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Mining & the mines, 1891

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A New Gold Rush. Two Miles Pegged Out

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 6

THE Mines Department received a telegram this morning from Mr. George Maunsell, the warden at Wyndham, announcing a new gold rush in that district…

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The Mining Industry. Crushings and Assays. Managers' Reports

Evening News · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 6

Silver HilI Co., Sunny Corner.—January 15: The New North tunnel has been extended a further distance of 18ft, total 170ft. Ground about the same as last reported…

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The Late Strike. Suspension of a Miners' Lodge. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 5

The A. A. Company's Sea Pit miners have confirmed the delegates' minute that the miners of the Great Northern Lodge be suspended from the Miners' Association for going to work at the time of the late…

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West Australian Rush. Big Finds of Gold Reported. Great Privations Experienced. Deaths Through Want of Water. PERTH

The Australian Star · Tuesday 20 January 1891 · page 6

There are 400 men on the new goldfield. A nugget weighing 140oz. has been found, and another nugget of 40oz, has been unearthed. It is reported…

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Miners' Mass Meeting. The "Paddock" Question. Minister for Mines Petitioned. ALICKTOWN, January 17

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 7

One of the largest mass meetings of the miners and diggers of Alicktown took place in front of Harvey's hotel last Monday and Tuesday nights. The object of the meeting…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 7

A fine collection of opals in the rough from a mine situated 150 miles north-west of Thargomindah are on view at Mr. J. W. Cliff's office Post-office- chambers. The exhibit is a…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 11
Also in The Australian Star

Great improvement took place in the value of Barrier scrip yesterday. Centrals [?]d a large inquiry at £5 18s to £6 1s, closing with b[?] at [?] 19s. Block 10, which on the previous day closed at £13 10s, hardened…

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Mining Companies

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 4

THE Victorian Minister for Mines is giving his attention to the introduction of a novel but highly necessary piece of legislation. The ruin and…

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Gold Discovery. Hillgrove

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 6

A new discovery of gold-bearing stone was made to-day in Snow and party's claim, adjoining the Golden Gate mine and near the Baker's Creek claim. The…

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Mining Companies and the State

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 4

The half-yearly report of the Brokenhill Proprietary Company, a synopsis of which appeared in our columns last Saturday, proves that this colossal concern…

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Management of Broken Hill Mines. Sydney v. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 6

A largely-attended meeting of the members of the Stock Exchange of New South Wales was held at noon to-day to protest against the management of the…

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Reformation in Mining. Action of the Victorian Minister. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 5

The committee of the Stock Exchange wailed on the Minister for Mines yesterday at Mr. Outtrim's invitation to confer as to the necessity and possibility of regulating the…

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The Suppression of Bogus Mining Companies. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 8

The suppression of bogus mining companies formed the subject of an important conference to-day between the Minister of Mines and a deputation from the Stock Exchange of Melbourne. Mr…

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Bendithera. Gold and Silver Mines. Large Outcropping Lodes. Assay Results

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 2

The people of Moruya are exceedingly excited and very jubilant over the recent discovery on Bendithera Station of gold and silver which is found in the enormous outcropping ironstone lodes on that…

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Gold-mining in Wales. the Work Blocked. London, January 21

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 6

Owing to some legal difficulty Mr. Mr. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., has been restrained from gold-mining in Wales…

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The Southern Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 5

LITHGOW, Wednesday.--Two delegates from the Illawarra district have addressed an aggregate meeting here in explanation of the situation in the south, and were accorded a vote of…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 7

The second half-yearly meeting of the United Bluey Reef Gold-mining Company, No Liability, was held on Monday, January 19. Mr. E. E. Shaw, the chairman of the company,…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--Work in the South mine is being vigorously prosecuted and the mine is looking very well. The steps are yielding a good grade of ore, of which 322 tons…

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A New Mercury Mine

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1891 · page 2

The discovery of a rich quicksilver mine has been made at Wippach, in Carinthia, Austria. It appears that as long as 20 years ago children, while playing near the Wippach at low water,…

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