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Mining & the mines, 1895

5,887 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 250

English Commercial. (Our Special Messages.) Banking and Mining Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The following are the latest quotations for Australian mining and banking shares:--Bank of New South Wales, £36 5s; Mount Morgan…

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Drysdale Gold Field. The Work at the Claims. Description of the Field. Prospects of the Properties--Results of Crushings

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 5

A correspondent writes:--Having perused the Sydney papers pretty well of late, and not seeing anything worthy of note written about this field…

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The Garangula Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 6

GARANGULA, Wednesday.--Fine weather has been experienced all the past week, but water is very scarce, and rain will be gladly welcomed. The sluicing plant was going five…

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Gold Mining Company

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 28.—The shares of the Westralian Premier Gold Mining Company, which was formed to acquire the Aurora Mine, West…

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Sunlight Gold—mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 7

The twelfth half-yearly meeting of the Sunlight Gold-mining Company was held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. Joseph Harker presided. The directors' report stated that operations in the…

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Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

The shares of the Westralian Premier Gold mining Company, which has formed to acquire the Aurora mine, Western Australia, have been allotted…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 7

The secretary of the Ernest Giles (W.A.) Gold Prospecting Company (Mr. A. H. Barclay), we are informed, returned from West Australia this week, having seen the…

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Tasmanian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 7

HOBART, Thursday.--A report received from the Hercules mine, West Coast, states that a thorough examination of the lode shows that it is 45ft. wide, and all solid…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 7

The only sale reported in the Mining market yesterday was of Wickham and Bullock Island coal shares at 9s 6d. Silver shares showed no change of note, Broken Hill Proprietary closing…

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The Northern Miners. The Greta Colliery. Deputation to Mr. Cowlishaw. Minmi Pit to Resume on Monday -- Special Police Protection Provided

The Australian Star · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

A deputation, consisting of Mr. A. Pryor (Mayor of Greta), Mr. T. Jones, J.P., and Mr. J. Unsworth, waited on Mr. M. C. Cowlishaw, chairman of the directors of the…

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West Australian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night--The Australia Limited Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, has been formed, the capital being £120,000 Of this amount…

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Mining at Milparinka

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 7

The following telegram has been received by the Mines Department from Warden Ducat, of Milparinka:—"I have inspected the new find at Little Bendigo. The surface show of quartz is rich in gold…

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Miners' Troubles. 100,000 Men Under Notice

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, February 28.—The South Wales coal owners have given a month's notice to 100,000 men, owing to the miners having demanded an…

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Western Australian Goldfields. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correpondents.) Mining at Coolgardie. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

The directors of Hannan's Hill Company, accompanied by Dr. Houghton, left for Perth yesterday, and will go on to Adelaide and Melbourne before returning to London. They were…

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Great Cobar Copper-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 7

At the meeting yesterday of the Great Cobar Copper-mining Company, the directors' report was unanimously adopted. It stated the directors have pleasure in reporting…

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Mining News. New South Wales

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

The following telegram has been received by the Mines Department from Warden Ducat, of Milparinka: "I have inspected the new find tat Little Bendigo…

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A Mining Explosion. Forty Men Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday, I p.m.--By an explosion in the Whiteash mine. New Mexico, 40 of the miners were killed instantaneously…

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Terrible Tragedy. Mine Manager Shot Dead. Suicide of His Companion

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

PERTH (W.A.), March 1.—A shocking occurrence is reported from Nannine. On Wednesday afternoon a well-known mine manager, named John Sutherland, was…

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News by Cable. Fire in a Mine. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON February 28.—A fire, caused by an explosion, has occurred in the Whiteash Mine, at Cerillos, in the State of New Mexico, U.S.A…

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Fire in a Mine. Sixty-five Lives Lost. London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 5

A fire has occurred in a mine at Cerillos, in the state of New Mexico, U.S.A. Twenty-five miners have perished, and…

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