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

Mining & the mines, 1872

113 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 6

Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1872 · page 3

MULLOON COPPER MINE.—The mining manager reports having dispatched five tons more are of the same quality as last for Sydney. Work progressing rapidly, having put extra men on. Main shaft down…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 25 September 1872 · page 4

THE several mining managers report as follows:— Great Southern G. M. Co., Gundagai.—The contractors in the tunnel are making good progress, as also are the men in south shaft, which will be down…

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Mining News

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 28 September 1872 · page 2

NANAMA REEFS (near Yass).—The Correspondent of the Courier of Tuesday say : — “Work steadily continues in all the claims. Mr. J. Coba, on the Little wonder reef, is still raising gold-hearing…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 2 October 1872 · page 3

A DEPUTATION waited upon the minister for lands, at his office on Friday morning, in reference to the payments for mineral leases for the broken period of the year. The deputation consisted of Mr. J. F…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 4

ON Wednesday a meeting of parties interested in quartz-mining at Tuena was held at Mr. Orth's Castlereagh-street, Mr. J. P. Lonnariz in the chair. Three letters were read from persons who had visited…

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The Price of Coal

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 5 October 1872 · page 2

PROFESSOR Leone Levi, in a letter on this important subject, says:—The enormous rise in the price of coal is well fitted to alarm us. Into the great question of the possible…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 October 1872 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—Having been gaged by the Corang Sluicing Company, I have d[?]g my trip visited different mining claims, and need scarcely tell you that anything I report is erect…

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MINING. Wednesday evening

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 12 October 1872 · page 3

THERE is no perceptible change in the share market, and transactions to-day were limited. Carroll and Boards, which closed yesterday at 32s., changed hands to-day at 31s. 6d. Krohmanns were sold at…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 16 October 1872 · page 2

NANIMA.—About sight or ten days ago two or three pieces of quarts ralsed from the Little Wonder roof (Mr. J. Colls's claim), weighing about twenty or thirty lbs., were forwarded to a gentleman in…

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Mining

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 October 1872 · page 2

IN the ground of the Phoenix Company, in consequence of the water continuing very heavy, the manager opened out a drive in a northerly direction at the eastern end of the low level,…

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Mining Mad

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 October 1872 · page 8

THE following extract from Roughing It, by Mark Twain, contains a lively representation of the condition of a district under the influence of a speculative mining mania:—…

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In a Quicksilver Mine

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 October 1872 · page 4

"GRADE GREENWOOD," who has been for some time travelling in the west of America, sends to the New York Times an account of a recent visit to a quicksilver mine: -- "It was a…

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Local and General. Nanama Gold-field, Near Yass

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 October 1872 · page 2

A RUMOUR has prevailed in town for several days past that Mr. Ramsay, of Nanama, has received particulars of the yield of the quartz sent to the Mint for assay, and that the return gave at the…

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Junction Point. Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 23 October 1872 · page 4

MINING.—The stone that has been raised in the No. 1 Victoria (North)—Mc Guiness and party—is now being crushed, and I believe shows well on the tables. From the Royal Standard two tons of stone…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 26 October 1872 · page 4

We have been shown some beautiful specimens of opals obtained from a hill amongst the Abererombie Mountains. They were discovered some short time since by the Messrs. Mc Guinnes, and the land has…

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Mining Company Directors. (From the Bathurst Free Press.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 October 1872 · page 4

WE are under the impression that gentlemen in Sydney who consent to become directors of mining companies do so frequently without the forethought and care…

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MINING. (Communicated to the Burrowa Advocate.)

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 30 October 1872 · page 2

HAVING been requested to visit the Yundo Copper-Mines (hitherto known as the Old Burrowa Mines), I proceeded there a few days since. 120 acres of this property belong to Messrs. Bradley, Perry, and Co,,…

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Mining News

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1872 · page 4

HAWKINS’ HILL.—Beard and Tallentire: On Saturday last 15 tons quartz were crashed. Beyers and Co. are still crushing at Pullen and Rawsthorne’s machine. Some of the “seconds” have been put…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 November 1872 · page 3

QUEENSLAND.—Warwick.—Monday.—The quantity of ore received at the railway-station during last week for transmission to Brisbane was 102 tons 10 cwt…

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Mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 November 1872 · page 3

GUNDAROO.—The main roof hero is situated on the main range about three miles on the Goulburn side of the township of Gundaroo and is reached by the marked-tree line, and line about a mile and a half off…

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