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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

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Hydraulic Pressure Gold Chlorination Process

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1890 · page 3

THD following description of the Hydraulic Chlorination Machine, and of the process of chlorination by hydraulic pressure, appears in the T. and C. Journal, accompanied by an illustration. It would be interesting to learn what such…

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The Clarence Gold Reefs. by Our Special Reporter. Chandler's Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1890 · page 8

THE reefs in this district are not showy ones —that is, they do not carry fancy specimens —but I have never yet seen quartz in which the gold is so evenly distributed. The whole…

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Chandler Creek Gold Reefs. by Our Special Reporter. (Continued from last Saturday's issue.) The Mountain Maid

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 June 1890 · page 2

Is held in two mining tenements (Nos, 64 and 65) about 100ft. square. Strike nearly north and south; underlay E. Two reefs join in shaft, making about 7ft. in thickness. Two shafts down 42ft,;…

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Chandler Creek Gold Reefs. by Our Special Reporter. Continued from last Tuesday's issue

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1890 · page 8

THERE have been two little excitements here. Yesterday there was an attempt made to jump the Mountain Maid claim, and I believe on insufficient grounds; but the jumpers (who are said to be…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 June 1890 · page 8

THE White Rock Proprietory Silver-mining Company, limited, report—"Battery ran about 130 hours; yield of amalgam, 148oz.; average battery assay of stone, 13oz. to ton. Have dispatched a…

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Mining. Chandler's Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 4

WINTER appears to have fairly set in. The weather appears broken with westerly winds. Messrs. Beucroft and party, the purchasers of Messrs. Greenaway and Ducker's new find, have…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 8

AT Hill End, Riley's crushing of six tons from the big run yielded 46oz. of gold. The machinery for the Golden Hope claim, Oakey Creek, Dalmorton, will arrive on Monday…

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Gold Coinage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 4

ALTHOUGH sovereigns coined in Australia are far from rare in England, few people Melbourne branches of the Mint nowadays turn out twice as much gold coinage as the…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 July 1890 · page 3

CHANDLER'S CREEK.—The machinery has arrived at Oakey Creek, and will shortly be booming on the Golden Hope stone. There is a good deal of stone at grass, and the Company will crush for other…

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The Extraction of Gold from Ore

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 July 1890 · page 4

MR. MOLLOY, M.P., who has lately paid a visit to Australia, has recently patented an ingenious invention for the extraction of gold from ore, in which electricity is a chief factor. By his…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 3

AT the Warden's Court, Grafton, on Tuesday, before the District Warden. William Campbell, agent for S. See, holder of a mineral prospecting area of 640 acres, at Coaldale,…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 3

Dalmorton.—Matters are pretty lively in Dalmorton at present, and a number of buildings are in coarse of erection, the majority of which are for business. The hotel has a new landlord…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 8

THE George Smith Alluvial Company are making good headway at the Rocky River with the work on their claim, and sent in some washdirt to Armidale last week, which went about 6grs. to the dish…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 3

WARDEN'S COURT.—On Wednesday the district Warden at Grafton granted partial suspension of work for three months to the holders of gold-raining leases 133,144,148, and 5 acres adjoining, at…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 August 1890 · page 3

N.S.W. EXHIBITS IN LONDON.—At the banquet which followed the opening ceremony in connection with the Mining Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Mr. W. Pritchard Morgan, M.P.,…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 8

A NEW find of gold is reported from near Solferino. On Friday, an aboriginal named Bobby Little brought to Yulgilbar some specimens of exceedingly rich stone, taken from a reef about two miles on…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 August 1890 · page 4

[WE shall be glad to receive, for publication under this heading, authenticated information relative to mining generally.—ED.] GOLDMINING LEASES declared void — W…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 8

WE shall be glad to receive, for publication under this heading, authenticated information relative to mining generally.—ED.] NEWS from Fairfield has recently been rather…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 3

THE Syndicate that were in treaty for the parchase of the Sir Walter Scott mine at Cangi are highly elated with the crushing of 3 tons of unpicked stone sent for trial. This went at the rate of about…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 August 1890 · page 5

Wardens Court.—On Wednesday the Mining Warden at Grafton granted suspension of work for two months to H. J. Smith for goldmining lease 191, Dalmorton, on the ground that the manager…

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