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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1885

10 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers

Gold Returns

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 2

A RETURN of the gold produced in New South Wales and received at the Sydney Mint is one of those dry digests of figures which only the initiated and interested are likely…

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Gold Saving

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1885 · page 11

Two inventions have just been described before one of the scientific societies by Dr. Atcherley, a London engineer, which seemed destined to revolutionise the operations of the goldfinder…

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The Minister for Mines on the New Land Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 3

AT Inverell Mr Abbott, speaking on the New Land Bill said:—"The bill was of very great importance, and when it was passed through the House the supporters of the Government, knowing how the…

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Rocky Mouth Coal Company

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1885 · page 2

A MEETING of the shareholders in this company was hold at Maclean on Friday, Mr. C. N. Stephens in the chair. The following report was received and adopted, on…

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Miners' Demonstration. Sydney, Friday Night

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1885 · page 5

THE annual demonstration of the miners was held at Lambton on Thursday. Over 2000, headed by bands and banners, marched through the main thoroughfares. Messrs. Fletcher[?] A. Cameron, Melville,…

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[?] Goldfield — A Revival of Old Times

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1885 · page 3

THE T. and C. Journal of May 23, has the following remarks under the above heading:—The Clarence and Richmond Examiner of May 2 reports that another rich patch of gold has been found. It…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion— Loss of 140 LIVES

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1885 · page 4

ON June 18 a terrible colliery explosion occurred in the Trencherbone seam of the Lambs pit, at the Clifton Hall Colliery, near Manchester. The number of men and boys…

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Discovery of Gold near Armidale Armidale

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1885 · page 4

THERE is considerable excite[?] ever the discovery of gold at [?]ster Creek, four miles from Armidale. There are now one hundred men engaged there, and the number is in[?]reasing daily, Loffberg…

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Mining — [?] Important Patent

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 2

THE first open trial of a new process known as the Parnell process, for the extraction of the base and precious metals from their [?]res, took place at Mr Mainwaring's Austral…

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Gold [?] and Quartz From Solferino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 4

ON Wednesday morning Mr T. Winkley brought to town a quantity of quartz obtained from the claim with which he is connected, No. 2 South, Band of Hope reef, Selferine. They are rich specimens, and…

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