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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 2 of 3

The Minister of Mines in the North

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 4

IT may be considered a desirable qualification in a Minister of the Crowa that he should possess as complete a knowledge as circumstances will permit of the particular branches of the public…

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Gold Separating in Dry Diggings

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1882 · page 4

A XUMBER of gentlemen, both directly and indirectly connected with mining pursuits, witnessed on Wednesday two interesting experiments affecting an important branch in that do…

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The First Cake of Gold From Nana Creek

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1882 · page 2

Mr. O. Hynes' coach, the Lady Matihla, had the humor of bringing the first cake of gold from Nana Creek, yesterday. The first 100 tons of 'quartz from the Lady Matilda claim yielded a cake of gold…

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Test for Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1882 · page 3

THERE is a simple method for he detection of gold in quarti, pyrites, &c., which is not generally described in the mineralogical text-books. It is an adaptation of the well-known amalgamation process,…

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Important Mining Decision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1882 · page 2

THE Chief Justice and Mr Justice Fawcett, sitting in Banco at the Supreme Court, on Friday, had before them the case of Bourke v. Wright, which had been remitted for the opinion of the court by the…

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Important Mining Decision

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1882 · page 4

THE Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Faweett. silting in Banco, at the Supreme Court (says the E. News) had before them the case Bourke v. Wright, which had been remitted for the opinion…

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Some Facts About Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1882 · page 2

AT a time when attention has been specially directed to the position and functions of Gold relatively to silver, some of the facts connected with its history and distribution among the nations may be of…

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Movements of Gold Coin in European Banks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1882 · page 3

THE new number of the Investor's Monthly Manual gives some interesting particulars regarding the sources from which the principal banks of Europe have replenished their stocks of gold bullion within…

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Correspondence. [THE Editor does not hold himself responsible for opinions expressed by correspondents.] Nana Cheek Gold-fields and the Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1882 · page 3

SIR.—When I wrote the article in your valuable columna, on the 4th November last, I was engaged by capitalists to make a report on the Nana Creek gold-field. This report was ready, and would have…

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Lost Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1882 · page 6

THE London correspondent of the "Age" under date May 5, says:—A curious story which has been floating about in colonial circles during the last low clays is, I am afraid, only too true. One of the boxes of gold…

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British Coal Consumption

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1882 · page 3

SIR HENRY BESSEMER lately wrote a letter to the papers, on the subject of British coal consumption. Whenever Sir Henry Bessemer writes or speaks, he has something of interest…

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Colonial News. Gold From Pyrites

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1882 · page 7

THE Melbourne Argus of Tuesday learns that it is proposed to form a syndicate for the purposo of thoroughly testing in New South Wales Mrs E. B. Parnell's patent for the separation of gold from…

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Department of Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1882 · page 8

THE following is taken from the annual report the Department of Mines of New South Wales for the year 1881. a copy of which has been furnish to us…

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Correspondence. the Nana Creek Gold-mining Company. to the Editor of the Grafton Argus

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1882 · page 2

SIR,--You deserve the thanks of the miners and speculators of this district for the extract of the average yield of the Queensland quartz mines, published in your last issue. The fact that the most paying reefs…

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Orara Gold-field

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1882 · page 2

THE undermentioned extensions to the "Orara goldfield," open to additional purchase, have been proclaimed in the Gazette, of the 25th August:— County of Dudley, parish of Barraganyatti, area…

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Auriferous Parts of the Northern Clarence. [By a Lover of Mining.]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1882 · page 3

As it may be interesting to some of your readers to gain some information regarding the Northern Clarence Goldfields, I hand you particulars of a few mining items that have come under my notice…

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Mining Shares Action

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 October 1882 · page 6

AT the District Court, Sydney, last week, the E. News says Mr District Court Judge Josephson heard the action of Molloy v. the Solitary Reef Gold-mining Company, which, it was said, is the…

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Extensions to the Orara Goldfield

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 6

THE following is proclaimed as a Gold-field within the meaning and for the purposes of the Mining Act:— County of Fitzroy, parish of Koukandowie, area 80…

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The Creswick Mining Catastrophe

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1882 · page 7

AT the Australasian Mine, at ten minutes past 7 o'clock on Tuesdya morning, Thomas Clark and another of the men engaged in searching for the lost miners came up the shaft cheering…

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Daimorton Goldfield

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1882 · page 3

FOLLOWING is a copy of a report furnished Mr W. H. Slee, Inspector of Gold Mines:— "Mining matters on the Dalmorton field are, for the present at least, at a low ebb; and…

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