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Mining & the mines, 1895

5,887 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250

The Coolgardie Goldfield. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 5

The first crushing from the Mount Burgess mine gave a return of 577oz. from 26S tons as the result of four weeks and sixteen bours' run. The plant is running smoothly. The stone being…

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A Gippsland Goldfield. Peculiar Discovery. An Exploded Geological Theory. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 6

A discovery of golden freestone has been madem Gladstone Creek, 10 miles from Boragalong, Gippsland, Over [?]2000 worth has already been obtained. The most important…

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The Goldfields. Coolgardie Crushings. Excitement in Tasmania. COOLGARDIE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 5

A fine crushing was obtained from the Mount Burgess mine, which yielded 577oz. from 208 tons, the result of four weeks 16 hours' work. The stone is of average…

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Gold Mining Companies

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 29.-The Murchison United Gold Mining Company, West Australia, with, a capital of £100,000, has been registered…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries. the Seaham Pit--non-unionists Engaged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--There were 35 minors at work at the Seaham colliery today, and the number will be further increased to-morrow by parties from here and…

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Austin Gold-mining Company. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

At a meeting of the shareholders of the Austin Gold-mining Company a resolution was passed confirming the increase in the capital to £75,000 for the purpose of…

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The Northern Collieries. Wilful Distruction

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, January 30.-An act of wilful destruction was committed during Tuesday night. The telephone wire communication with the Seaham Colliery and…

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Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

The Murchison United Gold-mining Company, Western Australia, with a capital of £100,000, has been registered. The Star of the East Gold-mining…

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The Garangula Gold-field

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 6

GARANGULA, Tuesday.--The following parties cleaned up at the sluice boxes:--Fanhoe, 17 loads; O'Brien, 88; Armstrong, 51; Crowley, 17; M'Arthur, 7; Donohue, 4;…

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Newcastle Coal Crisis. Work at the Seaham Colliery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 6

During last night or early this morning the telephone-wire communication with the Seaham Colliery and the Newcastle office was pulled down, and about 200 yards of wire carried…

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Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 6

ALBURY, January 30.-Some prospectors at Black Range Creek, near Albury, have struck alluvial wash yielding from 15dwt to the tub…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 9

Little business was done in the Mining market yesterday, the only reported sales being of Wickham and Bullock Island coal at 8s 6d, Papuan, Charters Towers, at 13s, and Occidental at 2s 8d…

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The Victorian Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Returns prepared by the Mining Department show that the output of coal in Victoria during 1894 was 170,467 tons, as against 91,726 tons in…

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The Lucknow Mines. Orange

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

The Hon. J. T. Toohey, M.L.C., and Mr. James Dalton, of Orange, visited Lucknow the other day, and while there went through the underground workings,…

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Seaham Colliery. Telephone Wire Cut. Police Reinforcements. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 6

It was discovered this morning that the telephone line between Soaham colliery and the shipping office at Newcastle had been out, thus preventing communication between…

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The Output of Coal. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

The output of coal for last year from the various mines in Victoria was 170,467 tons, being an increase of 78,741 tons over the previous year. The number of men employed was 70[?], being an…

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Mining. the Charters Towers Field

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 6

Alan B. Bright and Co., in their report for last month, give a resume of operations at Charters Towers for the year 1894, in which they state:--…

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Western Australian Goldfields. Influx of Mining Men to Coolgardie. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

The winding machinery on the main shaft of the New Victoria mine has been erected and is working smoothy. Arrangements are being made to continue sinking the shaft and cutting the…

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American Currency. a Message to Congress. Proposed Issue of Gold Bonds

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.-- President Cleveland has forwarded a message to Congress in which he urges the necessity of issuing gold bonds, bearing 3 per…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Typhoid Epidemic at Coolgardie

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.--Although typhoid has been in existence at Coolgardie for a considerable time. It has never before reached such an alarming stage as at present. The…

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