opening out on lode. In the last few feet a vast improvement has…

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Mount Kembla Colliery Dispute

Evening News · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Friday.-The matter in dispute between the management and men at the Mount Kembla Colliery has been amicably settled, and work was resumed on Thursday morning. A…

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The Taranganba Mystery. MERTON V. Taranganba Gold-mining Company

Evening News · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 6

This suit which, it will be very well remembered, by at least some people, was commenced the 26th ultimo, in the Equity Court, before Mr. Justice Owen, and was obliged to be adjourned in…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 7

A large number of the mining, community assembled at Messrs. M'Lean Brothers and Rigg's yard, Darling Harbor,yesterday, to witness a trial of Mr. T. Dobbie's new gold-saving…

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Calumet and Hecla Mines

Evening News · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 5

LONDON, May 3.-The fires which broke out in the Calumet and Hecla copper mines, in the ; United States, have been extinguished…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 13

The following transactions were recorded yesterday by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—Morning: Stockton Coal, 52s.; Wickham and Bullock Island, 26s. 3d.; Broken Hill Junction, 20s.; New North, 21s.; South,…

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Latest Mining Stews

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 43

COPPER AND TIN.—Copper is at a standstill in Sydney; and there are no quotations. Tin is priced at 15s 9d. GUNDAGAI, Monday.—On Wednesday next, Thomas Lindley, proprietor of the Jackalass Estate, which is…

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Mining Assays and Opinions

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 910

J. L. C. (Wellington).—The stone contains of gold a slight trace, of silver a trace. The drillings show— Gold a alight trace, silver a trace, and copper 15 per cent. The stone also contains good copper. The ore…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, April 25

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 938

In cutting the plat at the 3O0ft. level in the central mine, an improvement in the character of the ore has been noted. Water comes in freely from the face, from a depth of 53ft. below the 200ft. level. In the south…

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Mining Intelligence. Broken Hill, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 8

The shoot of ore on the Bonanza, which never entirely died out, again shows a width of 18in in fall, with signs of increasing. It consists of gossan carbonate…

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The Fires at the Calumet and Hecla Mines. London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 11

The fires which broke out in the Calumet and Hecla copper mines, in the United States, have been extinguished…

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Mining at Cobar. Christening a Machine. Cobar, This Day

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 7

The ceremony of christening the Huntington mill of the Cobar Quartz-crushing Co. took place on Thursday evening at 4 o'clock. All the business places in the…

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British Metal Markets. (From London Mining Journal of March 16.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 May 1889 · page 24

COPPER.—The week has been full of rumors as to the conclusion of fresh arrangements with the object of assisting the copper syndicate, and preventing a total collapse of price. But nothing very definite is…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 7
Also in Evening News

The "Engineering and Mining Journal" gives some interesting particulars showing the possibilities of copper-mining. The following is an extract:--Some of the Lake Superior…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 9

The following transactions were recorded on Saturday by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—Wickham and Bullock Island Coal, 26s.; Broken Hill Block 10, 43s., 42s. 6d.; Junction, 20s. 6d.; New North, 20s. 3d.;…

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Australasian Mining Exchange

Evening News · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 4

The following sales took place this morning at the Exchange:-Silver: Central Broken Hill, 24s 6d, 24s 9d…

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Australasian Mining Exchange

Evening News · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 6

The following sales took place at the Exchange on Saturday:-Silver: B. H. Junctions, 20s 3d, two sales. LEICHHARDT LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY…

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To-day's Mining

The Australian Star · Monday 6 May 1889 · page 5

The sales effected this morning at the Australasian Mining Exchange were:--SILVER, Central B,H, 24s 6d, 2[?]s 9d, 25s…

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