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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

42 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 3

How Lefroy Murdered Mr. Gold

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1882 · page 4

LEFROY, the murderer of Mr. Gold ou the Brighton Railway, as our readers well know, was recently tried and hanged, and the circumstances of the dark deed were so full of horror that…

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Nana Creek Gold Field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1882 · page 4

THOSE miners who have been spending their holidays away from Nana have nearly all made their appearance again, and intend making a fresh start to- day. The miners, business men…

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New Regulations Under the Mining Act

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1882 · page 3

THE following conditions have been finally approved, and published in the Government GAZETTE:— 28TH SECTION OF THE MINING ACT 1874. Applications for authority under section 28 of the…

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Nama Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1882 · page 4

THE holidays being over most of the absentees have returned, and work is again the order of the day on the field. The reef lately opened at Tallewudjah Creek by the Messrs. Sharpe, and…

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A Few Remarks Regar[?]n the Working of the Mining Act of 1874

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1882 · page 2

THE Mining Act of 1674, [?]for all relations to Gold Mining [?] has proved to be the emce of endless [?]. The BONA [?]DE miner heavily handicapped by a [?]and in monopolised by men who do not let…

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Suicide of a Mining Manager at Ballarat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1882 · page 5

THE BALLARAT EVENING POST of Thursday says:— "Considerable consternation was created in Ballarat on Thursday morning, when it became bruited abroad that Mr Robert Atkinson, the well-known mining…

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Nana Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1882 · page 3

IN all the claims at work on the field good progress has been made during the past week. Many other parties would also have been up work, but for the insecurity of tenure afforded…

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Nana Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1882 · page 4

DURING the week about 12 of our must enterprising business men have been away to Grafton to attend the inquiry held there on the 25th by the Warden, as regards the pegging and…

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Nana Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1882 · page 2

FEBRUARY 8.--Mining is steadily progressing, one or two parties having again set in to work, and several others are out prospecting. The following claims are steadily at work:--…

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Nana Creek Gold Field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1882 · page 3

FEBRUARY 15--Mining has been retarded a good deal during the past week, owing to the heavy rain we have has here. The weather seems now to be more settler. All [?] work…

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Nana Creek Gold-field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1882 · page 4

FEBRUARY 19, 1882. -- During the week nothing that I have heard of in the shape of new reefs or extraordinary rich finds has taken place. The different claims at work are steadily pushing…

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Mining Report

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1882 · page 2

WE are indebted to the secretary of the Lady Matilda Gold Mining Company (Mr. D. W. Munro) for a copy of the mining manager's first general report to the directors, as follows: --…

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Nana Creek Gold Field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1882 · page 4

FEBRUARY 27. The prospected of ?Nana as a per[?]nent and payable gold-filed, the different [?]ms at work and raising stone prove beyond all doubt. Although it will be several weeks…

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Nana Creek Gold Field

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1882 · page 2

MARCH 6.-- The progress made and prospects obtained in all those claims at work during the past week has been of an encouraging and satisfactory nature; sinking, tunneling, and trenching being carried on in an…

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Clarence & Richmond Examiner Saturday, 1St April, 1882. The Ministerial Visit. the Minister for Mines in Grafton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 4

DR. RENWICK arrived in Grafton on Wednesday, and was accompanied by Messrs R. L. Murray (Inverell), W. J. Fergusson (Glen Innes), J. Kidd (Camden), M.L.A.'s. E. Jones, Mayor, G. Martin, Police…

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Deputation to the Minister of Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1882 · page 3

Mr J. M. PURVES, M.P., one of the Board of Directors, introduced a deputation from the Surface Hill Slucing Company, to Dr. Renwick, on Wednesday last, at Mrs James's hotel. Mr G. Foott, as Chairman…

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New Regulations Relating to Gold Mining Leases

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 5

REGULATIONS relating to golg mining lease of new or unworked Crown land, to be read in connection with, and construed as forming part of, the Regulations relating to Gold Mining Leases published in…

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New Regulations Relating to Gold-mining Leases

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1882 · page 2

Regulations relating to gold-mining leases of new or unworked Crown land, to be read in connection with, and construed as forming part of the Regulation relating to Gold Mining Leases, published in the…

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Mining in Victoria

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1882 · page 2

AN unusual impetus having been given to the mining industry in this district by the discovery of the rich gold-bearing roofs on the Na[?] Greek gold-field, some account of hte methods pursued in one of the oldest…

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Nana Creek. Christening of the Lady Matilda Gold-mining Co's Machine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1882 · page 4

APRIL 17TH.--The event next in importance to the discovery of a new gold-field (reeling one) is the starting of the first crushing machine to work. Saturday last, the day appointed by the Lady Matilda Gold-Mining…

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