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

Mining & the mines, 1892

241 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 13

Mining at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 7

CARCOAR, Tuesday.—Lambert's prospecting ground at the Dry diggings crushed two tons of stone for a yield of 2oz. 1dwt. of gold per ton. The stone was taken from the top…

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Miners' Strike at Idaho. London, July 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 2

A series of outrages is reported from Cœur d'Alone, in Idaho (U.S.A.), in connection with the strike of miners there. The miners forcibly evicted the non-unionist labourers employed, of whom they…

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The Mount Billagoe Gold Discovery

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 July 1892 · page 3

WARDEN MC KEE of Cobar wired to the under-secretary for minesion Wednesday, saying he had just returned from the Mount Billagoo field, which is situated on the…

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The Mining Strike in America. London, July 14

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 3

Telegrams from Now York give particulars of an alarming a tote of affairs at Idaho, where the union miners on strike are resorting to moat extreme measures…

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Braidwood Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 4

DURING the past week some person or persons who cannot keep their "hands from picking and stealing" visited several claims in Araluen and robbed the sluices. At Bell's…

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Mining at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 6

CARCOAR, Tuesday.—On Flynn's Creek Smith's reef finished to-day crushing 9 tons for a total of 24 oz. of amalgam. The stone was raised from the 20ft. level north. At…

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Mining at Tuena

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 July 1892 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Tuena on Thursday last says:--Messrs. Donnelly and Davison have just finished a trial crushing of five tons from their reef, which is situated…

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Tuena Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1892 · page 3

EXCELSIOR, Tuona, July 23.—Manager's Report: Driven new tunnel 283ft. and cut reef. Driven south on it 20ft. Sunk winze 30ft. and connected to south drive, giving good ventilation. Opening…

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Dreadful Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1892 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A dreadful accident occurred at the Old Chum mine, Bendigo, this evening. William Richardson, a miner, who was working at a depth of 2220 feet, had charged a hole…

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The Barrier Miners Strike. Peculiar Action of Mr. Kidd. Mr. Cann's Telegrams to Go Free

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 July 1892 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Broken Hill in Monday's Melbourne Argus said:— Private advices received here to-day from Sydney from an authoritative source state that Mr. Kidd,…

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Wallah Silver Mine

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 July 1892 · page 2

A MEETING of peraons interested in the Wallsh Silver Mine was held at the Mechanice Institure on Tuesday morning, Present: Messrs C.L. Hume…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 August 1892 · page 2
Also in Crookwell Gazette

A MEETING was held last week at Burrowa to endeavour to float the Wallah Wallah Silver Mine. Mr. A. D. Middleton stated that the money in the bank represented 19,000 shares,…

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Dreadful Mining Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1892 · page 3

A DREADFUL accident occurred at the Old Chum mine, Bendigo, last week. William Richardson, a minor, who was working at a depth of 2220 foot, had…

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Gold Find at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1892 · page 6

BRAIDWOOD, Thursday.—Reports have reached the town of a rich find of gold in alluvial at Bob's Creek, near the Little River, Out of three dishes of' dirt 7dwts, were…

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Mining at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1892 · page 7

THERE are now several hundred tons of copper ore at the Burly Jack copper mine, which, the owners state, will he Shortly sent to the Eskbank and Newcastle smelting…

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Mining at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 August 1892 · page 7

BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—The members of the prospecting board are announced to be here on the 10th instant. A large number of applications for assistance to prospect…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 August 1892 · page 2

THE following is the manager's report of the Hillside gold mine for week ending July 30.-- West shaft: Sunk 7ft., reef 4 ft., greatly mixed with iron, but…

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A New Gold Extraction Process

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1892 · page 4

Recently some tailings from a trial treatment in Sydney of Pambula ore were forwarded by Mr. Z. Goodman to his London house for experimental…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 August 1892 · page 4

NEW Koh-i-noor Gold and Silver, August 6.—Manager's Report: Scoble's shaft completed and ready for filling the stopes. Main shaft contractors pushing on, and working…

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