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Mining & the mines, 1898

6,005 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

White House Mine. Dulong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

A rich development has taken place at the White Horseg[?], Bulong, 4cwt. of stone yielding 140oz. of gold…

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North Broken Hill Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the North Broken Hill Company was held to-day. The chairman (Mr. A.E.Clarke) said that operations during the half-year had not been quite so…

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A Peculiar Case. Mining

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 3

In the summons division of the Central Police Court yesterday, before Mr. C. Deiohery, Detective Hinds proceeded against James Robinson, livery stable keeper, of Myrtle-street, on a charge of giving HILLGROVE, Monday.-At Paker's Creek Gold Mine, the north drive on Hill's reef has been extended a further distance of 18ft 9in, making a total of 79ft reef in face 4in. The south, drive on Hill's reef is in…

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The Reported Gold Discovery. Tambula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 6

The recent gold discovery near Eden is considered to be no good, and several miners have returned here, while others have gone to Sydney, leaving only the prospectors and one or two others on the ground…

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Revolutionary Miners. References to Eureka Stockade. KALGOORLIE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

The miners bitterly resent the new regulation prohibiting alluvial miners sinking lower than 10ft. At a mass meeting Mr. Vosper, a member of the Assembly, advised them to…

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Death of the Chief Inspector of Mines. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 5

Captain Thomas Fowler, Chief Inspector of Mines, died in a private hospital in the city of typhoid on Saturday morning. The deceased had obtained leave of absence for a visit to the…

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Mr. Marmaduke Constable. a Mining King. Death in Sidney

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 4

Mr. Marmaduke Constable, a gentleman well known in business circles in Sydney as far back as the eariy fifties, and connected for upwards of forty years with mining pursuits in New South…

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New Guinea Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 4

There appeared a Cooktown telegram m our yesterday's issue as follows: -- "Reports From New Guinea state that Dr. Vaugban's statements were exaggerated. Alexander Elliot, now in…

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The Co-operative Colliery Difficulty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 8

The manager of the Co-operative Colliery[?] Plattsburg (Mr. Barr), conferred with the whole of the miners engaged at the pit Hits morning relative to the difficulty which has arisen between the…

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Mining

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 7

The bulk of the business done on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday was in Queensland stocks. West Australian stocks were firm. In local gold stocks business was done in Mount David and West Sunlight. Overflow…

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Yields. Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 9

Heylen and party, Trunk[?]y, 20 tons, lOoz. Reed, Phillips, and party, Burraga, 6 tons, l0oz. SILVER. B. H. Proprietary Block 14 Company (Port Adelaide…

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Victorian Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 7

The shipments of gold from Melbourne by the Britannia to-day amounted to £173,054. The quantity of Victorian gold actually received by the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint during…

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Gold and Blood

Referee · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 2

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

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 9

Although there was not any increase in the numbers of stocks dealt in yesterday on the Mining market, there was a generally stronger tone diffused over the different clauses. Only one sale of…

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A Mining Transaction

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 3

A case of some Interest concerning a scrip transaction was heard by his Honor Judge Backhouse and a jury at the Quarter Sessions, Darlinghurst courthouse, yesterday…

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A Mining Prohibition

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 5

An application was made to Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson in Common Law Chambers today, on behalf of Alfred E. Kelly, for a rule nisi calling upon J. A. Creagh, warden at…

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The Klondyke Goldfield. Dawson's Food Supply. Arrival of Miners From Klondyke at Seattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 4

The San Francisco "Call" publishes a telegram from Seattle, dated January 2, giving the following particulars:- The steamer Corona came into port to-night from…

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Co-operative Mining Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 7

The manager of the Co-operative colliery, Plattsburg, and the miners employed in the pit met in conference at the tunnel mouth yesterday, the meeting having been brought about at the…

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Late Mining. Coolgardie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 7

Hands Across the Sea has washed 76 tons for 53oz. 2dwt. On the completion of the final clean up the New Australasian mine added 300pz. to the return previously published. Boring'd total is 125oz…

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The Mining Industry. Review of the Year 1897. Adelong and Gundagai. the Northern Districts. Viii

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1898 · page 10

The district which shows the best advance in gold production for the year is Adelong -- at one time the foremost reefing field in the colony, and row experiencing a revival, thanks to the…

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