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

Mining & the mines, 1891

151 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 8

Amalgamated Miners’ Association

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 October 1891 · page 2

ON Friday last Mr R. Sleath, secretary and organizing delegate of the Broken Hill branch of the A.M.A. addressed a general meeting of members of the Young branch of the Association, at…

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New Mount Costigan Silver-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 October 1891 · page 4

IN the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in Equity, before Mr. Justice Manning, Mr. Rich moved for the appointment of Mr. Archibald. H. Barclay as official liquidator of the above…

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Braidwood Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 6

WE were shown on Tuesday a nugget of gold weighing 4ozs. 15dwts, which was obtained in an alluvial claim on the Little River during the past week. It has…

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Mining at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 October 1891 · page 6

CARCOAR, Wednesday.—The Carcoar Cobalt Company started operations yesterday, and already have four tons at grass, They purpose bagging and shipping to…

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Mining at Micalago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 4

IT is reported that tile Bouony Mining Company contemplate selling their crushing plant, which coot them about £1100. The former owners of this mine crushed several hundred…

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Mining at Young

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 6

YOUNG, Wednesday.—About two months since two men commenced prospecting for a reef on Quartz Reef Hill. Their funds becoming exhausted, a small…

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New Gold-reef

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT at Mount Costigan informs us that a new gold-reef has been found by Mr. J. Donnelly about two miles west of the New Excelsior Gold mining Company, Tuene, A…

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Convict Miners in America

Goulburn Herald · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 3

London, Monday night.—Telegrams from New York state that serious conflicts are expected in the State of Tonnesece, where the convicts…

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New Gold-Reef

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 November 1891 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT at Mount Costigan informs us that a new gold-reef has been found by Mr. J. Donnelly about two miles west of the New Excelsior…

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Notes or Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 20 November 1891 · page 2

IN Banco, on Thursday (before the Chief Justice Windeyer, and Mr. Justice Iunes), in the matter of Joseph Gurdon Wilmott (Ferguson ca[?]eator) was…

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Gold Rush near Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD, Monday.—A new alluvial rash has at in near Bell's Creek, about 12 miles from Braidwood. Up to the present nearly a mile of ground has boon pegged out in claims, and…

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Mining in Araluen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 November 1891 · page 4

WE (Braidwood Dispatch) hear that the first earth-shifting machine introduced into the district will be in Araluen on the ground in the vicinity of Redbank now worked by Messrs…

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The New Find of Gold at Bell's Creek

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 November 1891 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Braidwood gives the following particulars:—Simpson and party's tailrace at Bell's Creek has been jumped. There is a new find of alluvial, forty feet wide,…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 3

MINING affairs at Nerriga are commencing to look up again slightly. The preliminary work in connection with the Golden Terrace Company will be…

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Gold Discovery near Burrowa

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 December 1891 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Burrowa states that Mr. Tom Morgan, after an energetic search, reports having discovered what he considers payable gold within two miles of Burrowa, in…

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Mining Disputes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 3

THE Mining Warden, J. L. King, Esq., visited the new diggings at Deep Creek, Braidwood, on Monday, to inquire into several disputes as to the possession of…

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Boro Mining Leases

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 3

In the Assembly on Thursday Mr. Slattery, in answer to Mr. Chapman, said there were no applications in the Mines Office for mining leases at Bore which had not yet been surveyed. There…

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Sensational Mining Accident at Bendigo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A sensational accident happened at George Lansell's Comet Mine, Redan-hill, causing the destruction of mining…

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Mining at Burrowa and Tuena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 3

BURROWA, Wednesday.—Mr. Tom Morgan, after an energetic search, reports having discovered what he considers payable gold within two miles of Burrows, in a south-easterly…

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The Burraga Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 4

LITHGOW, Saturday.—Reports to hand from Burraga state that all the miners there, with the exception of six, have been paid off during the week. The Burraga township is mainly…

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