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

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Gold in Wild Ducks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 February 1893 · page 4

A NOVEL process of gold recovery was discovered on Friday (pays the Telegraph), when a brace of wild duck from the Hawkesbury wore found to have appropriated to their digestive organs eleven grains…

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Combination Among the Southern Collieries

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 4

We understand that a long-pending agreement has been arrived at between half-a-dozen of the southern collieries to bring an end to the extreme competition which has…

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"The Man's the Gold for a' That!"

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 4

WHO shall judge a man for manners ? Who shall know him by his dress? Paupers may be fit for princes, Princes fit for something less,…

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British Miners' Wages. London, Feb. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 4

At a meeting of the British Miners' Federation, at which delegates were present from all the mining districts in Great Britain, it was agreed that there should be a national stoppage of work at…

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New Koh-i-noor Gold and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 6

THE third annual meeting of the share-holders of the New Koh-i-Noor Gold and Silver Mining Company was held in Tattersall's-chambers, Hunter-street, on…

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Mining at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 8

Carcoar, Tuesday.—At Trunkey Creek, Vivian and party, representing an English company, have started working on Turner's lease. Their shaft is down 80 ft.; it was lately idle owing to the delay in…

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An American Gold Loan. London, March 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

The United States Government have entered into negotiations with the Rothschilds for a loan of gold of a large amount, bearing three per cont. interest. It is feared that the United States budget will…

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Milthorpe v. Spa Hydraulic Sluicing and Gold Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 4

IN the Supreme Court on Friday, on the motion of Mr. Wise, who appeared for the defendant, the submission to arbitration dated 9th February, 1893, was made a rule of court…

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Important Mining Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 2

IN the later part of last year Messrs. R. T. Ball and Co., ironfounders, of Goulburn, proceeded against the Shoalhaven Gold-mining Company in the Supreme Court to recover the sum of £896 for…

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Mining Case

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1893 · page 2

IN the latter part of last year Messrs. R. T. Ball and Co., ironfoundrs of Goulburn, proceeded against the Shoalhaven Gold-Mining Syndicate in the supreme court to recover the…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 2

WORK was begun by the Spa-Jessop Hydraulic Sluicing Company on Monday morning last. No particulars have been received on town farther than that everything is working smoothly…

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Coal Mines Bill.—Government Defeated

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 4

THE Coal Mines Regulation Bill, which includes so many points of vital interest to the members for coal-mining constituencies, led, as was anticipated, to a prolonged sitting of the Assembly on Friday…

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SYDNEY, Monday, 6 p.m. Rich Yield of Gold at Gundagai

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 March 1893 · page 3

A TON six cwt. of quartz from Gundagai. crushed at Adelong, has given a return of 40oz, 3dwts. THE LATE FLOODS…

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Mining at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

CAROJAR, Friday.—On Tuesday last Mr. James Taylor, B.Sc., A R.S M., Government Metallurgist, visited Galley Swamp, accompanied by several local residents. The Homeward Bound and Mullally's…

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The Spa-Jessop Mines

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Australian Mining Standard of the 18th instant as follows :—"Just a little news re Spa-Jessop mines. These two claims have recently…

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Mining at Markdate

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 2

OUR correspondent writes under date 20th instant:--The Enterprise Gold -- mining Company are Crushing 25 tons of stone. Some of the shareholders are looking…

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Parliamentary. Mining on Private Property Bill

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 3

IN the Legislative Council yesterday Mr. O'Connor moved the second reading of the Mining on Private Property Bill. The measure met with much opposition, and on…

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Parliamentary. the Mining on Private Property Bill Rejected

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 March 1893 · page 4

THE Legislative Council devoted nearly the whole of the sitting which was held on Tuesday night to the consideration of the Mining on Private Property Bill. The measure was sharply criticised, and the…

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Important Mining Experiment

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 March 1893 · page 7

The Broken Hill correspondent of the S. M. Herald reports that for some time past experiments have been made at the Proprietary Mine by Mr. Howel,…

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The Cullulla Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 4

WE have been informed that Me. Pittman Government geologist, visited the Cullulla Lead and Silver Mine on Friday and after inspecting it pronounced it to be a grand property…

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