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

Mining & the mines, 1880

109 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 6

Rich Find of Gold

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 January 1880 · page 8

ORANGE, Monday.—After the report of the rich find of gold at Lucknow I visited that place, and found the report to be in no way exaggerated. The claim, which is called the…

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Yass and Dalton Gold Mining Company

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 January 1880 · page 2

THE first half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Yass and Dalton Gold Mining Company, limited, was held in the company's office, Rossi-street, Yass, on Tuesday, 20th instant, at four…

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Currawang Copper-mines

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 3

A STECIAL meeting of the shareholders of the Currawang Copper-mining Association was held on Thursday evening in the committee-room of the Mechanics’ Institute…

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New Gold-field at Temora

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 February 1880 · page 4

THE Evening News correspondent writes: -- There is some news in mining matters, of which I informed you by telegram on Friday last. Thus, you know already that Temora…

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Yass and Dalton Gold Mining Company (Limited)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 February 1880 · page 2

A MEETING of the directors of the Yass and Dalton Gold Mining Company (limited) was held at the claim at Dalton last Friday. There was a good attendance, and after those present had…

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Mine Ease at Mine Inn

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1880 · page 4

IT would be easy to write a volume of anecdotes concerning taverns. Dramatist, poet and satirist have all seized upon the vantage ground of an inn to introduce their…

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Great Cobar Copper Mining Company

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 February 1880 · page 3

Limited.—Mining manager's report, 10th February: "I beg to report progress made on the different parts of the mine during the past four weeks…

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Extraordinary Yield of Gold by Denny & Roberts’ New Mechanical Process. (Bathurst Times, March 6, 1880.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 March 1880 · page 4

IT has always been understood that gold associated with pyrites was held in chemical union, and that therefore the metal could not be liberated except by first roasting it…

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Dreadful Colliery Explosion

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 22 March 1880 · page 4

As explosion of gas occurred on the 21st January at the Lady Fair pit of the Loycett colliery, belonging to the Crewe Coal and Iron Company near Newcastle-under-Lyne…

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The Robbery of Gold From the Avoca

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 22 March 1880 · page 4

—With reference to the case of Mr. R. B. Elliston, who was accused of complicity in the Weiberg robbery, the London Daily Telegraph states that the following letter…

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Boring for Coal Near Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 March 1880 · page 4

THE borings for coal in the vicinity of Sydney have been actively but quietly proceeded with, and so far the coveted object-- the black diamond-- in payable quantities has…

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Gold-mining Leases

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 31 March 1880 · page 4

THE undermentioned, applications for goldmining leases of Crown lands have been approved by his Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council:—Robert Buist…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 April 1880 · page 4

ANOTHER lamentable story has to be added to the ghastly annals of our great coal-mining industries. Last week, as we briefly noted, a dreadful explosion occurred in North…

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Mining on Temporary Commons

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 13 April 1880 · page 4

THE following is the text of the bill introduced into the Legislative Assembly last week, by Mr. Baker, Minister for Mines, in reference to Mining on Temporary…

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Berrima Coal-mine. [Communicated.]

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 15 May 1880 · page 5

THE Berrima Coal-mine property consists of 276 acres freehold, with crown lands adjoining. No shaft is required to be sunk to get at the coal, no it can be worked by adits driven from the bottom of a…

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Gold-mining

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 5

Recent discoveries are reported as having been made in the Trunkey district, fifteen miles south of Tuena. The official report to Mr. T. A. Smith, police magistrate, states that in one…

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The Berrima Coal Mining Company

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 6

FROM enquiry we learn that this mine may be most economically worked, and that a line of railway can be constructed at a small outlay in consequence of the country being pretty…

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The Mining Law. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 May 1880 · page 3

SIR, -- At a public meeting held on the 15th instant at Copeland North, to consider the Gold Mining Law of this colony, the following resolutions were submitted and carried unanimously: --…

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Coal for the Southern Railway. [Communicated.]

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1880 · page 5

AS the whole of the coal consumed on the great southern railway is now brought at an enormous cost to the state all the way from Bowenfels and Newcastle, and already amounts to something…

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Sydney Punch on the Lioensing Bill. “ Shall I not take mine ease at mine Inn?”

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 9 June 1880 · page 4

THE secret of the new Licensing Bill is out. Instead of being entitled a measure for the bet[?]er regulation of the Liquor Trade, it should have been called a measure for its…

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