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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1867

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Prince Alfred Down a Gold Mine

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 18 December 1867 · page 4

AT two o'clock on Monday afternoon his Royal Highness set out upon a visit to the mining claims at Ballaarat, and the first taken was the No. 2 shaft of the Band of Hope Company on…

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Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 18 December 1867 · page 2

DECEMBER 16.-- Rape! What a short word--one syllable but what a long string of disgrace, suffering, crime, and brutality is attached to it and where innocence is concerned, no redemption…

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Prince Alfred Down a Ballarat Gold Mine

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 December 1867 · page 3

It was not to be expectcd that the Dulro would visit Ballarat without going lo see some of it s more celebrated claims, and accordingly a visit to the Band of Hope formed one of the…

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Grenfell Local News. Grenfell Mining Report

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 December 1867 · page 2

THE leading mining event of the week has been the splendid yield from the prospecting claim of the Lucknow reef. A crushing of 180 tons was finished at Mathieson’s machine…

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Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Saturday 28 December 1867 · page 2

DECEMBER 23. -- This day the second Government land sale of town lots since the proclamation of Grenfell at a town takes place. By telegram I informed you that the 190 tons of…

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