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

Mining & the mines, 1897

706 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 36

Mine Concentrates. Fitzgerald's Valley Rush

National Advocate · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

Excitement among local cockies and embryo miners is increasing, and some dozens are camped in the vicinity of the alluvial rush at Fitzgerald's Valley. Up…

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Mining. the Alluvial Discovery at Fitzgerald's Valley

The Bathurst Post · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 6

Further information from Fitzgerald's Valley, where the recent discovery of alluvial gold was made, gives details of the find. The sinking will be about 30ft…

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A Fearful Death. the Dangers Op Mining. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 3

A miner named Goodwin was killed at Hillgrove yesterday by a piece of timber failing on him from a height ef 70ft. The timber passed right through his body…

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The Best Goods at Bed-rock Prices. Important Diamond Mining Discovery

The Bathurst Post · Friday 15 January 1897 · page 2

A BINGERA correspondent informs us that quite an important development has just occurred on the Australian. Diamond Mines Proprietary…

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Mining. the Old Abercrombie

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 18 January 1897 · page 3

A wire from Carooar says:—At the Abercrombie River George Spalding and party have been working assiduously on the old river bed for alluvial gold for the last 18…

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Water Eats Gold

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 1

It is not generally known, even in California, that millions of dollars is glittering gold are annually taken from rude Heaps of base looking quartz by the gentle…

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Another Gold Find. MELBOURNE

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 3

A rich gold discovery has been made near Bright. One dish of atone yielded 90zs. of gold…

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Mining Warden's Court. TUESDAY, January 19, 1897. (Before the Mining Warden, Mr. C. E. Smith, P.m.) Important Case Under the Mining on Private Property Act. Blade and Party V. Dickenson and Party

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 2

This was a case in which Henry Cecil Slade and party objected to the granting by the Warden of an authority to Benjamin Charles Dickenson and others to enter…

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Mining. the Fitzgerald's Valley Field. Visit of the Warden. Arrangements for Opening the Ground

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 3

Our Newbridge Correspondent writes as follows:—The "Warden (Mr. T. A. Smith) visited the Fitzgerald's Valley to-day to meet the miners who had rushed there and applied…

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Mine Concentrates. Blayney Fields

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1897 · page 2

Our Blayney correspondent writes:— Good progress is being made in de veloping our copper lodes. Since the holidays mining has been resumed in…

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The Mount Morgan Mine. Rockhampton

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1897 · page 2

The Mount Morgan Co. last year treated 104,265 tons for a yield of 151,317ozs of gold, an increase of 22,000ozs of gold as compared with the…

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Mining Warden's Court. TUESDAY, January 19, 1897. (Before the Mining Warden, Mr. C. E. Smith, P.m.) Important Case Under the Mining on Private Property Act. Slade and Party V. Dickenson and Party

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1897 · page 2

This was a case in which Henry Cecil Slade and party objected to the granting by the Warden of an authority to Benjamin Charles Dickenson and others to enter…

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Mine Concentrates. the Fitzgerald's Rush Probabilities of a Continuous Run of Gold

National Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1897 · page 3

As pointed out by the NATIONAL ADVOCATE'S special reporter in its issue of the 18th instant, there has been nothing so far found to warrant a rush to…

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Mining. LUCKNOW

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 21 January 1897 · page 4

Aladdin's Lamp Gold Mining Co., Limited, week ended December 19.—Crushed 212½ tons for 685oz gold bullion, sent to the mint, in addition to which 9½ tons of concentrates…

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Mine Concentrates

National Advocate · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 2

The Lake View Consols (W.A) has crashed 1505 tons of stone for 3939oz of gold; and the Great Boulder Proprietary (W.A) 718 tons for 2127oz. gold…

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Miners' Riots LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 3

During the riots among tho coal miners at Reaioza, Hungary, the gendarmes fired killing flight of the rioters and two women…

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The Green Swamp Mining Case

National Advocate · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 2

The decision in the Green Swamp mining case, tried before the Warden's Court, Bathurat, on Tuesday will not be delivered until Monday next. A…

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Mining at Wattle Flat. Wattle Flat

National Advocate · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 2

Most of the mines are now in fall work after the holidays. Heagney's Reef Co. have not yet started owing to the absence of the manager. The…

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Mine Concentrates. Find Hear Rylstone. Rylstone

National Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 2

A good gold bearing reef has been discovered on the private property of Mr. T. Dick, at Tabrabucca. The stone shows course gold freely. The ground…

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A Big Gold Robbery. MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 3

A sensation was caused to-day by the report that a box containing 5000 sovs., shipped by the P and O Co's., R.M.S. Oceana for London had disappeared…

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