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

Mining & the mines, 1878

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

Terrible Colliery Explosions.—loss of Over a Hundred and Eighty Lives

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 August 1878 · page 4

AT about a quarter past cloven on the morning of June 7 a tremendous explosion took place in one of the collieries of Messrs. Evans and Co., situated at Haydock and…

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Barrington Gold-field. (From our Correspondent.)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 August 1878 · page 6

BACK CREEK at present assumes the position of one of the most tempting reefing districts; and will compare with many of the famed gold-mines of the day in the colonies,…

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General Intelligence. Our Gold-fields

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 September 1878 · page 3

MINING matters are (says the Grenfell Record) beginning to mend ; activity every where prevails and the miners wear an aspect of cheerfulness which has not been seen for some time past…

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The Victorian School of Mines

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 September 1878 · page 2

THE school of mines is one of the institutions of Ballarat. It was first suggested by Mr. Harrie Wood, the present secretary for mines in New South Wales, To decide on…

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Colliery Accident in Mon Mouthshire. London, September 15

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 21 September 1878 · page 2

The Lord Mayor has opened a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the recent colliery explosion in Monmouthshire…

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Song. — All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 October 1878 · page 7

WE oft in times of trouble, When the heart is sad and lone, Deem life is but a shadow, The joys of which are flown;…

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The Land of Midian and Its Mines

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 16 October 1878 · page 4

THE correspondent of the Times at Alexandria has written a letter in which he gives some of the results of the explorations of Captain Burton and his party in the Land…

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Coal Workings

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 October 1878 · page 4

SOME little time since it was decided by some gentlemen in Goulburn to work some coal land near Berrima; lately a rival coal mine has engaged the attention of several speculators in town The land…

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Gold at Brooks’ Creek

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 October 1878 · page 4

A SPECIMEN of the stone from this locality has been shown to us to-day. The gold is thickly embedded in the cement, the stone itself being of a dark color, slightly burned, but showing no…

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The Tiranna Goldfield

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 October 1878 · page 4

The excitement caused on account of gold being found at Tiranna is gradually dying out. There were e at one time twenty men working on the ground, but the number has…

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Department of Mines. Sydney, 30th September, 1878

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 October 1878 · page 4

Sir,—Adverting to your letter of the 28th ultimo with reference to the petition presented by you from certain inhabitants of Collector, Spring Valley, and other places, complaining of the closing…

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The £5000 Gold Robbery

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 November 1878 · page 3

WHEN the mail steamer China arrived at Point de Galle during the month of August of last year, it will be remembered that a bullion box, containing five bags of one thousand sovereigns each. had been tampered with, and the money abstracted…

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The Avoca Gold Robbery. [How It Was Accomplished.]

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 November 1878 · page 3

THE Melbourne Telegraph states that while the man Wiberg was in custody at Griffith's Point Station, he made a confession of how the robbery was perpetrated, and this he repeated to Mr. Call when he was brought to town by the officers. His words…

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Currawang Mine

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 November 1878 · page 3

UNDERGROUND work in these mines has, we have been informed, been stopped for a time. The reason assigned for the stoppage is that there has been such a fall in the value of copper during late…

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Berrima Coal

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 November 1878 · page 4

WE were shown yesterday a specimen of the coal from this locality. It will be remembered that some time since several gentlemen subscribed a considerable amount of money to be expended in…

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Berrima Coal

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 November 1878 · page 3

A SMALL party of gentlemen from Goulburn visited Mr. Atkinson's mine near Berrima last Tuesday and a short narration of the trip may be interesting to not a few…

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Barrington Gold-fiields

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 November 1878 · page 7

NEWS from this locality is very satisfactory; fresh veins of quartz are being continually struck. Numbers of persons are leaving Newcastle for the field, among whom are…

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Gold, from the Barrington

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 November 1878 · page 4

Tut crushing of 150 tons of quartz from the Mountain Maid Reef at Barrington, resulted in 200 lbs of gold valued at £9000. It was crushed and amalgamated by Messrs. Watt and Drysooll’s…

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Coal from Berrima

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 November 1878 · page 2

WE had the pleasure this (Thursday) morning of inspecting some of the coal? from the new mine which is situated on Mr. J. J. O. Atkinson’s land, about four miles on the Sydney side of Berrima…

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