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

Mining & the mines, 1875

76 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 4

To the Miners of the Northern Gold-fields

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 7 January 1875 · page 2

[?] of the [?] Economy Analysis FELLOW MIXERS, —As one who has taken part before now in districts, where I have been located and happily in the a [?]…

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The Election for Goldfields West. (To the Editor of the Evening Argus)

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 2

SIR,—AT the nomination for the above electorate the returning-officer (Mr. Donnelly) stated that he was determined to prevent all miners voting under their miners’…

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Mining Accident

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 4

last Saturday morning a serious accident occurred at the Lothair Company’s shaft Ballarat to a miner named Matthew Lollas had just come on the morning…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 2 February 1875 · page 2

FOR want of rain nearly every dam is dry and as a consequence we expert our next escort will be a very light one: though it is a serious inconvenience to miners they will…

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Gold Statistics of Gulgong for 1874

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 2 February 1875 · page 2

WE doubt not the following statistics of the quantity of gold forwarded by escort from Gulgong during 1874 together with the yield of 1872 and 1873 as a comparison will prove…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 6 February 1875 · page 2

WE were in hopes from the shower that visited us on Thursday night to have had the pleasure of recording the fact that all the dams were full, and thus enable the miners…

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America. a Wall Jot Gold and Silver

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 11 February 1875 · page 4

In California, or rather in its sister State, Nevada, there has been discovered a mass of gold and silver, a region of actual real wealth, before which the…

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Important Mining Case

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 20 February 1875 · page 2

THE following mining trespass case was heard at the Warden’s Court, 011 Thursday last, before the Warden, and Messrs. John Drew and John Crowley—Assessors…

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Gold Extruding Ma[?]ine

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 27 February 1875 · page 2

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 2 March 1875 · page 2

THERE is a great rush to a spot 28 mites from Gulgong. on the Wellington road. It was generally rumoured last week that payable gold had been struck there, and in…

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The Gold Miners and the [?] HOSPITAL. (From the [?] of the [?] )

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 9 March 1875 · page 2

SIR.—[?] Portion of [?] in this [?] and by a strange [?] view [?]…

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Gold-mining and Agriculture.— Twin Elements of Prosperity, (To [?]Editor at the [?].)

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 9 March 1875 · page 2

SIR. —It appeared from the [?] teranees of candidates during the late general election . that an amend[?] in our la[?] legislation was not only wanted, but must be made at…

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Palmer River Gold-fields

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 2

the following from the [?] is an account of a journey to the Palmer, by Mr. J. Mulligan:— I arrived from the Palmer via the [?]…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 16 March 1875 · page 2

On Saturday night Tallewang presented an appearance of animation not witnessed for some months. The street in front of Mr. James Cluff’s Inn was filled with…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE stir was occasioned in mining and business circles on Saturday evening by a report that a reef had been discovered on the old Parramatta Lead. It has been thought…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 30 March 1875 · page 2

VARIOUS causes are operating by which it may reasonably be hoped the mining resources of this gold-field will be famine. and more fully developed. It [?]…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 6 April 1875 · page 2

THE fortnightly escort left Gulgong this morning convoying 1378 ozs. 13 [?] 12 grs. of gold and £172 in notes. The shareholders in Nos. 1 and 2 Smith’s…

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The Intercolonial Exhibition. Products of Mining Industry

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Saturday 10 April 1875 · page 2

ONE of the most important displays in the whole of the Exhibition, and yet one that did not attract the attention it merited, is that which exhibits the miners resourced of…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 13 April 1875 · page 2

THE evils of she leasing system, so far as regards the [?] is becoming better brown to the miners from day to day. [?] of acres have been locked out…

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Gulgong Mining Report

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 20 April 1875 · page 2

A START has now been made to thoroughly test the auriferous value of the deep and wet ground on the Moonlight Lead. This lead was opened nearly four years ago, but…

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