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Mining & the mines, 1897

5,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Proposed Mining Under a Common

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 5

At a meeting of the Lambton Municipal Council on Tuesday evening, a letter was received from the Department of Mines conveying the information that J. Farish and W. Darcy had applied…

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Great Cobar topper Mining Co. Half-yearly Meeting

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 7

The forty-second half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the Great Cobsr Copper Mining Company, Limited, was held at the company's office, 131 Pitt-street, Sydney, yesterday afternoon, under…

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Redhead Coal Mining Co. Annual Meeting

Evening News · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

The twenty-second annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Redhead Coal Mining Company, Limited, was held at the company's, office, 131 Pitt-street, Sydney at noon to-day. The report…

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Stockton Colliery Disaster Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

A meeting of the general committee of the above fund was held this evening in St. Paul's Mission Hall, Stockton. The principal business was to receive the report of the executive committee as to the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 7

West Australian stocks were in much better favor yesterday. Great Boulder were dealt in from £710 to £7116, the closing quotations being £711, £713 -- 5 better than on Wednesday. The reason for the…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 7

No. 1 Central G. M. Company, Southern Cross, 179 tons, 43oz. Papuan, Brilliant, and Victoria, Charters Towers (rough clean up) 600 tons, 1095oz. 16dwt…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 7

There was an improvement in the Mining marke[?] yesterday, both in regard to the volume of business and prices. Broken Hill silver shares were characterised by a generally stronger tone,…

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Tasmania. the West Coast Mines

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 6

VISIT OF THE MINISTER FOR LANDS. HOBART, Thursday. -- The Minister for Lands returned from the West Coast last night, and when interviewed to-day said that he never saw…

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Massacre in New Guinea. Forty Persons Murdered. Government Agent and Six Miners Slaughtered. Hostile Natives at Mambare. a Camp Looted. Three Miners Left on the Goldfield

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

The disquieting news of privation and fever and troubles with warlike natives on the Mambare River, in the neighborhood of the latest discovered and by all accounts the richest of…

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Mining Managers' Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 7

New Crown of Peak Hill Gold-mining Company, No Liability, February 16.—Down 18[?] in the winze from the 26[?]ft. level; sinking in the lo[?] Cannot say how wide the lode, is because we cannot carry it all down in the wi[?]…

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A West Australian Mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- Burbank's No. 1 South Extended Gold-mining Company, Coolgardie, West Australia, has been formed with a capital of £80,000, and is…

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Warning to Miners. Sir William M'gregor's Latest Dispatch

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- The Chief Secretary is forwarding to the Premiers of all the Australian colonies copies of the dispatch from Sir William Maegregor, Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea,…

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New Mining Company. London, February 24

The Australian Star · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 6

Burbank's No. 1 South Extended Gold-mining Co., West Australia, has been formed in London, with a capital of £80,000, of which shares to the…

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New Mining Company. London, Feb. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

Burbank's No. 1 South Extended Goldmining Company, Coolgardie, has been floated into a company, with a capital of £80,000, of which £54,000 will be offered…

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Theft of Diamonds. Robbery at the Mining Museum

The Australian Star · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 6

The police have received intimation of the theft of rough diamonds from the Mining and Geological Museum, in the Domain. The officers detailed to…

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Dreadful Massacre. By New Guinea Natives Forty Persons Murdered. Fearful Butchery -- Of Police and Miners. COOKTOWN

The Australian Star · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 4

News of a very dreadful massacre in New Guinea reached here yesterday by the schooner Curlew. The captain of the vessel states that just before…

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Life in New Guinea. Wholesale Massacre. a Party Killed by Blacks. Government Resident Speared. Native Police and Miners Clubbed. Details of the Outrage

Evening News · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 6

BRISBANE, Friday.—A telegram was received, from Cooktown last evening stating that the schooner Curlew had arrived there during the day from Woodlark Island via Samarai (New…

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The Massacre in New Guinea. Details of the Murders. Attack by Natives on the Police. the Superintendent Speared Through the Heart. Miners Killed on a Raft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

COOKTOWN, Thursday. -- The schooner Curlew arrived from Woodlarlt Island via Samarai to-day, with 21 passengers from Woodlark and two Mambare miners. She brings the following…

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West Australian Goldfields. Rich Find at the Ivanhoe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Thursday. -- A couple of bags of ore from the Great Eastern mine are on view. The ore is very rich, showing paint and shot gold freely. The width of the lode has proved to be…

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Redhead Coal-mining Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 11

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Redhead Coal-mining Company, Limited, was held at the office of the legal manager, 131 Pitt-street, yesterday morning. Mr. W. A. Hutchinson,…

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