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

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Cancellation of Gold-Mining Lease

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 September 1893 · page 3

THE gold-mining, lease of 25 acres, Nerrimunga, held by C. H. Williams and another, has been cancelled for non-payment of rent, and is now available for occupation…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 4

DAVIS and party, we understand, have secured the registration of two important water rights. The water rights referred to are for 8 sluice-heads of water, which is to be diverted from Ned's Creek,…

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Interesting Mining Mem

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 4

A GREAT many years ago, "in the good old days," two men came upon some alluvial gold, on 'Blacks'-camp Creek, on the Tinderry run and were doing very well. They made…

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Mining on Private Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 2

The conference on the question of mining on private lands, which has been sitting at the Hotel Metropole for some days past, concluded its sittings on Monday. Much work…

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The Mining on Private Property Conference

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 2

The Mining on Private Lands Bill, which was ruthlessly slain in the Legislative Council last session was on Thursday further considered by the conference of delegates at the Hotel Metropole. A…

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Colliery Proprietors and Workmen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—It has transpired that at the meeting of Associated Colliery Proprietors, which took place in Sydney yesterday surprise was expressed that in view of the state of the coal trade…

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Fossicking for Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 3

MR. CREER, of the Labour Bureau, states that the number of men who have been sent into the country by his department to fossick for gold now amounts to 1200. About 40…

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Gold Rush near Forbes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 2

FORBES, Wednesday.—A party of prospectors working on the back of Droubalgie station, nine miles from Forbes, have reported payable gold. Numbers of people have gone out, and there are…

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The British Miners' Strike. London, Sept. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 4

The Staffordshire coalminers, who have been on strike against the proposed reduction of 25 per cent. in their wages, have resumed work at the old rate of pay. This is the first sign of yielding among the…

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Shipments of Australian Gold to London. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 September 1893 · page 2

Shipments of gold from Australia are being stopped at Egyptian ports for transference to the east in order to save the cost of shipment from London…

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Fossicking for Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 4

A MEETING of the board which is superintending the work of fossicking for gold was held at the Department of Mines on Thursday afternoon. It was reported that a…

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Mining at Bundanoon

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 2

MOSS VALE, Friday.—Mining reports from Bundanoon seem to be very satisfactory. Two men fossicking have been in during the week, and given a good account of operations…

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Mining on Private Lands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 4

THE Minister for Lands was on Thursday afternoon waited upon by Mr. Tonkin, M.L.A., and Mr. R. Atkinson Price, representing the recent Mining on Private Lands…

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Mining on Private Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 5

THE committee appointed by the Mining on Private Property Conference, to conclude the business of the sittings, met on Tuesday. The committee resolved:—"1. That a…

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The British Miners' Strike. London, Sept. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 2

A conference of the coalminers on strike is being held with regard to the resumption of work or a continuance of the struggle. A majority of the delegates present at the…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 September 1893 · page 5

PERTH (W.A), Friday.—The third instalment of gold from Bayley's Reward claim, since the mine has been under the charge of Mr. Sylvester Browne, is now on its way to…

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Discovery of Gold Near Armidale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Monday.—Some excitement was caused here today owing to a party of prospectors having struck promising wash on part of the Armidale temporary common, about two miles from the…

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Miners' Strike in Belgium. London, Sept. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 4

One hundred and twenty-five thousand miners in the Borinage district, Belgium, will come out on strike on Monday. The Emporor William of Germany was guarded…

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French and Belgian Miners. London, Sept. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 4

The French and Belgian miners' organisations have ordered a general strike for an advance in wages…

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Rich Yield of Gold at Pambula

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 September 1893 · page 2

PAMBULA, Monday.—A most successful crushing from the Hidden Treasure Mine was cleared up at the Huntingdon Mill, Lochiel, on Saturday night, Seventy tons of ore were…

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