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Mining & the mines, 1895

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Discovery of Gold at Kangaroo Plains. a Poor Man's Field

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 7

NARRANDERA, Thursday.--A prospector named Monzies has reported the discovery of payable gold on Kangaroo Plains, Buckingbong station. The reef goes down…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) New Castle

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

The adjourned meeting of the Duckenfield and Back Crook miners was held to-night at Minmi. Nothing of importance was done. The Duckenfield miners, whose colliery does not work…

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Law Report Supreme Court.—thursday, February 28. In Banco.—(Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice WINDEYER, and Mr. Justice Innes.) Donaldson V. Stockton Coal Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 6

The Court delivered its reserved judgment in the above matter, which was a demurrer by the defendant company to the fourth and sixth counts of the plaintiff's declaration…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Garangula Goldfield. Murrumburrah

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

A mass meeting of miners was held [?]ere on Monday night to hear the result of the interview between the progress committee and Mr. W. J. Mac[?]ansh, one of the executors of the Garangula Estate. The…

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The Pilbarra Goldfield. Perth

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

A telegram from Marble Bar states that splendid stone is being raised from the Francis Mine. It is expected to return 6oz. to the ton. There is an eager demand for skilled labour…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. the Rev. J. Milne Curran's Inspection

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

The Rev J. Milne Curran returned to Sydney yesterday from his visit of inspection to the Wyalong goldfield, bringing with him a large quantity of samples from the field to be treated at some of the…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 6

WEST WYALONG, Thursday.--At the new find in Stanley's Blow claim, a parallel reef has been discovered, which is estimated to go 10oz. to the ton. In Bolte's…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Tragedy at Nannine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.--A terrible tragedy occurred at Nannine yesterday afternoon. A well-known mine manager, named John Sutherland, was accidentally shot dead by…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Notice was given yesterday by the manager of the Duckenfield and Back Creek collieries that those miners who had not signified their…

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The Cremorne Coal. the New Colliery Company

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 14

LONDON, February 24.—The company promoted by Mr. James Inglis to work the coal seams at Cremorne has been registered as the Sydney…

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Sunlight Gold-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

The 12th half-yearly ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Sunlight G.M. Company was held in the Chamber of Commerce room Thursday morning. In…

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Lithgow Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday.--The coal trade is about normal, and no change for the better is expected for another month. Since the beginning of the year the average has…

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Mining. Gold Discovery at Narrandera

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 7

NARRANDERA, Friday.--The gold discovery at Kangaroo Plains, Buckingbong, is on an iron blow of stone reefs. It looks well in the prospectors' claim. A number…

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A Breach of the Coal Mines Act

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--At the Wallsend Police Court yesterday James Barr, malinger of the Co-operative colliery, was fined 18 and costs for a breach of the Coalfields…

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The Southern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade of the district has improved during the week. All the collieries are being worked fairly good time, and in addition to the…

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Peak Hill Proprietary Gold-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 10

The half-yearly meeting of the Peak Hill Proprietary Gold-mining Company was held at Victoriachambers, Pitt-street, on Thursday. Mr. A. Brown, M.L.C., presided. The report stated that the…

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Sydney Harbour Collieries Company

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 459

Our London correspondent, informs us by telegraph that the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company, which has been registered with a capital of £500,000, will issue 34,000 £107 per cent…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 20

The Royal Oak, Wyalong, has struck a new 5in. leader, dipping towards the main reef, and showing good gold. CONWAY and party, Wyalong, got the splendid…

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The Coal Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 460

The output of coal by the Lithgow Coal Association for week ending Friday, 22nd February, was 3150 tons…

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Croydon Goldfield. Last Year's Returns. Supposed Gold Robberies. A Discrepancy in Returns-Where the Gold Goes

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 5

Wardon Parkinson, in his report on the Croydon (Q.) goldfield for 1894, says:--The returns furnished me by the various mill managers show that 47,791 tons of quartz…

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