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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1871

78 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 4

Gulgong Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 14 October 1871 · page 2

The usual fortnightly escort left on Thursday morning last, conveying 8740 ounces 1 dwt 7 grs of gold, an amount that was only surpassed by the escort from the Lachlan gold field, once or twice in…

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A Californian Mining Project

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 14 October 1871 · page 4

At Murderer’s Bur, on the North Fork of the American River, is a great crevice or depression in the bed rock known to contain vast quantities of gold. The spot was flumed…

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Gulgong Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 21 October 1871 · page 2

The depressing influences of tho exodus to the Currajong rush, the want of rain, and the non-discovery of any new workings likely to afford employment to the claimless miner, have resulted in the…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 28 October 1871 · page 2

The usual fortnightly escort left on Thursday conveying 4464ozs 16 dwts 7grs of gold. This amount, though very much less than the previous escort, is yet higher than the ordinary average. It proves that,…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 2

Though there are no new finds of any moment to record, there is a prosperity improvement in the prospects of existing leads to report, resulting in a more buoyant fooling among both traders and…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 2

The fortnightly escort left as usual on Thursday morning, conveying as the produce of the gold-field for that period 6938 ozs, which it above the average, owing to about one thousand ounces being a few…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 18 November 1871 · page 2

The past week has been rather a dull one in mining circles, attributable to many causes, not the least of which is the apparently endless litigation that is rampant on every lead containing gold, not wholly…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 2

The goId escort left on Thursday last with 7740 ozs. 8 dwts. 12 grs. as the produce of the gold-field for the past fortnight, which is 1802 ozs, larger than the previous escort. The yield…

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The Great Castlemaine Mine

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 4

The special correspondent of the Australian thus describes the [?] Creek belonging to the brothers [?] recently, sold for £90,000 [?] a…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 2

The principal event of the week has been the alleged discovery of payable gold in a flat separated from the Happy Valley lead by Homer’s free selection. It has been called the “Star” lead by the prospector,…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 2

A magisterial enquiry was held before the Police Magistrate on Saturday afternoon last at the Munster Hotel, touching the death of a miner named William (or Malcolm) Bell, who had met his death by the…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 2

The concert left as as usual on Thursday morning conveying 8091 ozs as the produce of the gold field for the past fortnight. The amount is unusually small, caused solely by the scarcely of water for washing…

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Report of the Goldfields’ Commission

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 4

The long-looked-for report of the Royal Commission, appointed on the 6th June, 1870, to inquire into the working of the present Goldfields Act and Regulations, and into the…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 3

The[?] a dull one, owing to the continued [?] reducing washing operations to the smallest limits, and rendering it advisable for claimholders to reduce the number of wages men…

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Royal Gold Fields Commission Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 2

As the report of this Commission has naturally created some interest on the gold-fields since publication, and has, doubtless, been read by the majority of the miners, we purpose, in order to enable the…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 2

The usual fortnightly escort left on Thursday morning conveying 8840ozs as the yield of this gold field for that period. The amount is large—more so than was expected from the great number of puddling’…

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Gold Fields Regulations, &c

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 23 December 1871 · page 4

The Herald says on the 15th inst., Mr Church, M.L.A., and Mr Baker, M.L.A., had an interview with the Minister for Lands respecting the goldfields. Mr Wilson said that within the last few…

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Mining

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

The annual holidays authorised by the mining regulations have cast loose the whole of the mining population to enjoy themselves as beat they may with out any fear of their claim being ‘jumped.’…

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