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Mining & the mines, 1898

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A Visit to Tasmania. Jealousies Between North and South. the Rich Mineral Resources of the Island. the Mount Bischoff Tin Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 42

Of course Australia knows the leading facts about Tasmanian history, but I do not think that it is not so well known how an unfortunate dispute over a question of official precedence between two…

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West Australian Goldfields. Work at Kalgoorlie

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Friday.--Veins of sulphide ore are making in the west crosscut at the 275ft level, North Kalgurli The veins are worth upwards of 15dwt. to the tons, and it looks as if a…

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The Wesleyan Board of Missions. Conference with Sir William Macgregor. Immigration and the New Guinea Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 11

Taking advantage af the presence in Sydney of the Governor of British New Guinea on Thursday, Dr. Brown invited Sir William MacGregor to meet the members of the Wesleyan Board of Missions in conference…

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Gold and Blood

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1898 · page 10

Many years ago I knew a man who expended a great part of a large fortune in buying gold in coin and bars. This he melted, and with human blood and other ingredients labored…

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Yesterday's Mining News, London, Sydney, and Intercolonial. Mining Advice Our Letter-box. to Correspondents

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1898 · page 9

[Letters marked "Mining" must reach as not later than Thursday. No notice: is taken of anonymous correspondence. The coupon printed in the "Free Information " column must be cut out…

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Sweating Gold Coin. Is It a Common Practice?

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1898 · page 9

A STATEMENT having been published, apropos of a half sovereign rejected at a bank being examined at the Mint, which was short weight, and only valued at 8s…

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Wallsend Miners' Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 6

By their annual report to the subscribers of the Wallsend Miners' Hospital, the committee show that during 1897 173 patients were admitted to the institution, in addition to 13 who remained…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 7

Two sales in coal shares and one in a local gold stock constituted the record of business done on the Sydney Stock Exchange on Saturday. There was no special change in quotations…

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Gold Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

By the R.M.S. Britannia, which sailed on Saturday for London, the P. and O. Co. shipped 1 box gold, value £4,000. The French Bank sent 2 boxes gold bars, value£10,013 4s…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 7

Business of very limited extent was transacted in the Mining market on Saturday. The only noticeable features were the increased firmness of Mount David shares amongst local gold stocks, whilst several…

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Export of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 4

By the P. and O. R.M.S. Britannia, which sailed hence on Saturday, the French Bank forwarded to Calcutta two boxes of gold, valued at £10,013. For London, the P. and O. Company,…

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Late Mining. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

Saturday's Exchange sales and quotations were —Clifton, buyer 3s 6d, seller 4s 6d; Colebrook, seller 30s; Fahl Ore, seller 2s 6d; Hercules, seller 30s; Mount Black Proprietary, buyer 5s 6d, seller…

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New Guinea Gold Fields. Another Report

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

SUTHERLAND, Monday.-With reference to the late reports from New Guinea, Dr. Vaughan, who is visiting here, says: "When I arrived at Samarai in my yacht Nabua from Sydney the man Elliott…

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Klondike Gold Belt. Extends to Cassiar

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 6

LONDON, January 30.-The Klondike gold belt has been found to extend to the Cassiar district, at the sources, of the Stickeen and Liard Rivers…

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Big Order for Mining Machinery

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

A telegram from Ballarat to the Melbourne "Age" on Saturday says: The Victorian Gold Estates Company, Limited, Moorlort, a large English venture, has entrusted the manufacture of the…

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Western Australian Mining. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

The Golden Horseshoe mine has been pegged by alluvial diggers. It seems that in sinking for a telephone pole below the cement matter was revealed containing good gold, in consequenee of…

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Mining Under Roads and Streets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

A free conference between the directors of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company and the Mayor and Aldermen of Carrington was held at Carrington to-day, to consider matters connected…

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American Bonds. Payable in Silver or Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. -- The United States Senate has, by 47 voles to 32, adopted the resolution moved by Senator Tiller in favor of American bonds being made payable…

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Reported Gold Discovery Near Pambula. Pambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 7

A new gold discovery is reported near the Eden read about nine miles south from here. Several miners have left here for the find. There is little news of it yet to hand, except that the prospectors…

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London Mining Market. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 7

Broken Hill Proprietary shares, 41s 3d. Mount Lyell, £14 15s. Mount Lyell South, 17s 6d. North Mount Lyell, £3 17s 6d…

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