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Mining & the mines, 1890

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 7

The secretary of the Hero Freehold Silver and Gold Mining Company, Limited, informs us that Mr. R. C. Allen (of Messrs. Allen and Allen,…

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Mining Intelligence

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 8

Our Bathurst correspondent wires:--At Cheshire Creek work is still being actively carried on ; at the Albert Victor claim, the property of Messrs. S. Lindsay and…

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New Mining Company

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.—The prospectus of the Mount Zeehan Lead and Silver Mining Company, Tasmania, has been issued…

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Victorian Gold. The Past Year's Output. Silver Speculation and Gold Investment

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 8

GOLD-MINING in Victoria for the year just terminated has not been so profitable as in the one that preceded it, says the ARGUS. In 1888 the total amount of gold won from…

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BLOCK 10 Mine. a Rapid Rise. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

Great excitement prevailed on Change this morning owing to the extraordinary run made on Block 10 scrip. Last night the price closed at L10 6s. This…

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The Glebe Colliery Disaster. Allowance to the Widows and Children. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The widows of those miners who were killed by a fall of roof at the Globe B mine on June 22 last have accepted the allowance made to them by the A.A…

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Barrier Miners Association. Appointment of Officers. Broken Hill

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

Tho electioneering campaign is commencing for the appointment of officers for the local branch of the Miners Association for the ensuing six months. The ballot…

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Mount Zeehan Lead and Silver Mine. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

The prospectus of the Mount Zeehan Lead and Silver Mining Company, Tasmania, has been issued…

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An Australian Mining Manager. CAPTAIN B. BRYANT

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 2

Captain Benjamin Bryant, Mining representative for Miss Cornwell in New South Wales, was born in 1851, in Altarnum, Cornwall, in which county he received his education. At the age of 10 years he…

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Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

The Golden Gate cleared up from a nine-days' crushing, getting 610oz. 7dwt. 4gr. from 190 tons. Another shilling dividend has been declared…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Charters Towers. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Charters Towers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

A terrible and fatal accident occurred yesterday at the School Reserve deep shaft. Four men were down boring with the machine when an explosion was heard, and on Mr. Beath…

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Extraordinary Mountain Mystery a Goldfield Story

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 7

'Better send a few men up each side,' suggested Doctor Mitchell to Connolley. 'I'll lead one,' said Strong. 'Connolley, you—'…

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The Kangarilla Mine

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

LONDON, January 6.—The shares in the Kangarilla Silver Mine, in the Barrier Ranges district of South Australia, are improving in price. They are now quoted…

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"Mining"

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

ARMIDALE, Monday.—Very good accents have just been received from the Enmore Consolidated claim ok Melrose, and tho field is generally meet promising…

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Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

TIN MINING at EMMAVILLE.—We have received some information bearing upon the tin lodes at Emmaville, near Deepwater, in the New England district. Mr. Thomas Bibby, of the firm of Bibby…

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Tuesday's Mining

The Australian Star · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

The market this morning was very strong, and there is a further tendency for higher prices. Block 10's advanced to L17 15s., or an increase of about L5 over…

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A Coal-heading Machine

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 7

The greatest difficulty which at present menaces the expansion of increased activity in the metallurgical and engineering, trades is the marked increase in the cost of raw materials (said. a London paper). The…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—A painful accident, with a fatal result, occurred at the new smelters on the Proprietary Mine, on Saturday morning, to a smelter named Henry Brame, aged 60…

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