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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

6,248 stories in Sydney's papers · page 82 of 250

Mining

The Catholic Press · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 22

The Sydney Stock Exchange resumed business yesterday. Silver stocks sold well. Proprietary changed hands at 46s.; Block 14 at 28s. 9d. Junction North sold at 16s. 9d., North Central at 1s. 5d…

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Mining Intelligence

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

Business in the Stirling market yesterday was less in volume than on Thursday, and prices generally were lower. Junction North, however, was an exception shares, which had sold on…

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The Gold Fields

Evening News · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

YALWAL, Friday.—The mines here are now again in full swing, and the field weans en encouraging aspect The Homeward Bound Mine Is still hung up through litigation, and although something…

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Mining in Madagascar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

In yesterday's "Government Gazette" the Colonial Secretary notifies that the Governor, has received the following communication from the Acting British Consul at Tamatave,…

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Late Mining. Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Friday.--West Australian gold ventures had fair exchanges to-day, but prices generally were a little weaker. Good exchanges took place in silver shares. The sales…

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Queensland Gold Returns. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 6

The gold returns of the colony for the quarter ended March 31 totalled 147,216oz., an increase of 3776oz. compared with the corresponding quarter of last year…

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Mining Opinions and Assays

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 784

T.C. (Logan Creek).—In parcel forwarded there are three kinds of rock. One is quartz, the second felspar, and the third a[?] rock. The shining mineral in all of them is only mica. There is absolutely no metal of any…

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The Crisis in the Coal Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 9

As the first week of the fortnight's strike notice approaches its termination the fears of an extensive stoppage of work are increasing. In labour circles the opinion is freely exprepsed that nothing but a…

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The Coal Trade. DAPTO, April 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 781

The Illawarra Harbour and Land Corporation has a number of men employed opening their coal mine. This company is pushing on with its line to the works of the Smelting Company of Australia, and there is…

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Champion Gold Medal and Trophy Match

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 775

On the St. Leonards Bowling Green on the 3rd inst. two rounds in connection with the above single-handed competition were played in beautiful weather and before an interested crowd of spectators. The…

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Mining Matters. West Australian News. New Developments. Progress at Kalgoorlie -- Batteries in Ful Swing -- General Notes and Reports from the Mines

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 6

During the fortnight ending Wednesday last the Lake View mine, Kalgoorlie, crushed 180 tons of stone for a return of 517oz. of gold…

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The Transvaal. Importing Arms. Charge Against a Mine Manager

Evening News · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 4

LONDON, April 9.—Mr. Gardner Williams, the manager of De Beers' diamond mine at Kimberley, South Africa, has been committed for trial on a charge of conveying…

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The Crisis in the Coal Trade. NEWCASTLE, April 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 780

The mining conference this morning adjourned indefinitely, as there was not a sufficient number of proprietors present to give the meeting any tangible effect. During the discussion on a motion by Dr…

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The Newcastle Coal Trade. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—The dread of another rumous strike in the Northern coalfields is now unfortunately rapidly passing beyond the region of reasonable doubt. That it will end disastrously in regard to the wives…

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The Transvaal. Charge of Importing Arms. the Manager of the De Beers Mine Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--From the Transvaal it is reported that Mr. Williams, the manager of the De Beers mine at Kimberley, has been…

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The Transvaal. Conveying Arms Into the Country. Charge Against a Mine Manager. London, April 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 9

Mr. Williams, the manager of De Beers' diamond mine at Kimberley, South Africa, has been committed for trial on a charge of conveying arms into the…

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"Latest Mining News." (Continued from page 24.) Intercolonial News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 39

A report from Mount Elliott states that a orushing of 27½ tons from Simpson's reef yielded 74oz. A small parcel feotn Wheeler's Cairn yielded 6oz per ton, and 17½ tons from Millard's reef gave 141oz…

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The Charlton Goldfields

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 2

The Charlton Estate is situated on the Campbell's River, about 22 miles south of Bathurst, and four miles east of Rockley. It is the property of that prince of white…

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The Snowball Goldfield

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 11

OUR correspondent, writing from Snowball, via Braidwood, says:-Alluvial raining is not very brisk on this field at present. This is to be attributed to two causes— the first, an almost incessant…

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Our Mineral Wealth. the Wyalong Goldfield. (From Our Correspondent.) I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 7

As it waS in thE beginning of thE colonisation of Australia so it is to-day. On a solitary tract of country known only to the shepherd an intending selector or a lonely fossicker, liking the look of the…

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