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Mining & the mines, 1895

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Latest Mining News. (Continued From Page 27.) West Australia. Expedition to Mount Jackson

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 17

COOLGARDIE, February 27.—A magnificent show of quartz is now on view at the Bank of Australasia from the recently discovered London Mine…

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Newcastle News. Charge of Assault and Robbery Newcastle District Court. Mining Affairs -- Arrival of Free Laborers-- The Fracas in a Tramcar. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

At the police court yesterday morning Alfred Smith and Tames Flavin were charged that they did in company assault and rob one John Hall, of Adamstown. Mr. Sparke…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 9

At Stanley's Blow mining matters are progressing satisfactorily. Rvan and party are sinking on one of two reefs contained in their property. One is at a depth of 100ft., and they anticipate making…

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(From Our Correspondents.) Galley Swamp Goldfield. Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 11

The prospects of this field are improving daily, and the returns from the various crushings passed through the local batteries proclaim it one of the most consistent and regular fields in the colony…

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The Garangula Goldfield. Murrumburrah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 11

A small rush has set in at a new gully in Osborn[?]s paddock. Six [?]hafts are being put down. The prospectors bottomed at 22ft. on about Sin. of wash, prospects giving 3gr. for about two dishes of dirt,…

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Bywong Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 487

Considerable interest is just now manifested with regard to recent finds at Bywong, and the prospects of the field proving a profitable one to work. In our issue of February 23. we published an interesting…

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Sketches in and Around Bywong Goldfield. [See Page 497.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 494

1. Meteorological Station on Lake George, three miles from Bywong Goldfield, looking south. 2. Bywong Homestead. 3. Valley of the Yass River. 4. Another View of Yass River, showing Mount Bywong in the distance. 5. Lake George from Silver Wattle Point, looking north. G. Alexander Johnson and Co.'s Pioneer Claim…

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Latest About the Bywong Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 482

A report has been sent to the Mines Department by Mr. J. E. Game, geological surveyor, on the Bywong goldfield, near Bungendore. After exhaustively describing the various claims and reefs,…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. a New Find at the Union Claim

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

WYALONG WEST, Friday.--A new find has been made in the Union claim. After considerable work, a roof was cut in driving at 100ft. level, 90ft. in, carrying visible…

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Champion Gold Medal Contests

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1895 · page 7

A game in connection with the Champion Gold Medal contests took place on the Waverley Green yesterday, between Captain K[?] and J. Wahlberg. The game was a fairly well contested one,…

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Mining and Finance. the Mines and the Mining Market. "There is always a charm in the unexpected."—LORD Rosebery's Reoert Speech. Our Letter Box. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 March 1895 · page 3

[Letters must reach us, addressed to the Mining Editor, before Friday. No notice is taken of anonymous correspondence.]X.O'B.—Rio Tintos are worth, say, £15, and De…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Whilst at work in the Newcastle Coalmining Company's A pit on Friday, a miner named Robert Wilson was badly crushed and bruised by a fall of…

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New Gold Mining Cos

Evening News · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 9.—The New Hampton Plains Exploration Company, West Australia, with a capital of £180,000; the Mount Margaret…

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The Western Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 5

LITHCOW, Saturday.--The coal trade for the week shows little or no change, and is not expected to improve to any extent for some short time. The output for last…

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The Southern Collieries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.--The export of coal from the district during February amounted to 45,423 tons, 33,035 tons being from the jetties. and 12.388 from this port…

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New Gold-mining Companies. London, March 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 5

Kingston's Isabella mine, Coolgardie, has been sold to a London syndicate. MARCH 9. The New Hampton Plains Exploration…

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Sydney Harbour Collieries Company. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 5

The shares in the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company, which was formed to work'the coal seam struck at Cremorne, are being allotted…

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Tasmanian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 7

HOBART, Sunday.--The Golden Gate, Mathiuna, has crushed 150 tons for a yield of 214oz. of amalgam. The sales on the Hobart Exchange yesterday were:--Mount…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 7

No sales were reported on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday, and quotations showed little change. Sydney Stock Exchange.—The latest quotations…

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Newcastle News. Found Drowned, Colliery Affairs. Meeting of Miners--The Chamber of Commerce -- Charge of Stealing Whisky. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 5

Water-Police-constable Hatherby recovered on Saturday afternoon the body of a man floating in the harbor opposite the pilot boathouse, and had it removed to the…

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