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Mining & the mines, 1890

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Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1890 · page 8

As the water has pretty well drained away from the shaft at Block 10 the manager intends resuming work to-morrow. It is believed that this week's output from the Proprietary Mine will show a marked improvement…

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The North Wales Goldfields

Evening News · Thursday 13 February 1890 · page 3

Speaking at Dolgelly to a gathering of tradespeople and gold miners, Mr. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., said that he was glad to inform them that the gold mines of North Wales had from the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 7

Messrs. T. F. Groom and Co., Brisbane, advise us that a parcel of stone from the Orchid P. C. ming, Eungella, near Mackay, gave a satisfactory result. A telegram was received…

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Mining Enterprise

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 7

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 2

Sunlight G.M. Co., No Liability.--Telegram from Hillgrove: " The reef we have struck in the crosscut I believe to be the one mentioned on page 14 of last half-yearly…

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Light Gold Coins

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The time has been extended until the end of March for the reception of all light pre-Victorian gold coins…

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Block 10 Mine. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At a meeting of the Stock Exchange to-day the extraordinary state of affairs at the Block 10 mine was discussed. Early in February assays from No.1 level were…

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QUEENSLAND. Mining Suspended

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Minister for Mines has received a telegram from the warden asking for one month's exemption for the Russell River Goldfield, in…

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Another Mining Company

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, February 12.—The prospectus of the Mount Osmond Silver-mining Company, with a capital of £100,000, will be issued shortly. Sir Samuel…

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The Gold Coinage. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 7

The time at which the contemplated withdrawal from circulation of all gold coins issued during reigns previous to that of her Majesty has been extended to…

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The South Australian Mining Commission. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Several members of the Mining Commission appointed to inquire into the working of the Mining on Private Property Act, mining generally and the…

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Light Gold Coins. Withdrawal from Circulation. LONDON, February 12

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

The date for the withdrawal from circulation of all light gold coins has been extended to March 31…

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Mount Osmond Silver-mining Company. London, Feb. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 7

The prospectus of the Mount Osmond Silver-mining Company, with a capital of £100,000, will be issued shortly. Sir Samuel Davenport is one of the…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide Mining Interests. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 9

On Wednesday a representative of the Register waited upon several leading financiers and shnrebrokers of Adelaide, with a view to gathering information as to the position of the Adelaide shareholders in respect to…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion. 300 Miners Entombed. One Hundred and Twenty Dead

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 11

LONDON, February 5.—A terrible explesion has occurred in a coal mine neal Newport, South. Wales. Three hundred miners are entombed…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 18
Also in The Daily Telegraph

TEMORA.—The following crushings are reported: —Barmedman: Jackson's Hard to Find, 6½ tons, 40oz 18dwts; No 2 Little Ada, 7 tons, 70z 1dw; R. Marshall, Phoenix Reef, 22 tons, 13oz 6dwts…

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Serious Mining Accident. Buried by a Fall of Coal. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 6

Thomas Close, a miner, met with a serious accident in the Glebe pit yesterday morning through a fall of coal which took place while he was holeing. On being extricated…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion in Wales. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 350

A fearful colliery explosion has occurred in a mine at Newport, South Wales. Three hundred miners are entombed…

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Mining Accidents in Victoria

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 386

On Saturday James Richards, mine manager of the Great Southern Gold-mining Company, Sandhurst, met a terrible death. On the 7th instant No. 6 shaft which is 400ft. deep, was found to be on fire, supposed…

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