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

Mining & the mines, 1874

152 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 8

Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 14 May 1874 · page 2

MESSRS. ANDERSON AND PARTY, who have been at work for some months past is what has always been known as the “care shaft” on the Happy Valley Lead, adjoining Mr…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 16 May 1874 · page 2

DURING the week a heavy rush of the mining population has been made to ground distant about three mites easterly from Gulgong. Messrs. John McLachlan and party notified…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 19 May 1874 · page 2

MESSRS. BINDER AND COMPANY in their lease on the Star Lead [?] what they suppose to be payable gold on Saturday. They washed two prospects and obtained a quarter of a…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 28 May 1874 · page 2

AT the present time nothing is being done on the Star Lead. Messrs. Binder and party, having lost their shaft, will take the opportunity to arrange matters in regard to past…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 30 May 1874 · page 2

THE new rush to ground about twelve miles north-west of Gulgong has attracted much attention during the most of the week and nearly every one who could get away has…

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Mining Board [?]

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 2 June 1874 · page 2

Saturday [?] a candidate for a sent in the Mining Board addressed the elected from Self a balcony. He [?] dingly well received, and spoke…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 2 June 1874 · page 2

MESSRS. SPIERS and party are engaged in sinking a shaft a short distance from the old prospecting claim on the Star lead. One washing of dirt from the original prospecting…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 4 June 1874 · page 2

MESSRS CROAKER and party, who have been endeavouring during the past twelve months to further develops the Happy Valley, had succeeded about ten days ago an getting what…

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Mining Board Election

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 9 June 1874 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon the meeting of Mr. Diokie, a candidates for member of the Mining Board, took place in front of Selff’s Hotel There was a large attendance of miners, and…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 9 June 1874 · page 2

Quite a rush has taken place to ground near the old race-course, west of the Parramatta lead. The prospecting party bottomed and got three feet of washdirt and…

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Northern Goldfields Electorate. To the Electors of the Peal River Division of the Mining Board

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 9 June 1874 · page 4

GENTLEMAN,—I beg to offer myself as a Candidates to represents you in the MINING BOARD, having been induced to do so by many of your number…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 11 June 1874 · page 2

ON account of the seemingly interminably drought nearly every dam in the immediate vicinity of Gulgong has become dry. This is quite unusual at this season of the year,…

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Northern Goldfields Electorate. To the Electors of the Peel River Division of the Mining Board

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 11 June 1874 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,—I beg to offer myself as a Candidate to represent you in the MINING BOARD, having been induced to do so by many of your number…

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Parkes and Curragong Mining Report. (From the Paris Gazatte.)

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 11 June 1874 · page 3

[?] G. M. Co.—There has been no [?] change in the operations at this mine some over last report. The weather being for and the roads good, work at the mine…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 2

DURING the week Mr. Scally’s crushing machine at Reddy Creek, has been almost constantly engaged upon about 300 loads of washdirt from No. 23 Black Lead. They…

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Northern Goldfields Electorate. To the Elections of the peel River Division of the Mining Board

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 13 June 1874 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,— I beg to offer myself as a Candidate to represent you in the MINING BOARD, having been included to do so by many of your number…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 16 June 1874 · page 2

THE intelligence from Tallewang is certainly of a most encouraging nature. There are fully 300 miners at the new rush, and in some instances they are doing exceedingly…

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Mining Board Election

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 16 June 1874 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, at nine o’clock precisely, a whole army of deputy returning officers, poll clerks and scrutineers under the command of Mr. Commissioner Browne, took…

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Gulgong. Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 18 June 1874 · page 2

MESSRS. [?] and party, who have been for some weeks prospecting the ground near Mr. L[?]ons p[?]dock, walked one [?] of the dirt taken from their claim during the week…

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Pazkrs and [?] Mining R[?]et pe[?]

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 18 June 1874 · page 3

[?] Lean.— [?] all the [?] had one still [?]…

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