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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1875

42 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 3

The Mining Board

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1875 · page 2

THE division upon which Mr. Copeland's motion for amending the sluicing regulations, negatived on Friday was as follows: For--Messrs. Copeland, Eddy, Baker, and…

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The Mining Board

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 May 1875 · page 2

THE full Board, excepting Mr. Burns, absent on leave, were present on Thursday. The Board resolved to form itself into a committee of the whole to consider Mr. De…

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Coal in Australia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1875 · page 6

IN an article upon coal deposits in British possessions the Nautical Magazine is very pronounced in its oncomiums of the extreme richness of the carboniferous strata of New South…

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Gold Found at 1100 Feet Depth

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 June 1875 · page 7

THE Melbourne Leader says,—The discovery of gold bearing quartz at the depth of 1100 feet has concentrated the interests of the mining world upon the Prince Patrick…

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Solferino Gold Fields. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1875 · page 5

JUNE 12.—Things are not very brisk just now up here, none of our crushing machines being at work, the few hands employed in the claims being engaged in raising stone. I understand the Reform Company has it in…

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Extraction of Gold From Pyrites

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1875 · page 2

A DISCOVERY that seems likely to prove of great value to the miner, has been made by Mr. Robertson, a miner at the Blacks wood diggings, in the Ballarat district --…

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Gold-mining in Victoria

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1875 · page 3

REVIEWING a progress report upon the Geological Survey in Victoria, by Mr R. Brough Smyth, Secretary for Mines in that colony, the S. M. Herald says, —As an instance of the spirited manner in which…

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Solferino Gold-fields. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1875 · page 3

JULY 9.—I regret to inform you that things are not in a nourishing stnto on these Holds at present, many persons having made an exodus, and others about following their example. The Lombardy claim has…

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Copper Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1875 · page 3

COPPER has been discovered in several pinces throughout the district, but only at one locality has any attempt been made to develope copper mining. This is at Pulgunbar Creek, near Gordon Brook, about 13…

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GOLD FIELDS.d SOLFERINO

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1875 · page 3

JULY 29—Nothing of much consequence has transpired since my last, if I except the Band of Hope claim which has again been abandoned. Rumour says that the Reform Gold Mining Co's…

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The First Discovery of Gold in New South Wales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1875 · page 7

THE question of who was the first discoverer of gold in New South Wales, although often debated has never, until recently, received a satisfactory solution, and never, we believe,…

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Glen Innes. Monday, 615 P.m. New Gold Field--great Excitement

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1875 · page 3

Gold has been discovered some thirty-five miles from this town. There is great excitement in consequence, and a large number of miner's rights have been taken out during this…

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The New Mining Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1875 · page 7

THE Evening News; August 9, says,—The new Mining Bill which has been, framed by the Minister for Minee, and which will probably be laid upon the table of the House in the course of a few days, in order to admit…

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New Gold Field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1875 · page 3

ON Tuesday last we saw some splendid specimens of coarse gold, obtained by dry sinking, at a depth of about four feet from the surface of the hill in close proximity…

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Solferino Gold-fields. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1875 · page 3

AUGUST 20.—One of the employees at the Reform Gold Mining Company's claim met with an accident a few days ago, while at work; but fortunately nothing very serious happened [?]eyond spraining an…

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Copper Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 17 September 1875 · page 2

Your account last week of Mr. Lindt's photographs of bush scenery in the Clarence district was so good that I was induced to pay a visit at once to that artist's studio…

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Shipment of Coal at Newcastle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1875 · page 7

We learn that some important improvements are now being effected at the port of Newcastle in connection with the department of the Engineer-in-chief of Harbours and Rivers. The works in progress…

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Newly Discovered Tin Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1875 · page 6

REGARDING the recent discoveries of stream tin on the leasehold of the Jengellic Tin Lodes Mining Company, the Border Post is in a position to state that the manager has six…

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District News. Solferino Gold-fields. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1875 · page 5

OCTOBER 7.—I have not much to report [?]ce my last, except that things are looking a tritle better just now—more gold having been struck in the Reform G. M. Company's claim, on Garribaldi. The machine…

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Review. the New Mining Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1875 · page 3

To the best of our recollection it is now some thirty years since a poor shepherd lad walked into the shop of Mr Brentun[?], the jeweller, of Collins-street, Melbourne, and produced a small…

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