THE MINING BOOM
(PEE PRB3S ABSOO ATION.) Sydney, January 28 The Broken Hill mines still continue to give large yields of silver, especially the principal claim, and this week the returns have been exceptionally large. A latge number of new claims have been pegged off, and m a few hours companies are fl xited to work them. Adelaide, January 28. In the city a perfect silver mania has set m, and the excitement is quite unprecedented. A number of shopmen m the town have thrown up their engagements and repaired to the field, where they have gone m for specula tion. One ot their number is reported to have made m three months, but most of them have lost everything. One mining broker has cleared this week, but should a sudden fall m the stock take place, it means tuia to a large number.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1753, 30 January 1888, Page 2
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144THE MINING BOOM Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1753, 30 January 1888, Page 2
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