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

Mining & the mines, 1884

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Temora Mining Items

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 2

WHAT a change has taken place in the prospect of the different portions of the Temora goldfield within the last six or seven weeks. The enormous heaps of was[?]dirt have disappeared,…

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The Gold Discovery near Wombat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 6

CONSIDERABLE excitement was occasioned in town on Wednesday last by the circulation of a report that very rich quartz had been discovered about five miles on the…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 August 1884 · page 3

A NEW reef was discovered by the Messrs. Stulker at Bell's Crook at the latter end of last week, which promises to turn out some very good stone. It was come upon only a few feet below the surface, and…

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Gold at Parkes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1884 · page 2

LATE on Saturday afternoon John Quaille and party finished clearing up, and lodged a cake of gold in the A. J. S. Bank weighing 698½ ozs. There is yet the amalgam obtained by the…

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A First Woman. Advent of the First of the Fair Sex at an American Mining City

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 September 1884 · page 4

JUNE 30th was a day of jollification at Carbonate, Colorado, being the advent of the first waggon, the first woman, and the first board from the mill…

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Gold Discovery

Southern Argus · Tuesday 16 September 1884 · page 2

It will be a matter of some surprise and delight to many of our readers, says the Yass Tribune, to hear that a very valuable discovery of gold has been made near Tumut, which must prove of as much…

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A Mountatin of Gold

Southern Argus · Thursday 18 September 1884 · page 4

Captain, Whish, who has recently returned from a visit to the Mount Morgan gold mine, has brought with him a number of very interesting specimens from that place. Anyone…

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Fresh Find at the Barrier Mine

Southern Argus · Thursday 2 October 1884 · page 2

Another important discovery of tin has been made by the New England miner, Pearson. It is situated about three miles south of the lode previously mentioned as being on Brodribb's station. I have…

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Discovery of Coal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 3

GREAT excitement has been occasioned by the discovery for the first time of genuine coal in the colony of South Australia, the find having been made by Walter Gould on…

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Great Southern Shale and Coal Company (Limited)

Southern Argus · Tuesday 21 October 1884 · page 2

The tender of Mr. Clark, of Goulburn, having been accepted for sinking a shaft for the above company, at the head of the Clyde River, Mr. Spencer, the secretary, went over last week, and…

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The Great Southern Shale and Coal Company, Clyde River

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 25 October 1884 · page 3

The above company, having decided to sink a shaft on their ground to thoroughly tost their exclusive deposits of coal and shale, have accepted the tender of Mr. Clark, of Goulburn, for…

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Gold at Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 October 1884 · page 2

LAST night we were shown a beautiful cake of solid gold, which was found near Marulrn very lately. It is about the size, and much in the form, of a child's ear, with a small aurienlar opening near…

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Gold in Bourke

Southern Argus · Thursday 13 November 1884 · page 2

The Central Australian, of November 1, said:—Some excitement was created among: our Chinese residents during the week by a discovery in Tim Young's garden, situated near the hospital. After…

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The Silverton Mines

Southern Argus · Saturday 15 November 1884 · page 4

Mr. Harrie Wood, Under-Secretary for Mines, has received via Wilcanniathe following telegram from the Warden at Silverton: "Over one and a-half inch of rain has fallen…

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Strike at Erith Colliery, Bundanoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 November 1884 · page 6

A CORRESPONDENT sends us (Scrutineer) particulars of a strike at the above mine. The miners (about 23) have been out of the pit since the 11th of this month. The dispute arose through the miners…

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Important Discovery of Coal

Southern Argus · Thursday 27 November 1884 · page 2

A coal seam has been struck by the Cumberland Coal and Iron Company at Heathcote, a distance of only 28 miles from Sydney, and immediately on the Illawarra railway. The seam was struck at a depth…

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Gold Near Boro

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 December 1884 · page 4

Some splendid samples of surface tin have been discovered on the Gloncoe Estate, near Boro, by Mr. Richard Wheeler, an experienced miner from the old country, who says that he obtained from 2lb to 4lb…

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A Mountain of Gold

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 December 1884 · page 2

THE most extraordinary discovery known in the whole history of gold-mining is the development of Mount Morgan in Queensland, 25 miles from Rockhampton. It has been graphically…

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Coal Near Nerriga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 December 1884 · page 2

A LARGE Sydney mining speculator has turned his attention to the coal which was recently discovered at Corang River, near Nerriga. He has determined to take up the land, if it is not already secured…

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Gold Discovery

Southern Argus · Saturday 13 December 1884 · page 7

It is reported, on what appears to be good authority, that important discoveries of gold have been made at Cambridge Gulf, North-Western Australia. The exact locality of the gold-bearing country has…

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