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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1870

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Grafton Police Court. Friday. Before the Police Magistrate. Unlaw[?]y Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1870 · page 4

Charles Brown appea[?]ed before the Court upon summons, charged with un[?]awfully mining on the Cunglebung diggings, without a license. The offence having been proved by constable Harkness and Adolph…

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Lunatic and Preseverance Gold Reefs. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1870 · page 2

DRAKE, JULY 13TH—Subjoined is an account of the progress now being made at the Lunatic and Perseverance gold bearing reefs, situate about seven miles form Drake, on the rond from Grafton to…

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Lunatic & Perseverence Gold Reefs. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1870 · page 2

AUGUST 10TH.—My report of progress here is s[?]ill favorable. There has been considerable excitement on Lunatic during the past four days, in consequence of a number of rich specimens having been…

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