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Mining & the mines, 1895

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Mining at Toolong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 7

Warden King has forwarded to the Mines Department a report from Cooma on mining at Toolong and "Grey Mare," Boogong, and other localities in the Snowy Mountains. Leaving Kiandra on the 8th…

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Mining in West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 7

John S. Read, in his monthly report, dated Perth, March 1, writes as follows:--"The revival of investment in goldmining shares has been strongly maintained during the…

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Mining in the Snowy Mountains

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 7

The Minister for Mines has received a report from Warden King, of Cooma, with reference to mining operations at Toolong and Grey Mare, Boogong, and other localities in the…

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Shocking Mining Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 5

A shocking mining accident occurred at Bendigo to-day. Thomas Pritchard, a miner, aged 34, who had beeb out of work for some time, started off to see if he could find any…

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Newcastle News. Mining Affairs. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 6

In accordance with a resolution of a public meeting held at Walisend about a week ago the amalgamation petitions have been going the rounds of Wallsend and Plattsburg for…

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New Mining Companies. London, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 5

The North Kapanga Gold-mining Company, with a capital of £60,000, and the Clyde Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, with a capital of £65,000, have been…

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Mining Fatality at Greta. Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 5

A miner named Robert Maxwell was working coal in the long jig section of the Greta pit this morning, when a mass of coal carne down crushing him to the ground and almost instantly…

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Alluvial Gold at Gundaroo. a Contradiction. GUNDAROO

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 6

The warden on this field desires to contradict the statement in circulation that alluvial gold has been discovered at Dairy Creek, Gundaroo. This statement has no…

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English Commercial. (Our Special Messages.) Australian Mining Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The following are the latest sales made of Australian mining shares:--Broken-hill Proprietary Company, 42s 6d; Mount Morgan…

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Goldfields of Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 5

Very little has been done towards opening M'Gregor's Block at the new find, but a hole sunk 2ft. is simply thick with gold, the precious metal being present all through the stone. There is,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 5

Symonds and party, of the Two Up claim on the Currajong line, at the 100ft. level are on first-class stone, the reef being from Sin. to 15in. in width, consisting of quartz and ironstone. Some splendid…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) the Binni Creek Goldfield. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 7

Ia Wm. M'Innes's paddock tho prospectors washed last week 179 loads for a yield of 3½dwt. per load. Claim No. 6, Abberton and party, washed 104 loads for 5dwt. per load. No. 14, Daly and party,…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 7

WYALONG, Wednesday.--At Channon's battery, the Welcome Stranger cleaned from 186 tons of quartz 1153oz. of smelted gold, an average of over 6oz. to the load. At Gough's…

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The Coal Trade. the Northern Collieries. Lambton Mine to Be Shut Down

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--It is now believed to be certain that on Saturday the Lambton Colliery will be laid idle for an indefinite period. So far no…

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Another Gold Mining Co

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, March 21.—The Hampton Plains Gold Fields Company, West Australia, with a capital of £100,000, has been registered…

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Star's Special Cables Colliery Explosion. Forty Miners Killed. London, March 21

The Australian Star · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 5

A disastrous explosion occurred in a coal mine in the State of Indiana, U.S. The explosion was due to firedamp, and a number of miners were…

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The Colliery Trouble

Evening News · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The A. A. Company have over thirty shiftmen working in the Seapit, and it appears that they are doing other work besides driving easterly…

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Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 5

The Hampton Plains Goldfields Company, Western Australia, with a capital of £100,000, has heen registered…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 7

A moderate amount of business was done in the Mining market yesterday. Silver shares continued to show a hardening tendency. For Proprietary shares there were buyers at 40s, Centrals…

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Sale of a Queensland Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The North Queensland Mines Agency has sold the Black Snake Gold Mine for £50,000 cash and £150,000 in shares…

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