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

Mining & the mines, 1887

20 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

Importing Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 18 January 1887 · page 4

To those unacquainted with the economic laws which govern exchange and the commercial relations existing between England and her colonies, it seems not…

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Importing Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 January 1887 · page 4

To those unacquainted with the economic laws which govern exchange and the commercial relations existing between England and her colonies, it seems not…

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The Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 March 1887 · page 2

The mine until a short time back, had been lying idle for a considerable period o account of the miners' strike, and the resumption of work in the mine, consequent upon an…

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Frightful Explosion. the Bullimine in Ruins. Eighty-five Miners Killed. Sydney. Thursday Morning

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 March 1887 · page 2

A terrible explosion occurred at the Bulli coal mine yesterday afternoon. About 70 men are entombed. Seven mutilated bodies have been found. It is expected that…

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The Bulli Colliery Explosion. Eighty-five Bodies Recovered. Bulli

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 2

Another night's hard work in the tunnels brought out a great many corpses, and the people working in the dead house laboured incessantly to keep pace with the movements of…

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Grains of Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 12 April 1887 · page 3

There are two temples of God; the one the universe, the other the rational soul By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is…

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District Intelligence. Sunny Corner. Mining Report

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 14 April 1887 · page 3

SUNNY CORNER MINE.—The secretary reports that during the week ended 2nd inst., two furnaces ran full time, one day reducing 257 tons gossan and 151 tons sulphuret ore; the product…

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The Bulli Colliery Disaster

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 21 April 1887 · page 3

After a long, weary, and almost unproductive sitting tho jury [?] to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of William Wade and other men…

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Gold from Oberon

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 10 May 1887 · page 2

During the early part of last week there was exhibited in Mr. Curgenven's window a mass of retorted gold weighing over 131bs. As this is the first time such a thing has been seer…

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Grains of Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 12 May 1887 · page 4

Good is the delay which makes sure. The eye is blind if the mind is absent. Honest Nobody is to blame for all.— German Proverb…

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The Mining Department

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 3

The work at the Mining Department is being conducted with firmness, and without favor. Probably at no previous time have the interests of the genuine miner being more conserved. There was some…

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Mount Morgan Gold Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 July 1887 · page 2

A telegram from Brisbane, dated Wednesday, states that the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company was held in Rockhampton yesterday. The…

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Latest Telegrams. Melbourne Coursing. Gold Discovery, Queensland. Daring Jewellery Robbery. Attempted Suicide

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 2

A young man named McMahon, son of Alderman McMahon, of Sydney, was drowned at Braidwood to-day. The Waterloo Coursing Meeting, Melbourne,…

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Latest Telegrams. Gold Discovered Near Cobar. a Vagrant with £-100. the German Squadron. Wipe Murder in Victoria. Heavy Floods in the Murray. French Duel Collapsed. a Californian Wheat Ring. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 2

A new gold gold reef has been discovered near Cobar a ml is causing considerable excitement in the district. A quantity of land has been taken up by old miners…

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District Intelligence. Wellington. Killed in a Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 3

An inquest was held at the Wellington Hospital on Wednesday, before H. Lovibond, Esq., Coroner, and a jury of twelve, upon the body of James Snow, 30 years of age, who died…

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Latest Telegrams. Another Insolvent. Lloyd & Collins' Fire. Another Miners' Strike. Incompetent Navigators. £1,300 a Foot. Another Gold Discovery. Horrible Outrage. Railway Locomotives. Sydney Wednesday Evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 2

John W. Maish, baker, Bathurst, is insolvent deficiency about £30. The weather is again cold and rain is threatening. The enquiry concerning Lloyd and Collins'…

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Latest Telegrams. Kurtz Before the Police Court. the Premier at Glent Innes. Fire in George-street. Find of Gold at Parkes. Her Majesty's Theatre. Protection at Redfern. Assault with Intent. Sydney. Wednesday Evening

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 25 August 1887 · page 2

A man named Thrower, one of the victims of the Kurrajong land affair, proceeded against Robert Kurtz in the Police Court this morning, on a charge of having obtained three guineas,…

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Mining. the Croydon Goldfield

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 22 September 1887 · page 3

The following letter has been received by a resident in Bathurst from an acquaintance who went to this great Queensland goldfield to seek his fortune :-…

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Notes and Comments. the Killimbutta Gold Prospectors

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1887 · page 2

We notice that the Minister for Mines has approved of the report of the Prospecting Board upon the application of Myers and party for aid out of the prospecting vote to test certain lode…

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Gold Finding

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1887 · page 2

Some rich stone is reported to have been exhibited at Orange recently. A late issue of the ORANGE ADVOCATE says:—"A piece of quartz found at Burrendong, and shown to as at the…

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