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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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The Clarnce Examiner. Published at Grafton, Tuesdays and Saturdays. the Bucca Mine. Gold Ingots

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 4

THE Bank of New South Wales was, yesterday, a greater centre of attraction than usual. The cause being the exhibition in one of the windows of a record display of…

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Mining Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 5

The Government announce that the sum of £500 will be paid to any person or persons who shall first discover a new reefing, or alluvial gold or tin field, or a new deposit of…

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The Mann River Gold Field. Its Mineral Resources

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 4

THIS field, which has languished for so many years, is now surely and steadily coming to the front, and in the near future will, in my opinion, be heard of as one, if not the…

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Review of the Mining Share Market. Startling Revelations Promised

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1897 · page 8

IN Adelaide the raining business has degenerated into gambling pure and simple (says the S. M. Herald). The West Australian boom is responsible for more "wild cats" than…

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Mining Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1897 · page 4

THE GOLD YIELD.—Over 36 tons was the weight (avoirdupois) of gold minted in Melbourne last year, representing in value over £4,658,000, issued in coin and bullion…

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A Mining Dispute

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 5

A CASE of considerable interest to the miners of M'Aulay's Lead came before Mr. Warden Henry, at Ballina. The parties in the dispute were Daniel Fitzgerald, of Bucca…

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Cinnabar Mining in Australia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 5

MR. M'TEAR being asked by an interviewer if he was no authority of cinnabar mining, said "Yes; it is a class of mining to which I have given special attention. There are very…

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Mining Notes. Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1897 · page 5

MATTERS are once more beginning to move again after the holidays, and work has been resumed in most of the mines, only one or two not having started again…

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Mining in New South Wales. Compared with Victoria. Road to the Mann River Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 5

I HAD the extreme pleasure (sic) of travelling over the above-mentioned road last week, and its experiences have still a tender spot—but not in my memory, As a…

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Mining Notes. Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 5

MOST of the mines are again in full swing, and the fields look as if they did not know what Christmas meant. At Pont's Mountain May crushing stone is still being got out…

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Gold Robberies

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 8

FOR the fifth time in Australian waters has a large robbery of gold been reported from a mail-carrying steamer. The loss sustained by the Oceana, amounting to £5000, is the…

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The Beacon Mines. Late Taylor's Reward

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 5

THANKS to Mr. Crabbe, the manager of the above property, who was good enough to show our mining reporter through the mines and furnish him with the figures quoted…

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M'Aulay's Lead Mining Dispute

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 4

ANOTHER stage in the now well-worn tailing dispute from M'Aulay's Lead was reached on Friday last at Bullina, when an application was made, on behalf of the complainant…

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The Feeling Amongst the Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 4

Saturday evening and Sunday last I spent amongst the Newcastle miners. To a considerable number of these men I spoke on the subject of the candidature of…

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Mining Notes. Coramba, Staurday

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 5

During the past fortnight there has been a slight revival throughout the district, and every field seems to be on the up grade a little…

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Mining at Solferino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 5

A further rich discovery has been made on the 40 acre Cinnabar lease near Broadwater, owned by T. B. Bassett! and party. Five chains in a N.W. direction from the main…

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Model Farm and Mining Development

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 4

MR. EDITOR.—It is announced that the Minister for Mines and Agriculture will make a tour in the Northern districts' shortly. We understand that he is timed…

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Mining Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1897 · page 8

At the raining exhihition held in Melbourne last week many of the exhibits attracted much attention. On view was a plant from the United Pyrites Coy., established at…

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Mining Notes. Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1897 · page 5

Quite the sensation of the week basheen the alleged discovery of a new reef that was to have out-rivalled "The Beacon" and made "The King" a by-word and a reproach…

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Mining Notes. Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1897 · page 5

At Upper Bucca between 80 and 90 men are at work in the different mines owned by the Beacon proprietary. In the Perseverance a new block of stone is being opened, north of…

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