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

Mining & the mines, 1886

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A Romantic Mining Enterprise

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 7

UNDER the heading "A Romantic Mining Enterprise," the Lyttelton Times (New Zealand) publishes the following:—" A number of enterprising people in…

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Rumoured New Gold Discovery

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 7 January 1886 · page 4

Baga, Tuesday. —Rumours of a gold discovery on the edge of the Monaro mountain have been rife during the past few weeks. It is now stated that over a hundred…

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Rumoured Discovery of Gold near Bega

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 January 1886 · page 2

A BEGA telegram of Tuesday says:—Rumours of a gold discovery on the edge of the Monaro mountains have been rife during the past few weeks. It is now stated that over 100 men are at present…

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Gold-field Extensions

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 January 1886 · page 2

County of King, parish of Hovell, being measured portions Nos. 66, [?]37, and 68 area, about 187 acres. The Crown Lands within the following [?]…

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The Reported Goldfield in Western Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 7

Lawrence Buffer, and experienced Queensland prospector, reports having thoroughly examined the supposed gold district on the Ord River, Kimberley, Western Australia, and condemned it. The country,…

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Mining in the Gundagai District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 4

QUITE a rush has set in at Bongongolong. During last week a distance of three miles along the line of reef was taken up in leases ranging from 3 to 20 acres. The Bongongolong Reef Company, a…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 6

THE monthly escort left Mount Macdonald on Monday morning with 130 oz. 7 dwts. 8 gr. of gold. Owing to the holidays, very few crushings have taken place this month. All the parties have now…

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Bredbo Silver Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 4

A SMALL row (says the Monaro Mercury) occurred between the local syndicate and the Sydney company at the silver mine at Mr. Crimmings' on Sunday last, when one of our…

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The Carrington Mine

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 2

THE CARRINGTON MINE.—In our issue of the 23rd January we noted the fact that an application had been made by Messrs. Isaac Grant, Charles Colbert. William Walter Hichardson, Francis Tait, and William…

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Mining at Tuena

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 February 1886 · page 2

We learn from a rehable source that active operations will shortly commence in one mine at least at Tuena, in which a number of the leading residents of…

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A Terrible Colliery Explosion. 200 Lives Supposed to Be Lost

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 February 1886 · page 4

AN alarming colliery explosion took place at the Hardy Colliery of Locket's Steam Coal Company, situated near Ferndale, on December 23, and has…

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For Love Only! Chapter Iii. for Love or Gold?

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 February 1886 · page 4

THE two girls were sitting together in Dorothy's "den," as she called the pretty little room, which, being her own, she had furnished in her approved "aestheic" style…

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Mining at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 3

THE prospect of the miners at Captain's Flat (writes a Correspondent to the Braidwood Dispatch are now beginning to assume a very bright appearance. Blatchford's claim will in a few weeks…

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The Lithgow Colliery Pit on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1886 · page 2

A TELEGRAM of terrible import was received on Monday morning at the Government offices. Mr. Gell, general manager of the Lithgow Colliery, telegraphed to the Examiner of Coalfields…

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Lithgow Colliery on Fire. Two Men Suffocated. Sydney

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 February 1886 · page 2

A telegram has been received by Mr. Mackenzie the examiner of coal fields, from the Lithgow Valley Colliery and Pottery Company to the effect that the pit was on fire and…

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For Love Only! Chapter Iii. for Love or Gold?

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 February 1886 · page 4

AFTER dinner John made his appearance. If he had been cast down befor-going out, no trace of his depression remained. He was a trifle more absent…

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The Den of Gold

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 February 1886 · page 4

THERE was never any cine who went to the diggings who bad worse luck than I bad for the first six months. Everything I undertook proved a complete failure. If I bought…

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The Colliery Disaster at Lithgow

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 18 February 1886 · page 3

As reported by telegraph in last issue, Lithgow has been the scene of a terrible colliery accident. On Sunday evening it was discovered that the Lithgow Colliery…

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Fatal Fire in a Coal Pit

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 19 February 1886 · page 2

[?] last Monday morning a telegram was [?] in Sydney by Mr. McKenzie, [?]aminer of coal mines, to the effect that [?] pit of the Lithgow Valley Colliery…

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Gold-mining Leases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 6

NOTICE is given that unless the lessees execute and take delivery of the following gold-mining leases within thirty days from the 16th February they will be declared void:—A. J. Maxfield and others, 4…

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