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

Mining & the mines, 1876

29 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Frogmoor Copper Mine

The Burrowa News · Saturday 15 January 1876 · page 2

The tea-meeting held last Tuesday afternoon At Frogmore was a complete success, both from the very numerous attendance, and by the presence of many of other denominations, who thus showed…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1876 · page 4

From telegraphic intelligence in San Francisco papers we learn that [?] explosion occurred on the 6th December at the Swaithead Colliery, near[?]…

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Frogmoor Copper-mines

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 January 1876 · page 4

A TEA-MEETING took place on the above mines on Tuesday, 11th instant, on behalf of the Wesleyan church, Yass circuit, for the purpose of helping to liquidate and old debt, About a hundred and fifty…

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Recovery of the Box of Gold at Port Darwin

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1876 · page 4

MR. OTHEN, who was employed to go to the northern territory to dive for the box of gold lost at Port Darwin when being put on board the Claud Hamilton some months…

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Opening of Increased Ares of Coombing for Mining Purpose

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 29 January 1876 · page 4

ON Tuesday afternoon, Mr. T. R. Icely addressed a meeting of upward of 2000[?] opposite Tascar’s Hotel. The meeting had been called at the request of the miners,…

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New Gold Field

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 February 1876 · page 4

COUNTY [?]den parish of Murrimbonla, 450 acres, The gold-fields on Crown lands within the following boundaries;—Commencing on Cu[?] Creek at the…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion and Loss of Life

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 12 February 1876 · page 2

A TELLIELE colliery explosion, which, it is feared, will result in there then: we hundred lives being lost has just occurred at Swaithe Main Colliery, about four miles from…

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Peelwood Copper-mines

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 16 February 1876 · page 4

THE weather is exceedingly hot. Last week we had a refreshing shower; but the intense heat of the sun has dried up the ground, and vegetation begins to look quite perched again…

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Grenfell Races. (Aridged from the Mining Record.)FIRST DAY

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1876 · page 2

ON reaching the course we found that Mr. Morris, who had entered the three to fill it up, had scratched Cardinal for the Maiden Plate, and had declared to win with Forbes, a roan…

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Threatening Attitude of Miners

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 March 1876 · page 6

A BELGIAN journal, remarking upon the threatening attitude assumed of late by the miners in various districts in Belgium, says —“ The Government is still considering the…

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The Colliery Disaster in Belgium

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 April 1876 · page 4

THE Belgian papers publish some particulars, of the dreadful explosion of fire-damp which took place a few days since at the coalpit of Frameries. The number of…

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The New Gold Discovery

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 13 May 1876 · page 2

OUR Parkes correspondent says, respecting the reported new gold-field discovered beyond that locality : —‘ The report of the prospectors, John Hutchins and party, who…

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Latest From the Hodgkinson Gold-field

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1876 · page 4

THE Minister for Mines at Brisbane has received the following Important- report on the gold-field from Mr. Warden Hill :— Warden’s Camp, Byerstown,…

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Frogmoor Copper Mines

The Burrowa News · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 2

ACCORDING to promise I send you some account of the present position and prospects of the Frogmoor Copper Mines, which are situate about 15 miles from Burrowa in a north-easterly…

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New Gold-field at Coromandel New Zealand. Coromandel, Thursday, 25th May

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 7 June 1876 · page 4

FOR some months Messrs. Charles and Thomas Snowden, George Norman, and William Edwards, have been prospecting on the property of the Hon. James…

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Murdering at the Hodgkinson Gold-field

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 4

The special commissioner of the Brisbane Courier at Edwardstown sends the following report on June 12:— ‘News of another horrible murder has…

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The Coal Region Assassins

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 July 1876 · page 4
Also in The Burrangong Argus

FOR several weeks past a murder-trial of great importance to the coal regions of this state has been in progress at Pottsville. Five men charged with the crime are also…

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Production of Gold and Silver

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1876 · page 7

According to statistics published in the Daily News the production of gold has been steadily decreasing since 1852, and in 1875 was scarcely more than one-half of that of…

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Wombat. August 8th, 1876. To the Honourable the Minister for Mines, Sydney

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 2

SIR,—I am instructed by Messrs. Pratt, Fortune, and Co. to inform you that your instructions given tor Mr. Donkin, district surveyor, have not been hitherto carried out…

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