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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
48 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 3
THE following proclamation is from the Government Gazette of Tuesday:— Counties of Macquarie, Dudley, Raleigh, and Fitzrey, area, about 4500 square miles: Commeneing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Government GAZETTE of the 12th instant, notifies that the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council has proclaimed that the following shall be deemed a Gold Field within the meaning and for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE reefs at this place are steadily finding much favour with the public, and the general opinion is that before long it will become a most important goldfield. At the time of writing(August 4) there are 200 men on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are now in a position to give our readers a thoroughly reliable progress report, as to the work actually done on the field, the results, and so forth:--The prospectors' alaim on the reef first discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A CORRESPONDENT writing on the 5th instant states-- In mining affairs pegging out seems to be the order of the day, especially on the wings (North and South of the Matilda) and on the southern wing of Darguo's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE report of the Mines Department on the occupation of Crown lands for last year is not so full of information as the importance of the subject demands, notwithstanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Ballarat correspondent of the Leader has the following:—"The effects of over-promoting and the results of reckless extravagance by promoters in paying to landholders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A LECTURE on gold mining was delivered by the Rev. R. F. Becher, B.A., in the Baptist Church, Queenstreet, on Tuesday evening, the proceeds being in aid of the funds of the Church. The audience numbered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN the early days of the Dunolly gold-fields, writes the author of " A Glance at Australia in 1880," two working miners named Oates and Deeson, after experiencing many vicissitudes of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OCTOBER 16.-- On the Matilda line things are pretty quiet at present. The tenders for sinking winze 69 feet mid driving tunnel 99 feet in Sharp's prospectors' claim, will be opened on Wednesday first. Work is also going…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN invention for extracting gold and other metals from siliceous, alummous, and other substances was patented by Mr J. P. Dunker, manufacturing chemist, of Glasgow, but the patent has become public property,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OCTOBER 23. -- Another reel, some three or four miles north of the Lady Matilda, has been ripened [?] week by Kelly Bros., and named the Golden Crown, Gold can be seen in the stone without the aid of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is the proclaimed boundaries of this gold-field:— County of Fitzroy, parishes of Sherwood, Corindi, Waihou, Orara, Moonee, Woogoolga, Coff, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OCTOBER 31. -- On the Matilda, the contractor (Mr. E. Johnston) with six men, commenced work this week in the shaft and tunnel in the Prospectors' and No. 1 East claims. Very little work is being done in any of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—If I could have dreamed at the time I made my metallurgical and engineering studies, that wherever I go I have to contradict reports and statements made, I would rather have taken the hammer and drill in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A WARDEN'S Court was held at the Court House, on Wednesday, presided over by the Warden for the district, Mr A. L. M'Dougall, P.M. The property in dispute, is a portion of the lease…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOVEMBER 6. -- During the past week there has been no further news of new r[?]s. There are still several parties out prospecting, but I have heard nothing as to how they are getting on. On most of the established…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Assembly were occasional yesternight in discussing the Milburn Creek affair. A considerable portion of time was consumed in discussing the proepr method of dealing with the two members imp[?]eated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—In your columns has appeared the correspondence between the committee of the Grafton Hospital and myself, anent the above fund, and I do not doubt but that you will courteously allow me space in your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN your issue of the 20th October there appears a letter signed A. W. Bucknell, criticising some remarks made by the Rev. R. J. Becher, B.A., in a lecture delivered some time previously by that gentleman, on…
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