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Mining & the mines, 1897

5,195 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

One Thousand Llamas Laden with Gold

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 8
Also in Nepean Times

Who doesn't like to read about buried treasure? Who hasn't dreamed of finding it? What delight suddenly to possess vast riches ? Shinning gold, sparkling gems ! Things for…

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Intercolonial Mining News. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 15

The Elsmore Valley Tin Mining Company (says an Inverell correspondent) is doings splendid work. The wash obtained is very rich, and good progres is being made with the improved…

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Latest Mining News. (Continued from page 24.) Lithgow Smelting Works

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 15

The Great Cobar Copper Mining Smelting Works is in full swing. Eight furnaces are in constant operation, of which seven are reverberatory, and one refining furnace. Several additional…

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Gold. Seventy-five Ounces in a Pocket. Hardships and Misery. Impure Water the Bane of His Life

Evening News · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 3

Mr. G. Bowles is a digger of the old type, and, like a feather in a southerly buster, followed up the rushes since gold was -first discovered on those shores. He tells our reporter that he has had…

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Auburn's Watchmaker and Hairdresser. Pawns a Gold Watch Left for Repairs. and Is Sent on for Trial

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 3

At the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday last Fredrick Legettie, by birth, name and physiognomy an undoubted alien, appeared in custody on a charge of larceny as a bailee, an…

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New Guinea Goldfields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 468

Though, warnings of fever, probable attacks of natives, or the contingency of being perforated by arrows, every one of whose points carries enough poison to ensure an agonising death, have…

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Coolgardie Miners. Returning to Newcastle. NEWCASTLE, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1897 · page 5

A LARGE number of miners returned from Coolgardie to-day. They state that hundreds of men are walking about idle, unable to get a day's work, and predict that matters will…

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Mining and Finance. Yesterday's Stock and Shabe Quotations. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1897 · page 3

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach as sot later than Thursday. No notice in taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information" column must be cutout…

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"The Best Ten." Result of the "Sunday Times" Federal Competition For a Prize of ten Guineas. The Ticket Voted—Where the Votes Came From—Coolgardie Miners Take a Hand—Every Town in N.S.W. Represented

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 February 1897 · page 5

IT cannot be questioned that the action of the SUNDAY TIMES in offering a prize of ten guineas in connection with a free competition on the Convention election,…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 7

Although the amount of business transacted on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday was not very large, the tone of the market was firm, and the indications are that during the current week there will be fair exchange,…

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Important Mining News. the Discovery in the Great Boulder Mine. Kalgoorie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 5

The western lode cut a few days age at the 300ft. level in the Great Boulder is the most important find in the colony for many months past. The lode was cut 20ft. west of the main shaft. It is 6ft. wide, and…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 9

A moderate extent of business was done in the Mining market on Saturday. Amongst silver companies Block 10, Junction North, and North Broken closed firmer than Friday's rates, the…

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The Southern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Saturday. -- The coal trade at this end of the district was only fair during the past week, several of the collieries having had idle days. Twelve vessels loaded cargoes at…

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The Gundagai Mines. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 9

Amongst the big mines of the district are those of Johnston's Hill. The Mount Kimo mine, a 40-acre lease, has a lode which averages 30ft. wide. Many shafts have been put down, the deepest one being…

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Return of Miners From West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 5

Nearly every steamer from West Australia is bringing batches of miners back to this district, all or whom tell dismal tales of the wretched condition of hundreds of working men in the alleged…

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Mines and Agriculture Museum, Outer Domain. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 7

Sir,—In referring to your sub-leader and paragraph an the Herald of the 18th instant, re opening of timber and agricultural section at Museum in Outor Domain, rather excited my curiosity to go and view…

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The Railway Strike. Coal and Other Trade Paralysed. a Temporary Settlement Effected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- The strike among the employees of the North-Eastern Railway Company is affecting collieries, paralysing trade, and restricting the food supplies at…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Activity in the Share Market. New Discovery at the Boulder

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1897 · page 3

PERTH, Saturday. -- In the Coolgardic sharemarket there is a much better feeling to-day. Buyers were strongly in evidence, but no sellers. Concerning the reported strike at the 300ft. level…

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The Sunny Corner Mine

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 3

Is the oldest mine in the Sunny Corner district. For many years past it has been worked with varied success, being the mainstay of the district, employing as it did hundreds of men. The mine is…

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