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

Mining & the mines, 1893

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Inspector of Mines

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 2

MR. J. H. SLEE chief inspector of mines, was in town on Friday and Saturday last. On Friday he inspected the mines at Markdale, but we have not been able to learn what the…

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Retrenchment in the Mines Department

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 2

A SAVING of over £60,000 is to be effected in connection with the estimates of the Mines Department. The saving will, it is understood, be largely in the…

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Mining at Tuena

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 2

IN and around Tuena mining matters are somewhat quiet, and there is not much fresh news to report. Messrs. Davidson and Donnelly of Mount Costigan have a lively little claim…

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Parliamentary. Coal Mines Regulation Bill

Goulburn Herald · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

IN the Legislative Council on Wednesday Mr. O'Connor moved the second reading of the above bill. Mr. Pigett moved as an amendment that the bill be referred to a select…

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Mining at Tuena

Goulburn Herald · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 4

IN and around Tuena mining matters are somewhat quiet, and there is not much fresh news to report. Messrs. Davidson and Donnelly of Mount Costigan have a lively little…

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Mining on Private Lands

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2

THE following intimation has been forwarded to the Wardens throughout the colony:— "The attention of owners of freehold…

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Mining at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 4

AT M'Inerny and Co.'s ailuvial mine, six miles from Gundagai, where about 60 men have been employed for the last three months, work below was stopped to-day temporarily for the purpose of…

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Gold for Australia. London, May 3

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

Three of the leading Australian Banks are dispatching £750,000 in gold to Australia, and it is probable that a further shipment of £500,000 in gold will follow. A rise in the bank rate is likely…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 5

ARALUEN, Tuesday.—The heavy rains caused large flood in the creek, but the damage done has been less than usual, the only claim filled in being one at Mudmelong…

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Cable News. Miners' Eight Hours. London, May 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 5

The bill for making eight hours a miner's legal day's work has been read the second time in the House of Commons by 279 votes to 201. Mr. Gladstone voted in favour of the measure…

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Gold West Australia

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 2

THE following is an extract from a letter received by Mr. A. J. Sach of the Technical School:—"A man has just been in to see me from West Australia. He is an old…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 3 p.m. Arrest of a Mining Manager

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 May 1893 · page 3

ALFRED A. GALLAGHER, a well-known mining manager, has boon arrested nod remanded till Friday, on the charge of stealing a valuable security belonging to the liquidator…

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Gold in West Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 4

THE following is an extract from a letter received by Mr. A. J. Sach, of the Technical School:-" A man has just been in to see me from West Australia. He is on old gold-miner, and tells…

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Heavy Shipment of Gold. London, May 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 4

The shipments of gold for Australian banks, per the R.M 8. Ophir, are as follow:-Bank of Victoria, £200,000; Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, £200,000; Union Bank of Australia,…

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Gold for the Union Bank. London, May 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1893 · page 4

The London official of the Union Bank of Australia state that they are prepared to ship £1,000,000 in gold to Australia to meet the possible currency needs of their branches, in consequence of…

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Mining at Carcoar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 6

CARCOAR, Wednesday.—An old miner has just returned after visiting Mount Billagoe, and states that the Occidental Reef just finished crushing about 65 tons, yielding 10…

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Gold for Australia. London, May 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 2

The Bank of Australia and the Union Bank of Australia are each shipping 250,000 sovereigns for Australia, to-morrow…

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The Gold for Australia. London, May 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 5

It is now declared that there is no truth in the allegation of the London Daily Telegraph that the shipment of gold, consisting of 200,000 sovereigns, for the Bank of Victoria was about to be stopped at…

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A New Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Thursday.—The correspondent of the Dunedin Star reports the discovery of a new goldfield at the extreme northern end of the Vincent County, at a point known as Timaru…

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New Koh-i-Noor Gold and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 4

MANAGER'S REPORT for week ended lay 5:—150ft. level, No. 1 crosscut: The stopes over this crosscut are looking very well; the lode is about 1ft. 6in. wide, and all the ore mined this week came…

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