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

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The Financial Situation. Large Shipment of Gold. Banes Resuming Business. General Improvement in Affairs. Increased Rate of Interest. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

The Joint Stock scheme has been unanimously adopted by the Brisbane depositors. A large shipment of gold, intended to meet the run on the Commercial Dank, is expected on…

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Mining. Gold in the Tia River

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

A man named Augustus Hooke, writing from the Tia River to the mining warden at Walcha, says :-" I beg to give information of the finding of payable gold…

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Gold in England

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

Gold is flowing into the Bank of England is enormous quantities…

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The Lithgow Strike. Coal Hewers Throw Down Their Tools. Lithgow, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 3

A large number of the coal hewers have already knocked off and many are leaving for Burra Burra, a large section of them being penniless. The state of…

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Legislative Assembly. a New Member. Indemnifying the Treasurer. Value of Public Buildings Old Grants and Mining on Private Property

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

In the Assembly this evening the Speaker having taken his chair the newly-elected Member for the Macleay Mr. Francis Clarke, was introduced and…

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The Errebendry Goldfield

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 3

Early in the month of April, 1892, David Edgar, brother to the proprietor of the Errebendry Station, whilst laying poison for the distruction of rabbits, broke…

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The Pilbarra and Goolgarie Goldfields. Perth (W.a.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 June 1893 · page 2

The crushing is reported at Pilbarra of 216 tons of quartz for 1000 oz. of gold. Sylvester Brown, part owner of Bayley's Reward claim, Coolgardie, has left the…

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Mining

National Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1893 · page 3

Mining matters in the Trunkey district must be looking up. Recently a discovery has made on a property owned by a small British syndicate,…

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Mining. the Burra Burra Field. Pronounced a Complete Failure. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 8 June 1893 · page 3

The new goldfield at Burra Burra has been pronounced by experienced miners a complete failure…

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Mining Near Glen Innis

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 2

A correspondent of the Glen Innes Guardian, writing on mining matters at Torrington, remarks:—Mining about the Nina Mile is very good. It is a small community of flourishing…

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Mining Dispute. Lithgow

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 3

The mining trouble has now passed an acute stage. Yesterday matters took a favourable turn, and a peaceful settlement was hoped for. Negotiations were in…

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The Labor Trouble. the Lithgow Miners. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 2

Free laborers are arriving at Lithgow to take the place of the miners who went out on strike this week. Nothing fresh has transpired with…

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Mining

National Advocate · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 2

It is reported that at Wiseman's Creek things are looking up. The Messrs. Wilson have sixteen men at work raising ore out of their mine, and…

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Mining at Flyer's Creek

National Advocate · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 3

On Monday last we paid a visit to the Flyer's Creek Goldfield, which is situated about 11 miles from Carcoar on Church and School Lands forming portion of the…

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Mining. the Tia River Field. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 12 June 1893 · page 3

It is reported that the Tia River goldfield, near Armidale, is likely to prove rich, but slow and expensive to work…

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Another Coal Find

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 2

A rich seam of kerosene shale has been struck in the Grose Valley, near Mount Victoria. Considerable excitement prevails in the district…

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Mining. the Burra Burra Bush. Trundle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 2

There are no new developments at Barn Barra. Six deep shafts have been bottomed without success. The original prospectors sank four shafts on payable gold, and two more are…

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The Financial Position. Restoring Order. the Treasury Notes. Gold for the Banks. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 2

The financial position is without material alteration, and everything points to a speedy return to a normal state of affairs…

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The Labor Trouble. the Lithgow Miners. a Settlement Arrived at the Men Accept the Masters' Terms. Lithgow

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 2

An unexpected and sudden change in strike matters took place this morning. Yesterday there were no apparent signs that the men would give in, and the majority seemed set on resistance…

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The Commercial of Sydney. a Heavy Consignment of Gold. the Bank to Recommence Probably Next Monday. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

A quarter of a million sovereigns arrived by the Britannia from London for the Commercial Banking Company to-day, and was carted in a lorry guarded…

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