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

Mining & the mines, 1895

750 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 38

Gold Discoveries. SYDNEY, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 3

Alluvial wash, in a payable form, has been struck at Albury at 20 feet. At Hillside, 5 miles from Toolong on the Upper Murray, and about twenty…

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2nd - Edition The - World Rich Find of Gold at Hill End. Hill End

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 3

Rich gold has been struck in Marshall's vein on the Hill End Proprietary Company's ground, at a spot 135ft. north of the place in which Marshall's obtained…

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West Australia Mining

National Advocate · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 2

Fitzgerald and his fellow-prospectors have wired a statement to Perth, reiterating that the new find at Mount Catherine ia a huge blow of golden quartz,…

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The Unemployed Coal Miners. Work on Any Terms

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

The Miners General Secretary has reported that the Greta unionists will accept work anywhere on the best terms they can get…

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Garangula Miners. SYDNEY, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

Garangula miners have received notice that they must pay 10s rent or clear out. Many have left over this very sodden order. The Minister is being appealed to…

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Mining. Mount Drysdale

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

Mining matters have been looking exceedingly bright daring the past week. The Drysdale and Eldorado mines are looking better now than ever, and are bagging large…

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The Mining Conference

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

The scope proposed for the Conference on Mining will embrace the consideration of present progress and future developments under evisting laws, and how they…

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Wyalong Mining. WYALONG

National Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

The reefs here are reported to be increasing in body and richness…

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Bywong Mining. BYWONG

National Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

The lower levels at Bywong field are attracting considerable attention. A publican's license has been granted, and two stores and a butchery and bakery are…

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Peak Hill Mining. Peak Hill. Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 2

Peak Hill Proprietary, mine for ten days, run has cleaned up 600 tons for 216 ounces. A new shoot is very promising and looks permanent…

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Mining. the Wyalong Goldfibld. the Reefs Increasing in Richness. West Wyalong, Friday

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 3

Father Curran, Government Geologist, arrived here last night, and has commenced an investigation of the field. At the Hidden Treasure claim tho shaft…

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Mining. the Wyalong Field

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 2

Lawlor and party of the True Blue claims, finished crushing on Saturday night, at Gough's Battery, 365 tons, which, being cleaned up, yielded exactly lowt. amalgam…

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Mining at Wattle Flat

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 2

Great satisfaction is felt that the grand old Solitary Reef Mine, the deepest in the district, after a long spell of idleness, is once more to be worked. Messrs Montgomery…

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The Mining Conference

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 21 February 1895 · page 2

The Minister for Mines will issue invitations next week to the Mining Conference which will be held in Sydney in March…

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Mining. Wattle Flat Claims. Wattle Flat

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 21 February 1895 · page 3

Operations at the various claims are being carried on vigorously. Most of the mines are worked by miners on their own account. The majority are doing well, and have…

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The Wealthy West. Bunches of Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 2

Another wonderfully rich discovery of gold is reported on the Ninety Mile Road, Coolgardie. The gold appears in bunches and patches in the hollows of rocks…

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A Good Gold Outcrop. MILPARINKA

National Advocate · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 3

A gold bearing outcrop thirty feet long and a good width has been discovered five miles from town. Many claims have been pegged out…

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Cobar Mining

National Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

As the result of the striking of gold on the flat, all the ground between the Eclipse and Evening Star was pegged out on Tuesday night. The Proprietary…

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Sunny Corner Silver-mining Co

National Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

The half-yearly meeting of the Sunny Corner Silver-mining Company was held at the office of the company, Pitt-street, on Thursday. Mr. T. H. Kelly…

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Gold and How to Get It ! (To the Editor of the National Advocate.)

National Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

SIR,—I read in one of the Sydney papers about a fortnight ago, the report of a lecture on the above subject, by the Rev. J. Campbell, in which he made…

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