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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 2 of 2

Murderous Assault at the Snowball Copper-mine

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1876 · page 2

AT the Gundagai police-court, on the 22nd August, John Powell and Henry Burgess on 27th April last unlawfully and maliciously inflict grievous bodily harm to John…

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A Visit to the Mittagong Iron-mines

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 2 September 1876 · page 3

THAT the mineral resources of this colony are boundless is becoming more and more apparent every year. Not only is the colony rich in gold, silver, and tin, but in the less attractive, though equally…

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CORRESPONDENCE. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents. a Trip 10 the Milburn Creek Copper Mine. (To the Editor of the Burraagong Argus.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 September 1876 · page 2

Sir,—Being one who follows the mining industry, I think it my duty, oil behalf of my fellow-miners, to give them a little information respecting the above-named place. I reside…

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Three Hundred Men Imprisoned in a Coal-mine

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 4 October 1876 · page 4

four miles from Manchester, last week, owing to an extraordinary accident which happened at the Clifton Hall Colliery, owned by Messrs. A. Knowles and Co., Limited. Four…

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Banquet to the Minister for Mines at Mudgee

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 18 October 1876 · page 4

On last Tuesday week a banquet was given to the Hon. John Lucas, minister for mines, in the Belmore Hotel, when about forty gentlemen sat down to dinner.The…

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Gold-field Reserves

The Burrowa News · Saturday 4 November 1876 · page 4

In pursuance of the provisions of the Crown Lauds Alienation Act of 1861, the following lands, (the same being within a proclaimed goldfield) are hereby excluded from conditional sale…

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Victorian Spring Mining. Second Day Melbourne

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1876 · page 3

THERE was an immense concourse of spectators at Flemington to day. [?] and Rapid Buy were [?] for the cup…

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Search for Gold Lost in the General Grant

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 8

SEARCH FOR GOLD LOST IN THE GENERAL GRANT.—The expedition that was organised some months ago at Sydney for the purpose of searching for and if practicable…

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Vic Hasn’t Got the Coal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1876 · page 2

BOLD Francis is a man of parts, Which no one can deny; The fire of large causality twinkles in his eye…

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