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Mining & the mines, 1896

6,248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Pambula Mining Returns

Evening News · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

PAMBULA, Friday.—The annual returns of the Pambula mining warden's office show that 3800 tens of ore were raised, and 1700 tons of tailings treated locally last year, which returned £30,000…

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No Gold on the Rand

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 8

No longer than ten years ago, even the Transvaal was looked upon as no better than a howling wilderness. Some traces of gold had been found, but they were not regarded…

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Late Mining. COOLGARDIE

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 198

The sale of the London mine was completed yesterday, when the lucky prospectors received a cheque for £27,000, the sum of £30,000 having been paid as a deposit some time ago. The…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 24

The absence of rain has caused the suspension of the Drysdale and Eldorado claims, Mount Drys dale, for three months, or till rain falls. Other claims are making application for a similar…

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Mining Accident, Relief Fund. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 9

The invested funds to the credit of the Victorian Mining. Accident Relief Fund amounted to £20,950, from which the income last year was £981 10s. The expenditure in advances to…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 24.) Wentworth Proprietary Company

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 15

The animal general meeting of the share holders of the Wentworth Gold Fields Proprietary Company, Limited, was held in London on December 11, the Earl of…

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Murchison and Coolgardie Goldfields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 201

Mr. F. B. Trade, who has been associated for some years with the Western Australian goldfields, and who is at present on a visit to Sydney, was seen recently by a representative of the Mail, and…

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Charters Towers Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 200

Messrs. Alan B. Bright and Co., of Charters Towers (Q.), in their report on the field for the month of December, state as follows:—The returns for December were 17,606 tons for 21,042oz., the…

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The Wentworth Goldfields Proprietary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 200

The fourth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Wentworth Goldfields Proprietary Company, Limited, was held in London on the 11th December, the Earl of Kilmorey, K.P., chairman of…

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The West Australian Goldfields. the Influx of Population

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

ESPERANCE, Friday.--The steamer Flinders has arrived with 120 passengers, and the Yara[?]la with 70. The town is now overcrowded, and the steamer Helen Nicoll…

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Mining and Finance. the Mines and the Mining Market

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 3

"You cannot ignore the wide possibilities, the varieties, the alternatives inseparable from the pursuit of the hidden wealth…

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A Valuable Mine. In Westralia

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 5

THE following announcement appealed in a recent Issue of the 'Coolgardie Miner':—I have a valuable mine for sale. I know it is valuable, because I found it myself. I…

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The M'lucky Mine. a Smoker's Luck

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 5

NEIL M'CALLUM, the discoverer of the M'Lucky Mine, Rokewood diggings Tasmanis owes his fortune to tobacco. While prospecting in Paddy's Gully, he took out…

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An Unexampled Exodus. To the Goldfields of the West. OVER 2,000 in a Fortnight

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1896 · page 5

THE exodus from New South Wales to the goldfields of Westralia has been abnormal during the past fortnight. It is like the heat wave—it beats the record. The ships…

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Killed in a Coal Mine

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—An inquest was held this morning touching the death of a miner named Richard Nicholls, who succumbed in the hospital last night to injuries received in the Bore…

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A Rich Gold Mine. Young

The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 6

The Staines family have a very rich gold claim on Spiring Creek, returning a profit of over £100 per. week…

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The Rothschild Gold Mine. Issue of Duplicate Shares

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A special meeting of the shareholders in the Rothschild mine was held on Saturday at Craigis Hotel, Ballarat, to consider the matter of the…

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Two Miners Killed

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 3

WYALONG, Monday.—On Saturday afternoon a miner named Patrick Kane, single, 25 years old, was killed. While being hauled up out of the shaft the bucket on which he was sitting caught…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 7

Baker's Creek G. M. Co., Hillgrove, 818 tons, 654 oz. 181wt. Baker's Creek Tributers, Hillgrove, 96 tons, 75oz. 7dwt. Sunlight G. M. Co., Hillgrove, 586 tons, 329oz…

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The Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1896 · page 6

GRETA, Saturday.--The Greta colliery worked again yesterday, but it is very uncertain as to how long it will keep going. Miners are leaving here daily, several going…

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