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Mining & the mines, 1894

6,467 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 250

Central Broken Hill Silver-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 7

The fourth ordinary general meeting of the Contral Broken Hill Silver-minilng Company was held in Melbourne on Friday. Mr. Henry Dodds, chairman of directors, presided, and moved the adoption of the…

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Gold in Matabeleland. Official Reports. Marvellously Rich Prospects

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 4

LONDON, April 2.—Dr. Jamieson, the Administrator of the Government in Mashona-land, cables to say that the gold prospects exceed expectations everywhere…

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Rich Gold at Forest Reefs. 125oz for Two Weeks' Washing

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 5

Very good and important news is to hand from Forest Beefs, near Orange. Berryman and party got 125oz from two week's washing. This is one of five parties who got prospecting aid to test…

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Mining on Private Lands The Measure to be Passed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 6

The Mining on Private Lands Bill is now before the Legislative Council, and some question has been raised as to its passage owing to amendments made by that…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 6

The Mootooroo Copper Mine in South Australia has closed down. In Block 14 crosscutting at No. 4 level of the main shaft is being continued and as soon as the west…

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The Coolgardie Gold Fields. News From Kurnalpi.scarcity of Water.some Rich Finds

Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday.—News which has reached here from Coolgardie states that the Berdan pans and small crashing plant at Bayley's Reward Claim have been removed to a battery house for the…

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Gold in Matabeleland. Rich Alluvial Country. Important Find at Buluwayo Marvellous Yields Obtained. London, April 2

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 5

An important message has been re-reived from Dr. Jamieson, the British Administrator, in South Africa, reporting the discovery of rich alluvial…

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West Australia. the Rush to the Goldfields. Modern Argonauts. With the Waroornza's Passengers- Man Overboard-- Miraculous Rescue-- Seventy Minutes in the Water

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 6

A correspondent sends us the following particulars of the voyage of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Waroonga, from Sydney to West Australian ports. The loss overboard…

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West Australia. the West Australian Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Monday.--D. F. Driscoll and W. Jones, two successful prospectors, have returned to Adelaide from West Australia. They brought with them 12 nuggets,…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Abatement of the Rush. Continued Confidence in the Field. the Need for a Railway or Road Repairs. Insanitary Conditions and Sickness

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 4

BARMEDMAN, Monday.--The rush to Wyalong goldfield seems to have considerably abated for the present. The numbers arriving by private and specially hired…

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The Coolgardie Goldfields. the Esperance Bay Route. Great Rush to Kurnalpi. Scarcity of Water. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 5

A camel train is working between Esperance Bay and the Pinnsoles, a distance of 240 miles. News has been received from Collgardie to 29th March. At Bayiey's Reward claim, the Berdan…

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The Northern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The miners of the Co-operative colliery held a meeting at Plattsburg last night to consider the terms offered by the proprietor (Mr. W. Laidley)…

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Water for Gold-mining In the Shoalhaven District

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 3

Mr. Copeland gave an affirmative reply to the following questions asked the Minister for Works by Mr. Garrard, for Mr. Chapman, in the Assembly yesterday:--…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 7

Some little time ago Mr. C. L. Garland contributed to our columns a description of what appeared to be one of the most gigantic and remarkable silicious gold-bearing bodies…

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West Australian Mines

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 4

LONDON April 3. The St Cue Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £80,000, is, being formed to acquire Mines in the Murchison district west Australia…

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The Grong Grong Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 7

NARRANDERA, Tuesday.--Some local excitement has been caused by a crushing from Smith's claim at the Grong Grong mines yielding 33d wt. to the ton. The stone was Horn a reef 15ft. deep, and since then…

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The Output of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The returns of the output of coal in Queensland during 1893 are now complete. The quantities were as follows :--Ipswich, 202,429 tons; Wide Bay,…

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Peak Hill Gold Field

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 5

PEAK HILL Wednesday. The Proprietary Mine at Peak Hill crushed during the last fort night stone yielding 31Ooz. The contractors in No. 6 shaft of the Crown of Peak Hill Company…

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The New Gold Discoveries

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 7

In no civilised country in which gold has once been found and obtained for the mere trouble of digging it out of the earth, as if it were a potato, or other vegetable crop, does the news of a fresh storehouse of…

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A Mining Case

Evening News · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 4

The case of the Baker's Creek Consolidated Gold g Company, No Liability, and the New Baker's Creek Consolidated Gold Mining Company, No Liability, v. Alfred James Hack, occupied the attention of the…

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