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

Mining & the mines, 1887

258 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 13

Mining at Tuena and Mount Mc Donald

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 July 1887 · page 4

AT Tuena the Mount Costigan Silver-mine Company intends starting furnaces this week, on the Water-jacket system. The final prospects of the mine look exceedingly well. Several…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 3

AT Tuena the Mount Costigan Silvermine Company intends starting furnaces this week on the water-jacket system. The final prospects of the mine look…

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The Carrington Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 4

THE new Carrington Gold-mining Company may now be considered as floated. It will be remembered that the proprietors reserved 15,000 shares and offered 10,000 to the public, it being…

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The Kimberloy Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 4

A PERTH telegram says:—Donald M'Neil left Derby for Melbourne, taking with him 140wt. of stone from a rich reef at Mount Dockrell. Gold lies in large lumps in the stone, which is of…

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Carrington Gold and Silver Mine

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1887 · page 2

The Carrington Gold and Silver Mining Company Limited has now been floated. When the prospectuses of this company were issued it was stated that the proprietors of the mine reserved to themselves…

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Revival in Gold Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 4

IT is reassuring to learn that there are strong probabilities of a still further revival in the prospects of gold-mining throughout the colony generally. From time to…

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The Discoverers of Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 4

THE discovery of the first gold in New South Wales is a matter which is rapidly fading away from the memories of the people, and the circumstances of the finding have been forgotten by…

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Mining at Tuena and Galley Swamp

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1887 · page 4

AT Tuena the silver-mining company's works have been stopped owing to the want of coke. An expert smelter has just arrived from Germany for the purpose of taking charge of the smelting…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 3

WE learn on reliable authority that there are two mining exports in the district, from Sydney and Melbourne respectively, the object of their visit being to report…

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Gold Discovery

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 2

ON Monday last we were shown [?] Messrs. We[?]kes and Turner a splendid sample of gold obtained by them at a place about twenty miles from Crookwell…

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Kimberley Goldfield

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 July 1887 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Perth, dated Friday last, says: -- Mr. Donald McNeil has left Derby for Melbourne, taking with him 14cwt. of stone from a rich reef at Mount…

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Mount Costigan Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 4

THE blast furnace at Mount Costigan, near Tuena, is a success. The smelter has been running splendidly. Since 3 o'clock last Tuesday morning 100 bars of lead and silver bullion, each…

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The Carrington Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 July 1887 · page 3

WE are glad to be able to report that the whole of the 20,000 shares offered by the promoters of the New Carrington Gold-mining Company have been applied for—indeed there…

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New Carrington Gold and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 2

THE shares in the above company have been allotted, and a meeting will be held next week to consider the articles of association. Double the number of shares that could be allotted were…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 2

MR. O 'KEEFE, a Melbourne speculator, has secured 40 acres of land at Mr. Brabham's, off the Sydney road, and near the banks of the Wollondilly. It is his intention to sink shafts…

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Gold Prospects near Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 2

THE Daily Telegraph's Crookwell correspondent wires:—"The locality where the gold was obtained last week, which was referred to in my telegram of Wednesday turns out to be within…

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The Mount Morgan West Mine. LONDON, July 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 August 1887 · page 4

It is proposed to re-construct the Mount Morgan West Mining Company. The capital is to be reduced to £150,000—the vendors cancelling 50,000 shares and re-paying £7000…

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The Great Wollondilly Gold and Silver Mining Claim

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 2

YESTERDAY a party of ladies and gentlemen paid a visit to a piece of ground recently secured by Mr. O'Keefe, a Melbourne speculator, and two others with a view to mining operations…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 2

THE recent developments in the district have undoubtedly given a great fillip to mining enterprise. We were shown yesterday by Messrs. Swanson and Morris a nice lump of gold of…

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Mining Enterprise

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 4 August 1887 · page 3

MINING ENTERPRISE.—Some time since we published a paragraph to the effect that Mr. Morton and party where in Goulburn, on route to Tuona, where they had secured some ground for mining purposes…

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