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Mining & the mines, 1889

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 8

Hero Freehold S. and G.M. Co., Queensland.--The manager reports for week ending June 1:--" Eastern drive, Leo tunnel, extended lift., total from crosscut 87ft. No…

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The Victorian Mining Industry. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A caucus of mining members, held to-day at Parliament House, decided to ask the Premier to appoint a select committee to report on the mining…

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Mr. Gladstone's Tour. Mass Meeting of Miners. LONDON, June 12

The Australian Star · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 4

Mr. Gladstone last night addressed a meeting of 30,000 miners employed at the tin and copper mines in the vicinity of Redruth, near Truro, in Cornwall…

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The Ukulunda Mining Company. London, June 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 7

The Ukulunda Mining and Smelting Company, of Queensland, which Dr. Tarrant, of Sydney, is floating on the London, market, with a capital of £100,000, has…

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Queensland Coal Mines. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--At a meeting of coalminers and coal-owners held at Bandamba, it was decided to agitate for the imposition of a higher duty on imported coal. The output of…

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Queensland Gold Mines. London, June 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 7

Mr. Buckland has registered and floated the Central Day Dawn Gold-mining Company, Charters Towers, for £120,000…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.-A sample of ore from the Laurel Silver-mining Company is being raised now for treatment. The following minerals were exported last week: 12,450 bars bullion, value £20,851;…

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Hero Freehold Gold-mining Company. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 7

Sir,--I hope you will be good enough to publish these few remarks, which may be the means of saving others from being induced by rosy reports and accounts of smelting results…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 9

There was again a depressed feeling manifested in mining circles yesterday, and although shares evidenced a slight advance on Wednesday's rates, yet there was a disinclination on the part of buyers to operate. The…

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The Stockton Mine. Work Resumed

Evening News · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 6

Newcastle, Thursday.-The Stockton coal mine is now officially declared safe in the greater portion; but No. 1 drive is not safe for working in the area of disturbance. The result of the…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 8

New England G.M. Co., Limited, Ravenswood (Q.).--Report from mine manager for fortnight ending June 8: " During last fortnight one mill was stopped for 48 hours,…

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Coal in Gippsland. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A splendid seam of coal, 3ft. 7in. thick, has been struck by the diamond drill at Boolarn, South Gippsland, at a depth of 427ft. The Government geologist…

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A Queensland Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night Mr. Buckland, of Charters Towers, has floated and registered the Central Day Dawn Gold- mining Company, Queensland, the capital…

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Queensland Coal Output. Proposed Increased Duty. BRISBANE, This Day

The Australian Star · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 4

A meeting of coal miners at Bundanba has decided to agitate for an increased duty on imported coal. The output of coal from the colony last year was 311,000 tons, valued at…

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Mount Morgan Extended Mining Company. London, June 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 7

The Mount Morgan Extended Mining Company have resolved to voluntarily wind up affairs, and to reorganise the company…

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The Stockton Mine

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 1274

Last week miners working in the Stockton Mine reported that it was in a dangerous condition. The Minister for Mines has given a good deal of attention to the matter. The Examiner of Coalfields, who was…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 7

Australian promoters are not content with their own broad domain. They are going to teach the Asiatics how it's done. The "China Overland Trade Report" contains the following…

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A New England Goldfield. the Hillgrove Mines. Baker's Creek

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 24

It is satisfactory to all who are interested in the welfare of the mining industry of this colony to know that daring the past twelve months a roally good dividend-paying mine has been added to the very few…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 13

Business in the mining market yesterday was quiet, but prices generally closed firm, in Souths there was a considerable advance, and in Webbs a slight improvement was recorded. Block 10 quitted…

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