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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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

Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 5

The City of London Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, which has been formed with a capital of £180,000, is issuing shares to tho extent of £135,000…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 7

Yesterday was call day, when, amongst others, tho following payments fell due:-- Band and Albion Consols. 4d per share; Black Horse United, 3d: Central Plateu, 4d; Chalk's…

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Newcastle Coal Trade

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—The non-success attending the efforts of the municipal committee to bring the colliery proprietors together in conference is a great disappointment to the…

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The Armtdale District Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 7

ARMIDALE. Wednesday.--Two mining experts Mr. Miller (of Pollard and Miller, Sydney) and Mr. Macdonald representing Scotch capitalists, have within the last few days been…

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Another Mining Company

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 7.—The City of London Gold Mines Company, formed to work mines at Coolgardie, has been registered. The capital has been fixed at £180,000, of…

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General Cable News. West Australian Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--The City of Loudon Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, Wost Australia, has been floated with a capital of £180,000, and…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 6

A meeting of the committee of the municipal conference, appointed some months since at Plattsburg to endeavour to bring about a better position of the coal trade, was held this evening…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 5

The Great Boulder cleaned up 217 tons, yielding 1392oz. Of this the mine battery crushed 135 tons for 797oz., and the Leviathan battery 114 for 695oz. The Lake View crushed 122 tons,…

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The Wattle Flat Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 7

WATTLE FLAT, Wednesday.--The continued hot and dry weather has stopped all crushing operations. Braily and party at the Old Solitary are opening out on the reef in…

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The Northern Miners' Association. Report on the Coal Trade. Election of Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The quarterly and annual meeting of the delegate board of the Miners' Association was held to-day, Mr. Adam Cook, president, occupying the…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade. Annual Meeting of Miners' Delegates. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 4

The annual meeting of the delegates of the Miners' Association was held to-day with closed doors at the Trades Hall, Hunter-street, West Newcastle. The chair was taken by Mr. A…

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Coal-mining at Balmain. the Proposal to Lease Elkington Park. a Plebiscite to Be Taken

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 6

Considerable interest is being taken locally in the recent application to the Balmain Council on behalf of a Sydney syndicate for a lease of Elkington Park, White Horse Point…

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Hill End Mining

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 5

HILL END, Thursday.—The Consolidated G. M. Company started work on January 1 with six men, four stoping on Paxton's vein, and two stoping on the east vein. The men on Paxton's…

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Big Gold Find at Croydon

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 7

CROTDON. Thursday.--A most sensational strike of stone has been made in the Waratah mine. To-day stone was laid bare covered with gold, in a reef 4ft. thick. Twelve inches…

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The Newcastle Miners Meeting of the Delegate Board The Recent Conference. State of the Minors' Association--Report on the Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 5

The quarterly and annual meeting of the delegate board of the Miners' Association was hold at the Trades Hall yesterday. The meeting commenced in tho morning,…

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Mining Matters. New Zealand Mining. The Past Year. A Great Mining Boom-Future Prospects--Caportee News--General Notes and Reports

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 6

During the post year a great mining boom has been experienced in New Zealand, which started in the beginning of the year, and has continued, with but slight…

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The Gold Fields. Year's Work at Wyalong

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 6

WYALONG, Friday.—Gough's battery returns for last year were 5799 tons for 9099oz gold. West's battery output for the year was 3112 tons for 2516oz. Horrocks's…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 12

Aladdin's Lamp G. M. Company. Lncknow (five weeks), 204 tons, 515oz. gold bullion and 9 tons concentrates, carrying 138oz. fine gold, and 4 tons crude ore, carrying 195oz. fine gold—shipped to London…

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Mining Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 96

A correspondent has supplied the following information respecting the Bungendore and Bywong Gold-mining Company:—This company has been duly registered, and steps are being taken to open…

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Mining. Drake

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 20

THE Lady Jersey, Long Gully, has been sold for a large sum, the amount of which has not yet transpired. This property has been at work for the last eight years, during which time it never ceased to pay…

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