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Mining & the mines, 1890

4,682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 235

The Blue Spur Gold-mining Company. London, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 11

The Blue Spur Gold-mining Company, Otago, New Zealand, intend to issue 5000 preference shares…

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Mount Osmond Mine

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 4

LONDON, May 8.-The vendors having failed to deliver the Mount Osmond property to the company formed for its purchase, the directors of the latter propose to…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 19
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE METAL MARKET.—Stocks of copper in England and France continue to decline, having been reduced by 2000 tons during the past month. The total is now 86,050 tons. The pries on the whole…

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Alleged Gold Robbery

The Australian Star · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Mr. Downey, the chairman of the Croydon Divisional Board, has issued a writ against the Croydon Mount Morgan Consolidated G.M. Co. for…

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The Hunter River Miners. Meeting of the Committee of Management. the Dispute at the G.n. Colliery. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The following resolutions have been adopted by the committee of management of the Hunter River Miners' Association…

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The Barrier Mines. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--Visitors who were accompanied by Manager Warren through underground workings, Block 10, to-day found that material improvement had taken place in…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 1056

Messrs. Highett and Rodway, directors of the South Broken Hill Mine, have been on a visit here the last day or two for the purpose of inspecting the work now in progress on the property. Mr. Rodway returned to…

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The Tasmanian-silver Mines (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 7

HOBART, Thursday.--The Argent Silver mining Company have adopted a resolution that Mr. Wilson's offer of 7500 shares fully paid up to £1 instead of £7259 in cash be…

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Late Mining. Deepwater

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 1048

The machinery at the Castle Rag Proprietary was started to-day, and is working smoothly and well. The concentrates look rich. Massive galena ore was met with in No. 4 shaft, assaying 12Ooz. per ton, and 70…

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The Clifton Colliery Dispute. No Signs of a Settlement. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 5

CLIFTON, Friday.--Sir John Robertson, accompanied by his co-directors in the Coalcliff Coal-mining Company, visited Clifton on Tuesday for the purpose of inspecting the new…

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Mining in the Malay Peninsula

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 7

A very discouraging description of two Malay mining enterprises (Paining and Raub) is given in the Hongkong Daily Press by Mr. Henry Norman. The former property at a…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 24

Copper and Tin—Sydney Prices.—The market for tin is quiet at 15s 9d per unit. Of copper, 100 tons were sold during the past week at about £51 per ton…

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Queensland Mining Interests. London, May 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 11

The vendors of the Mount Osmond property having failed to deliver the mine to the English company floated to acquire it, the directors of the latter company have…

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Purchase of the Great Northern Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 12

The Great Northern Colliery, at Teralba, has changed hands, having been purchased by a syndicate. It is understood that the new company will pay the district hewing price of 4s 2d per ton. The late owners only…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 25.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 45

Sunny Corner Silver Mine.—May 6: Ore treated, 546 tons; weekly product, 22 tons first and 50 tons second matte; estimated value, £1793. North Woah Hawp, Ballarat East.—…

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Mining Affairs at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 12

The miners' committee of management met yesterday with closed doors. The chair was taken by Mr. J. Thomson, president of the Miners' Union. The following revolutions were carried:—" That we cannot…

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Australian. Sydenham Mining Exhibition. New South Wales to the Front. Mr. Dutton's Fortune

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1890 · page 12

LONDON, May 1.—It is announced that New South Wales has applied for no less than 15,000 feet of space for the show of her exhibits at the forthcoming mining…

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Gold-mining in Wales

Evening News · Monday 12 May 1890 · page 4

LONDON, May 10.-The gold-mining company in Wales which was formed by Mr W. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., is to be wound up voluntarily and then reconstructed…

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The Morgan Gold-mining Company. London, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1890 · page 5

The Morgan Gold-mining Company, in Wales, which was founded by Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., is to be wound up voluntarily and then reconstructed…

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