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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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Defence Works at the Mines. Fortifications Erected.—An Armed Force in Readiness

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 8

THE Daily Telegraph correspondent visited the Proprietary mine on Thursday, and telegraphed that it is certain that the mine people were pretty confident that an attack…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 4

HILLGROVE CRUSHINGS. — Baker's Creek, [?]oz. of smelted gold; Eleanora, 1[?]oz.; Sunlight, 31[?]oz. WARDENS'DECISIONS.—Before Judge…

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Treatment of Minerals. Gold at Dalmorton not being Saved Necessity for Other than Battery Treatment

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 3

OUR Dalmorton correspondent, under date Wednesday, writes: — "Recent crushings here, together with the Rev. Joseph Campbell's lecture, have drawn local attention in no…

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Gold-mining and Gold-mining Companies in Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1892 · page 3

I NOW come to the Excelsior, of which I shall give a more than ordinary notice, as it was the first of the new finds that was worked by public…

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Gold Mines and Gold-mining Companies in the Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 3

I NOW come to the Lady Jersey mine, a show that much was expected from because of the largeness of the lode and the fact that some of the people connected with it were…

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The Barrier Miners' Strike. The Proposed Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

EVERYTHING in connection with the strike is going along quietly and the position, from the Broken-hill point of view, has not altered in the slightest. With regard to the…

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Treatment of Minerals. Gold at Dalmorton Should be Saved

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 3

MR. EDITOR.—In the Examiner of the 17th instant your Dalmorton correspondent complains that the present mode of gold extraction adopted on the Dalmorton…

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Gold Mines and Gold-mining Companies in the Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1892 · page 3

THE formation of the Chandler's Creek Amalgamated Gold-mining Company, and the proceedings relative thereto, now claim my attention. This property includes the Garden…

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Gold Mines and Gold-mining Companies in the Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 3

WHEN the Mining Bank took over the management of the Chandlers Creek Co., the Garden Hill reef was in a deplorable condition. The reef…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 5

THE report of ore treated for three weeks' run at the Nambucca Heads G. and S. M. Company is 123 tons roasted ore for a yield of 177oz. smelted gold, worth £4 3s per ounce…

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Mining on Private Property. The New Bill before Parliament

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1892 · page 8

FOR a number of years there has been an agitation in favour of mining on private property. The result has now been placed before the Legislature in a Bill, with that…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 4

NANA CREEK—On Thursday evening 69ozs. 12dwts. gold were brought to town from Nana Creek, the result of a parcel of stone crushed by Mr. O'Grady at his battery. The…

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Gold Mines and Gold-mining Companies in the Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 3

THE Champion reef on Quart Pot Creek is the latest find in the Chandler's Creek part of the district, and is worthy of a few remarks…

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Gold Mines and Gold-mining, Companies in the Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 3

THE Scottish Chief is one of the claims opened but in the early days, and report says that the show was a good one. However, it was…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 4

MR. ALFRED LOCKWOOD (one of the patentees of the Lockwood-Chapel process) and the Rev. Joseph Campbell have arrived from Sydney en route to Cangi, to superintend the…

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Gold Mines and Gold-mining Companies in the Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 3

THE finding of the reefs at Mount Poole in 1891 caused a great deal of excitement. A general rush took place, each party endeavouring to obtain a slice of ground in the…

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The Barrier Miners' Strike. The Trial of the Leaders. The Judge's Summing Up

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 4

Mr. ACTING-JUDGE BACKHOUSE, in the course of his summing up on Friday, said that the jury must confine their attention to what had been placed before them within the walls of…

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Chandler's Creek and Mount Poole Goldfields

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 4

THE Minister for mines has received the quartely report on the Chandler's Creek and Mount Poole Goldfields. It states that matters have quietened considerably, and that at…

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Gold Mines and Gold-mining Companies in the Dalmorton District

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1892 · page 3

ADIOINING the Marvel on the south, and higher up the hill are the lands of the Mount Poole G.M.Co. This land was secured immediately after the discovery of the Marvel, by…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1892 · page 8

THE SIR WALTER SCOTT MINE.—Excellent progress is being made in the erection of the ore-treating plant. The fire clay retorts are placed in position, and the contractor…

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