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Mining & the mines, 1896

6,248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

West Australian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The Block Fifty Gold-mining Company, Hampton Plains, West Australia, has been formed, and is issuing shares to…

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Salting a Mine. Sentence of Rogers

Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—At the Criminal Court yesterday William Rogers was charged with obtaining Money by false pretences and conspiring to defraud in connection with the alleged…

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North Nymagee Copper-mining Syndicate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 7

In our advertising columns will be found the prospects of the North Nymagee Copper-mining Syndicate, which is being formed to acquire 120 acres of freehold land immediately north of the…

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New Mining Companies. London, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 5

The Block 50 Gold-mining Company, Hampton Plains, has been formed, and is issuing shares to the extent of £200,000 to the public…

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South Australia. the Salting of the Angipena Mine. Sentence on Rogers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The trial of William Rogers, charged with obtaining money by false pretences and conspiring to defraud in connection with the alleged…

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A New Mining Company. Block 50, Hampton Plains. London, March 3

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 6

Block 50, Hampton Plains Gold-mining Co., West Australia, is being floated in London, and shares to the value of £200,000 are being issued…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 5

A lode has been struck at a depth of 100ft. in the Mount Phirm lease, held by Lord Fingall's syndicate, situated between the Kalgoorlie property and Hannan's Brown Hill mine. The lode…

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The West Australian Goldfields. a New Find Near Coolgardie

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 5

COOLGARDIE, Wednesday.--A bag of slugs and speciments of quartz has been brought in from a new find, eight miles south of the Great Boulder. The specimens…

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Mining

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

REEFTON, Thursday.—A crashing of 54 tons of seconds from the Hopeful claim finished up yesterday morning for a yield of 8dwt to the ton. Eight and a half tones from Shrub and Park's claim (Duffy's…

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The Northern Collieries. Probable Trouble at the Hetton Pit. Cessation of Work by the Wheelers. a Meeting of Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—There seems to be a probability of the Hetton colliery having a strike all to itself within -the next day or so. The 60 wheelers, drivers, and…

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The Gold Fields

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 3

The following reports have been received from the managers of the undermentioned mines: The Broken Bill Junction North Silver.—Main shaft: The sill floor Beta have been fixed from shaft to the winze. a…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 7

There was a recovery in the Mining market yesterday, and a fair amount of business was transacted, the noticable feature being that only one silver stock—Broken Hill Proprietary—was…

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Metal Mining

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 7

A minute trace of foreign substance often strikingly affects the working properties of a metal a few impurities actually improving the pore material, while most of them impair it…

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Bywong and Dairy Creek Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 7

Recently Mr. W. H. J. Slee, F.G.S., &c., Chief Inspector of Mines, visited the Bywong and Dairy Creek mines, and has furnished a report to the Under-Secretary for Mines and Agriculture. In his…

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Mining at Bywong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 7

Mr. Sloe, the Chief Inspector of Mines, has submitted the following report on mines at Bywong and Dairy Creek:— At Bywong mining has almost been at a standstill owing to tho late severe drought;…

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A Mining Syndicate

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 6

We have been asked to direct attention to the abridged prospectus of the North Nymagee Copper-mining Syndicate, Nymagee (New South Wales). The…

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Payable Gold. a Proposed Memorial

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 5

Mr. Hassall, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture to-day, with reference to the proposal for the erection of a monument to commemorate the discovery of…

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The Coal Trade. The Position at Newcastle. Interviews With Proprietors. A Strike Would Kill the Trade Outright-- The Average Earnings of Miners. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 6

Naturally the chief topic of conversation throughout the district is the possibility of a general strike and the consequences thereof. Will the proprietors…

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Union Miners. To the Editor of the "Evening News."

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 7

Sir,—After eight years of incessant labor among the working classes of this colony, I am reluctantly compelled to endorse the opinion of "Mentor" re unionism. The miserable remnant,…

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