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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1881

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Discovery of Rich Gold Reefs

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1881 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes us as follows from Walcha:—"Rich gold reefs have been discovered at Nuggety Creek, seven miles from Nowendoc, by a party of Frenchmen. The…

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Nana Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1881 · page 3

THE weather during the past week has been very unsettled, having been raining a great part of the time; consequently mining and building operations have been greatly retarded. There have been no fresh finds…

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Correspondence. the Nana Creek Gold-field. To the Editor of the Argus

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 November 1881 · page 4

SIR,--I see by the Examine of the 5th instant, your contemporary appears to have changed his views in regard to Nana as a field for mining speculation. A Mr. Herrenschmidt, a metallurgist, seems to appear to have…

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A Mining Swindle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1881 · page 4

AT the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday last week, Ledru Rollin Reynolds, aged twenty-nine, described as a bank manager, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour for fraudulent…

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Nana Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1881 · page 2

NOVEMBER 21.--In all the claims now at work on tho field good progress has been made during the past week. One or two more have also started work, and several others intend following suit. There has been nothing…

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Nana Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 November 1881 · page 2

The weather during the past few days has been fine, but during the early part of last week it was very wet. Fleas are a complete plague here, I think they must have been imported from China or some other…

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Nana Creek Gold -Field. November 28, 1831

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1881 · page 2

OPERATIONS are steadily progressing in the several claims that are being worked on the field, A number of parties are still out prospecting the different ranges trying to find new reefs, but so far without success…

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Nana Creek Gold-field. December 5

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1881 · page 4

THE chief topics here in mining circles have been the repegging of No. 1 worst Matilda, and that of the claimants (P. Byrnes and Co) to the Nana township and part of the Re[?] reef: as the latter is still sub judge…

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