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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

104 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 6

Gold-mining on Avery's Creek

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT writes: Avery's Creek is the main western branch of Tallawadgeh, and till lately was little known except to cedar cutters. Its western tributaries are…

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MINING. An Extensive Find

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 June 1895 · page 3

THE Northern Courier says the find at Bucca Creek which up till recently has been kept quiet, was made some two weeks since, and is said to be situated on a west branch of…

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MINING. En Route to Coolgardie

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 June 1895 · page 4

WRITING from Perth on the 5th instant, "one of a party" who left Grafton last month says, "We arrived at Freemantle after a stormy passage round the "Leeuwin," and a…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 5

CORAMBA MINES.—A correspondent from Coramba writes of his experience on the field, and states that he tried several reefs, but they invariably ran out or were pinched…

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MINING. Bench Mining on the North Coast

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 8

THE chief scene of operations appears to be the beach between the Clarence and Tweed Heads, and according to the Mint returns, the amount of gold…

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The Londonderry Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

THE Coolgardie Pioneer gives a concise description of the recovery of the last shoot of gold at the above mine. The satisfactory discovery was…

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The C.s. Commission on the Mines Department

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 3

THE Civil Service Commission expressed the opinion that the Prospecting Vote of £20,000 ought to be discontinued. " Mr. Slee" the report goes on to say "is of opinion that the…

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The Coolgardie Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1895 · page 3

WE are in receipt of a letter from a late resident of Grafton, dated Coolgardie, June 24. The writer gives some information respecting the trip from Southern Cross to Coolgardie…

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Mining at Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1895 · page 4

MINING at Coramba and its neighborhood appears to be prosecuted with a persistency that well deserves, even if it cannot succeed, says the Courier. Last week, the battery…

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Warden's Court. Mining Case From Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 3

THE following are the particulars in the case of J. and T. Wood, T. Reedy and J. H. Forbes v. A. Black, G. Tyson, G. Burnett Mossman, C. Vale and A. M'Kenzie, heard…

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Mining Development—refractory Oees

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 4

THE announcement that a company has been formed in London with a large capital, under the name of the Australian Smelting Company, with the object of treating…

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ALI for Gold: Or, the Silent Detective

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 6

"I SAY, Angus, have you been meddling with my instruments?" Angus, reading in an arm chair before the fire, with his back to the…

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Appalling Mine Calamity. Six Men Entombed. Some Miraculous Escapes. an Act of Heroism

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 8

An appalling catastrophe occurred in the M'Evoy gold mine, Eldorado, Victoria, on Saturday morning. Just about 4 o'clock what may be best described as a lagoon of…

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Gold, or Silver, or Both. Popular Objections Answered

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 30 July 1895 · page 3

" PRICES have been depressed by the over production of commodities," say some people. According to them, prices have not been depressed by…

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Four Men Slowly Starved in a Mine. The Last Man a Maulo Before Death

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 5

THE search for the miners entombed in the M'Evoy mine resulted in a heartrending discovery, four of the victims being found who had evidently lived a considerable time…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 4

GOOD PROSPECTS LOCALLY. — Mining is being vigorously prosecuted in various parts of the district, especially in tbe direction of Nana Greek. The number of teams one…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 3

THE output of gold from South Africa continues to increase. June gave the largest record, 200,041 ozs., May next with 194,580 ozs. For the half-year the total was…

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Mining at Yugilbar

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 4

MR. EDITOR.— The estimated number of unemployed in Sydney alone at present (i.e. those who are living on charity) runs into five figures. The Government have also…

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Western Australia. and Its Goldfields

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 2

As may be expected, the influx of population to the western colony consequent upon the development of its mines, has had a visible effect on…

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Political Coal Mining. a Nasty Looking Business

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 4

THERE is a considerable disturbance breeding with regard to the coal mining business on the shores of and underneath Port Jackson. It may be remembered that some months…

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