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Mining & the mines, 1896

6,248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

The Mining Delegates

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 8

A meeting of the whole of the mining delegates who remained in Sydney took place yesterday evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose of forming a mining corresponding…

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The Mining Conference

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 4
Also in Evening News, The Daily Telegraph

DESPITE the unpromising beginning of the Miners' Conference it has ended remarkably well, and its deliberations will be found extremely valuable, both…

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Another Mining Company

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, February 13.—The All Nations Gold Mining Company, Dundas, West Australia, has been formed with a capital of £100,000, of which £45,000 will be issued…

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Broken-hill Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday, 3 p.m.--Shares in the Broken-hill Proprietary mine are quoted on the Stock Exchange at £2 15s…

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West Australian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Hannan's Consolidated Gold-mining Company, West Australia, has been formed with a capital of £150,000, and is issuing…

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A New Mining Company

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

The Hannan's Consolidated Gold-mining Co. is being floated in London with a capital of £150,000. Shares to the value of £50,000 are being offered for public…

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Vegetable Creek Tin-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 7

The forty-third half-yearly general meeting of the Vegetable Creek Tin-mining Company, Limited, was held yesterday at the company's office, 81 Pitt-street. Mr. G. J. Cohen presided. The report and…

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Mining. the Waratah Reef, Harden

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 7

We were yesterday shown specimens taken from the Waratah reef, situated about seven miles east of Harden. The claim belongs to Brady, Tout, Edgeworth, and…

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The Mining Conference. Harbor Excursion

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 4

The sittings of the Mining Conference, which extended over seven days, concluded yesterday morning, and in the afternoon the Minister for Mines entertained the delegates to a trip round the harbor on…

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The Floods in the North. the Gympie Mines Inundated

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Telegrams from Maryborough state that the river yesterday was 9ft. above the ordinary height. It is expected to rise higher to-day. It is…

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New Mining Company. London, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

The Hannan's Consolidated Gold-mining Company has been formed with a capital of £150,000, of which £50,000 is being issued in shares…

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Mining Conference. Close of the Sittings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 2

The Mining Conference, which commenced its sittings over a week ago, concluded its labors yesterday. Mr. Sydney Smith (Minister for Mines and Agriculture) occupied the…

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A Dearth of Labor. Miners Wanted at £6 a Week

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

PERTH, Thursday.--Owing to the dearth of labor on the goldfields, many mines have been granted extra exemption, because they are unable to obtain hands at the…

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The Mining Conference. Conclusion of the Sittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 3

The president, the Hon. S. Smith, Minister for Mines, took the chair at 10 a.m. Mr. Grey, on behalf of Mr. A. Hillman (Jalwal), moved, and it was agreed to,—"That the warden of…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) the Queen of Beauty Mine. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 7

News was received to-day that the whole capital for the Queen of Beauty mine at Thames had been subscribed for in London many times over. The nominal captial is £300,000, and the working capital…

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Mines Flooded at Gympie. Many Men Thrown Out of Employment. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

Gympie wires to-night that the flood-water this morning broke through the covering of Nos. 2 and 3 South Smithfield, and inundated the majority of the mines on the southern portion of the goldfield…

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Mining Conference The Premier's Address. Close of the Conference

The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 6

The Mining Conference continued its sitting this afternoon. The Premier in his address (reported on page 5) further said:--There were no cliques, no politics; there…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

In the Cue Lady Mary South mine a recent crushing of 50 tons yielded 89oz. 18dwt. Mr. Thomspon, the owner of the Lass o'Gowrie leases, arrived the other day. It is reported he…

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