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

Mining & the mines, 1868

97 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 5

Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 October 1868 · page 2

OCTOBER 11.-- The Belmore copper mine attracts the attention of the public by the richness of its products therefore it will not be out of place for me to furnish von with a few details. On the…

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Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 October 1868 · page 2

OCTOBER 18.-- The retorts of last week are:-- At Wellington's, 318 tons O'Brien's prospectors, 320 ounces: at Parker's. 400 tons. Lucknow prospectors. 918 ounces 17 dwts. in one cake (this…

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Grenfell Local News. Mining Report

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 October 1868 · page 3

THE monthly escort on Tuesday last conveyed to Sydney 5042ozs. 5dwts. 12grs. of gold and £273 in cash. The Fourteen-mile rush continues to…

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Grenfell Local News. Mining Report

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 October 1868 · page 2

THE supply of water has again unfortunately fallen short, and the hot season having now fairly set in, great fears are entertained of a scarcity of this necessary…

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"The Man's the Gold for a That!"

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 November 1868 · page 4

Who shall judge a man from manners? Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may be fit for princes, Princes [?] for something loss…

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Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 November 1868 · page 2

NOVEMBER 8 -- The Fourteen-mile is being steadily worked, and seems to pay. The Seven-mile turns out rich, but is nearly all taken up on leases, and population is kept off to the detriment of this…

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Grenfell Local News. Mining Report

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 2

THE all important subject in mining matters is the want of water for the machines and for washing purposes. It is now becoming very evident that additional water supply…

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Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 November 1868 · page 2

NOVEMBER 10. -- Mr Kirkpatrick, owner of one of the crushing machines, met with a very severe accident on Friday morning. The middle linger of the right hand win caught in some part of the…

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Grenfell Local News. Mining Report

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 2

OUR mining report this week will necessarily be a meagre one, as many of the machines are standing still for want of water The four machines at the Company’s Dam…

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Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 November 1868 · page 2

NOVEMBER 22 -- Our School of Arts has outdone itself on a resolution on chess-playing on Sundays, which was rejected by a large majority. with the most disgraceful exhibition of clamouring hooting…

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Grenfell Local News. Mining Report

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 2

WATER is still the great want on this field. Seven out of the fourteen machines are now lying idle for this great requisite, and a few weeks longer of the drought must see the…

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Poetry. ‘The Man’s the Gold for a That ! ’

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 4

WHO shall [?] a [?] from [?]ers ? Who shall know him by his dress ? Paupers may be fit for princes, Princes fit for something less…

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The Regent Coal Mine Explosion at Ruabon. -- a Heroine

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 December 1868 · page 4

A FOREIGN lady, governess in the family of Mr Whalley, M.P., of Plus Madoc, was on the bank shortly after the accident occurred, and worked so hard in giving assistance that the people of…

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Emu Creek Gold-field

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 December 1868 · page 2

NOVEMBER 29 No ran vet, and so no water, which I am afraid will rain this place for a [?] as it sels so many out of work, the machines machines mostly being idle and of course. fever hands are…

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The Gold-escort Robbery

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 5 December 1868 · page 2

THE mail robbery by Gardiner and his gang at Eugowra, in the month of June, 1862, has been brought to the surface again by an action at law in the supreme court, instituted by the…

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Grenfell Local News. Mining Report

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 December 1868 · page 2

THE weekly mining report has, until the last week or two, [?] subject on which we could dilate at some length, there being ample material in the shape of new reefs…

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Gold

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 December 1868 · page 4

When the auriferous resources of California were first made known, it was apprehended that gold would not long be numbered among the metals which are…

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