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Mining & the mines, 1891

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Mining. the Barrier Jones

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--One smelter at the Block 14 mine has been shut down. Mr. Lane, manager, is at present away, and there seems to be some doubt as to the cause of the stoppage…

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Gold Discovery. Bright Prospects. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 5

It is stated that a new run of gold has been discovered at Wantiool, in a gully between Dobbyn's battery and Weir's residence. Forty new claims were pegged out…

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Fall Down a Shaft. Important to Miners. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 5

A magisterial enquiry was held by Mr. Alfred Elliott, coroner at Wantiool, into the circumstances of the death of Peter Hector Charlton, a lad of 11, who fell down…

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The Mining Industry. Crushing and Assays. Managers' Reports

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 3

Nambucca Heads Gold and Silver Mining Co.—February 2: Driving on. the 14Ofc level is being continued. South drive extended total distance 66ft from shaft; still carrying good ora, up to…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 5

The new find reported last week in the Bear Hill mine proves to be a vein about 6in. wide, with well-defined walls carrying good gold. ADELAIDE, MONDAY…

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The Hero Freehold Mining Company. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 6

Sir,--As one having a slight interest in the above company, perhaps yon will permit me to add a few remarks to those of others on the present state of affairs. To the general tenor…

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Pambula Goldfield

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 7

Our correspondent, writing under date February 25, says : Some three months ago a party of young men commenced to sink a shaft for alluvial on what is locally known as Grassy Flat, near…

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The Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--When visitors went underground at the Central mine to-day there was no material change noticeable, the are looking well. A regular supply of first-class…

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Broken-hill Junction Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A meeting of the shareholders in the Broken-hill Junction mine was held to-day. There were about 100 present, Mr. J. Manning presiding. The convener…

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A New Union. The Colliery Enginemen. WOLLONGONG

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 7

The colliery enginemen in this district have formed themselves into an association, which is based on somewhat similar lines to the miners' union, and will as far as possible…

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Mining Intelligence. Reports

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 7

Bingera G.M. Co., Limited.--The mine manager reports under date February 28:--"The approximate gold contained in concentrates should be 27oz. (five tons), not…

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Mining. the Hero Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 7

A special general meeting or the shareholders of the Hero freehold Silver and Gold Mining Company, Limited, was hold at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday "to consider tho best…

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The Pambula Goldfields. Prospective and Retrospective. The Present Workings. Some Interesting Information. General Remarks on the Field. No. I.

The Australian Star · Wednesday 11 March 1891 · page 2

How to reach Pambula? was the first question I asked myself, and two routes being open to me I decided at once on going to the field by one and returning by the other. Thus…

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Mining. the Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 6

BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday. -- During last week 350 tons of ore were sent away front the South mine to the Dry Creek smelting works. This parcel carried from 50oz. to 91oz. of silver per…

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New Zealand. Seizure of a Gold Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday. -- Crawford's gold mine, situated in the Thames district, and owned by a Sydney syndicate, has been seized on an order for destraint for the payment of…

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Colonial Mining Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Night. -- Mount Morgan Company, Broken-hill Proprietary and British Broken-hill Blocks shares remain unchanged…

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A Valuable Discovery. Coal Under Limestone. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 8

SomE tims ago Mr. Lahiff, manager of the Mount Pleasant Mine, sank a trial shaft on level country at Fairy Meadow, adjacent to the railway line, and, having passed through a coal seam, he came on a…

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Pambula Goldfields. the Claims Described. Characteristics of the Lodes. A Promising Field for Capital. No. II

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 March 1891 · page 3

ON leaving this line we must go back again to the crown of the hill, and west of the prospectors where the Killarney Co. have a good lode of a slightly different nature, being…

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Mining. the Barrier Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 7

BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Water is making at the Junction North mine at the rate of about 600gale. per hour. The work of cutting the plat is progressing satisfactorily. It is thought…

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Serious Mining Accident

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 5

MT.M'DONALD,Thursday.—An accident occurred this morning at the Balmoral Mine to a miner named Thomas Williams, one of the heroes of the late battery disaster. A charge exploded,…

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