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Mining & the mines, 1891

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Mining. Telegrams

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 6

ALBURY, Friday.--Mr. Charles Mason, one of the members of the prospecting party who made the discovery of tin lodes at Mount Wills, Bogong, has been on a visit to this district and…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 11

The prospectus of the P[?] Silver-Mining; Company (Mount Dundas, Ta[?]nia) appears in our advertising columns to-day. The proposed capital is £100,00ft in 100,000 shares of £[?] each. The company…

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English Capital in Australian Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 46

Our London correspondent cables on the 24th ultimo:—The New Chum Gold-mining Company with, a capital of £25,000 has been registered. The capital was subscribed privately. The prospectus of the…

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Residential Gold Field Leases

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 16

SOME difficulty having arison through a regulation issued under the last Lands Acquiring application for residential Issues on gold fields to submit their applications in person, the Minister for Lands has…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 42

Share Report.—Sales: Central, paid, £7 10s; Block 14, £7 1s; South, paid, £6; Round, £5 7s; Junction, £3 11s 6d; Old British, £3 10s; Junction North, 10s 6½d; Adelaide Proprietary, 8s 6d…

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A New Industry. Manufacturing Patent Coal

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

ON Monday afternoon last a reporter from the MERCURY Office paid a visit to Mr. J. Thorpe’s Briquette Factory, at Campbell Hill, Sherwood, near Parramatta. There, he was…

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The Barrier Mines. Broken Hill, Dec. 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 46

The mines are not attracting much interest new, and very few visitors vent underground at the Central this morning. A good supply of water is being obtained from the water winze sunk from the 400ft. level. It is…

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Big Gold Returns From Hill End

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 16

THE latest news from Hill End shows that the new make of gold in the famous Hawkins Hill claims continues enormously rich. Messrs. Emmett and party took out farther rich deposits…

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The First Gold Discovery in Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 10

MR. A. W. Bucknell writes with reference to the late Parliamentary report on the on the claims of Messrs. Tom and Lister :- Four years ago the late Mr. C. Croft made a…

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Discovery of Rich Gold in Victoria

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 10

AN important discovery of a gold-bearing reef at Growlers' Creek, near Wandiligong, Victoria, was on Tuesday reported to the Secretary for Mines by Mr. W. Radcliff,…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 31

Cobar.—Our Coresspondent, writing on December 20, says: Mr. Anderson, Government Geologioal Surveyor, has arrived, and is making inquiries into the application for a portion of the prospecting vote…

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A New Industry at Parramatta. Patent Coal Blocks or Briquettes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 6

A NEW manufacturing industry is, we understand, about to be established in this colony. A few days ago we were invited by Mr. Jno. Thorpe (the…

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The Mining Industry. Managers' Reports. Crushings and Assays

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 3

Gilberton Gold, Silver, and Gem Mining Syndicate Co.—In the Chinese lease, which have taken up again, the formation is 3ft wide, carrying lft of stone. We are now breaking very fair-looking…

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The Mount Morgan Mine. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

The English shareholders of the Mount Morgan mine complain that the delay in forming a London register of that company's ehares is tending to soriously…

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Late Mining. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

The Mount Morgan Company haa declared a dividend of is per share free of dividend tax. ADELAIDE, FRIDAY. The following are the latest sales:—Fraser's South…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 31.) The Famous Hawkins Hill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 44

The latest news from Hill End shows that the new make of gold in the famous Hawkins Hill claims continues enormously rich, and greater returns than ever are anticipated. Messrs…

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The Swamp Oak Creek Goldfield

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 19

THE rush to this Cold (writes a correspondent) still continues. There are at present 120 men on the field. There is no alluvial gold to be got, and therefore there is no use for men to come to…

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Swamp Oak and Niangala Goldfields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 46

A report on the Swamp Oak and Niangala Goldfields his been received by the Minister for Mines from Mr. Warden Frappell. The Swamp Oak field is situated in the county of Parry, parish of Loftue, on the Swamp…

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Mount Gray Gold-mining Co

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 3.—The Mount Gray Gold-mining Co., New South Wales, with, a capital of £60,000, has been registered in London…

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Mount Gray Gold-mining Company. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1891 · page 5

The Mount Gray Gold-mining Company, Now South Wales, with a capital of £60,000, has been registered…

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