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

Mining & the mines, 1889

274 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 14

Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 August 1889 · page 4

THE Dog Trap (Binda) Correspondent of the Gazette writes:—Mining matters in this locality are anything but brisk in alluvial. Tucker only is the order of the day. The Compass Dyke…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1889 · page 3

THE DAY DAWN.—Manager's report of the Day Dawn Gold-mining Company for the week ending 24th instant:—"Top drive west is now in 58ft. from No. 3 shaft, Reef making in face; carries a little gold…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 August 1889 · page 4

THE following gold-mining lease has been declared void:—J. Dennis, 4 acres 1 rood 14 perches, parish Nerrimunga. Unless the lessee takes delivery of the following…

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The Day Dawn Gold-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 4

THE half-yearly meeting of the Day Dawn Gold-mining Company (limited), Little River, was held last evening in the large committee-room of the Mechanics' Institute. There was a…

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The Day Dawn Gold-mining Company, Limited

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1889 · page 2

MINE manager's report for week ending 31st August, 1889:—No. level: No. 2 winze sunk 9ft., and have drilled through to drive. No change to report. No. 2 level: East drive…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1889 · page 4

THE following application for a mineral lease has been approved:—D. McKenzie and others, 40 acres, parish Kangaloolah. The following applications for gold-mining…

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Mining Intelligence

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 3 September 1889 · page 3

THE DAY-DAWN.—The half-yearly meeting of the Day-Dawn Gold-mining Company Limited, Little River, was held at Goulburn on Friday night. The report stated that during the half-year gold to the…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 September 1889 · page 4

THE following gold lease application is declared valid:—R. Montgomery, 8 acres, Captain's Flat. Unless the lessee takes delivery of the…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 September 1889 · page 3

Carooar, Thursday.—Some splendid specimens were shown hire yesterday from Parson's sluicing claim, Tuena. The wash seems rich with gold intermixed with precious stones. The…

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The Good Hope Gold Mining Company

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 September 1889 · page 2

A MEETING was held at Cross' Commercial hotel on Friday last for the purpose of forming a syndicate to work a quartz reef containing gold near the head of the Micalong Creek, about…

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The Day Dawn Gold-Mining Company, Limited

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 September 1889 · page 2

MANAGER'S report for week ending 7th inst.: No. 2 level: East drive extended 12 feet and timbered 5 feet; about 3 feet of crushing stuff which appears to be cap of new make and…

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The Colliery Disaster in Scotland. LONDON, Sept. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 September 1889 · page 4

Later particulars to hand in reference to the disaster at the Maurice Colliery, near Edinburgh, which caught fire, stated that the whole of the 60 miners who were entombed in the colliery…

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Australian Ochre Mining Company. LONDON, Sept. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 September 1889 · page 2

The Australian Ochre Mining Company, with a capital of £50,000, has been registered. On Wednesday probate was ordered to issue to the will of Eynon Deer in the sum of £863…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster in Scotland. London, September 6

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 September 1889 · page 2

A terrible diester has occurred at the Maurice Wood Colliery, Edinburgh. The coal in the mine caught fire, and the colliery is now burning…

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Day Dawn Gold-Mining Company, Limited

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 3

A special meeting of the shareholders was held in a committee-room at the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening to consider a proposal to increase the…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 6

THE application of R. Rule and others for a gold-mining lease of 7 acres in the parish of Tuena has been refused. Unless C. H. Richards and another…

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The Day Dawn Gold Mining Company, Limited

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 September 1889 · page 2

MINE MANAGER'S REPORT for week ending 14th instant:—East drive, No. 2 level, extended 10 feet and timbered 8ft.; reef in face at present poor, having passed through the shoot of gold…

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International Mining Exhibition. LONDON, Sep. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 September 1889 · page 4

The Agents-General for the Australian colonies, and the various foreign Consuls in London, have been sounded with the view of ascertaining whether the countries they represent will take…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 4

The Day Dawn Gold-mining Company, Limited.—Mine manager's report for week ending 21st inst.:—No. 1 level: East drive extended 4 feet; expect to hole through to Earl…

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The Late Colliery Strikes at Westphalia. LONDON, Sept. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 4

Herr Weber, the president of the organisation which directed the colliery strikes in Westphalia in May last, has been sentenced to seven months' imprisonment for inciting the strikers…

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