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

Mining & the mines, 1873

51 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 3

Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 2

THE escort left on Thursday last, convoying 6521 ozs, 5 dwts, 12 grs, of gold as the yield for the previous fortnight. The amount is rather surprising, especially as the previous…

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Mr. Anthony Trollope on the Victorian Goldfields

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 2

IN the ‘Daily Telegraph’ of the 2nd October appears a letter to tho editor, signed “Antipopean,” on Victoria and its goldfields. The writer is presumed to be Mr. Anthony Trollops,…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 2

DURING the past week there has been a rush to a gully on the south side of Mr. Rouse's 4000 acre paddock at Guntawang. It has attracted much attention amongst miners, though from…

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The Mining Bill

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Wednesday 15 January 1873 · page 2

THE following letters appears in the ‘Herald,’ from Mr. A. A. O’Counor—“Sir, I concluded my last letter with the consideration of the miner’s right, and consolidated miner’s right,…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 2

THE usual fortnightly escort left on Thursday last, conveying the very small quantity of 204 ozs. of gold, as the yield of the previous fortnight. The explanation of this trifling amount…

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The Year’s Mining in Victoria. (From the Australian, of Jan. 11th.)

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 4

So far as can be judged from the figures now obtainable, which, though trustworthy, are incomplete, the mining industry of the colony during 1872 has been…

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Gold Mining Statistics. (From the ‘Bendigo Independent.’)

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 4

THE gold-mining statistics for the quarter ending September 30th, complied from the reports of the mining surveyors and registers, have just been issued. The…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 2

Mining news is scarce this week there being little to disturb the monotony of the routine of steady work on every lead. There has seen rumors of new rushes, but none founded on…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Wednesday 5 February 1873 · page 2

THE fortnightly escort left on Thursday last, conveying 6300 ozs. o[?] gold, making the total 13,116 ozs. for the month of January, which is a very promising beginning for the new year,…

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The ‘Western Post’ and the Miners. (To the Editor of the Gulgong Guardian.)

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Wednesday 5 February 1873 · page 2

SIR,—In the ‘Western Post’ of the 31st January is an account of the alleged sticking-up of the Mundooran mail near Goodaman Creek. As this account is evidently an…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 8 February 1873 · page 2

THE mining news of the week is not very prolific, there being little that is fresh to report from any of the existing workings, where steady work in the order of the day. On Friday a report…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 15 February 1873 · page 2

THE escort left on Thursday, conveying 4789 ozs. 16 dwts. 6 grs. of gold as tho yield of the previous fortnight. The amount is satisfactory considering the disturbing influence of the new…

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Prevention of Mining Accidents, (From the ‘ Melbourne Leader.’)

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 15 February 1873 · page 2

The neurone and fatal mining accidents that have of late occurred in various parts of the colony cry out [?] for some practical measure with a view to their prevention In future…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 22 February 1873 · page 2

ANOTHER quiet week for mining news has the past been, though not a dull one. There have been no new finds, nor even a rumour of a rush, to vary the monotony of steady work. At…

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Improvements Is Mining Appliances. (‘San Francisco Weekly Bulletin.’)

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 22 February 1873 · page 2

THE report upon our placer mines just made by Mr. W. A. Skid[?]nore to the U. S. Mining Commissioner, shows a most encouraging condition. The last year has been signalised by the…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 1 March 1873 · page 2

THE escort, which left on Thursday, conveyed 5997 ozs. as the yield of the gold-field for the previous fortnight, making the yield for February 10,786 ozs., or 2329 ozs. below the January…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 8 March 1873 · page 2

THE recent find at Ford’s Creek, near Mr. Rouse’s property, has been the attraction of the week in mining. Several claims have bottomed and report payable prospects, varying from…

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Mining Report

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 2

THE escort left on Thursday last, conveying 4325 ozs. of gold as the yield of the previous fortnight. The amount is slightly below the average, but had the escort been one day later,…

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Correspondence. Mining Boards v. LEASING,(To the Editor of the [?] Guardians.)

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Saturday 15 March 1873 · page 2

SIR,—It would seem from a paragraph that has appeared in one of the Sydney papers that the Government are inclined to accede to the wishes of the miners in respect of a central…

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The Gympie Miners v. LEASING

Gulgong Guardian and District Mining Record · Wednesday 26 March 1873 · page 2

THE following is a Gympie petition on the evils of leasing— To the Honorable the Minister for Works and Goldfields…

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