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

Mining & the mines, 1893

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The new Gold Find in West Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday.—The latest report from Coolgardie states that 14,000 men are on the new field, and that the majority of them are doing well. Hanta, the discoverer of the new find, dollied 130oz…

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The Mines Report for 1892. Summary of the Year's Operations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

THE annual report of the Mines Department for 1892, which has just been published, covers 177 foolscap pages. It is supplemented and illustrated by several maps and…

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Mining in Braidwood District

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 July 1893 · page 3

TELEGRAMS from Braidwood state that a syndicate of Goulburn gentleman, having bought the claim at Bob's Crook from Messrs. Webb and Shepherd, ia now bringing a tailrace from…

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Colliery Disaster in Scotland. London, July 4

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

By on explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Thornhill, Scotland, 140 miners have been cut off from communication, and are entombed in the workings…

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Mining at Braidwood and Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 5

BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—O'Brien and party, who have leased the Homeward Bound reef, are busily engaged sinking their main shaft. The ground being very wet,…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield—"Marvellously Rich One."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 2

PERTH (W.A.), Monday.—The latest news from Coolgardie received last night was to the effect that considerable interest is being manifested in connection with the recent developments at Coolgardie and…

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Markdale Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 12 July 1893 · page 2

OUR correspondent writes on 10th instant:--On returning to Markdale after a holiday I found a little alteration at the mines. The proprietors of the Enterprise…

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A Colliery Disaster. London, July 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 2

Telegrams from Now York give details of a disaster which has occurred in a colliery near Baltimore, Maryland. An explosion of firedamp destroyed a portion of…

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Gold near Bundanoon

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Moss Vale reports that for some time past prospectors have been engaged in gullies about four miles out of Bundancon, and have come across alluvial…

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Rich Gold Discoveries at Hill End

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 4

MUDGEE, Thursday,—Splendid news is to hand from Hill End. Rich gold was struck in the New Paxton yesterday. Suttor and party also struck rich gold in the New Era,…

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Mining on Private Property.—Important Facts for Miners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 4

IT is not generally known that under the present condition of the Mining and Crown Lands Act certain private lands are accessible to miners in search for gold. The…

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Mining at Burrangong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 4

BUSINESS people, and especially labouring men, will be glad to learn there is every prospect of an early revival of gold mining in the deep ground at Burrangong. Messrs…

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Gold Discoveries at Hill End

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 July 1893 · page 4

HILL END, Saturday.—Mr. Thomas C. Suttor and party, during the past three weeks, have been working in very good country in the New Era claim, and on…

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Rich Gold Discovery in Victoria

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 2

THE special correspondent of the Melbourne Argus telegraphed from Woods Point on Thursday as follows:--It will be remembered that over a fortnight ago…

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A Marvellous Find of Gold

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1893 · page 2

THE latest news received at Perth (W.A.) from Coolgardie was to the effect that considerable interest is being manifested in connection with the recent developments…

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Mining at Micalago

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 4

MESSRS. Murray and party have struck a new find of gold close to the old Bowery mine, where they have always had good prospects. They intend getting out five tons…

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The Miners' Federation. London, July 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 4

The colliery owners, in insisting upon a reduction of 25 per cent. in the miners' wages, assert that foreign competition necessitates the colliers conceding a portion of their present rates. The masters…

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Fossicking on the Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 July 1893 · page 4

TOUCHING the question of providing work for the unemployed on the goldfields of the colony, it is, we understand, the intention of the Mines Department to help the men in every way possible. The…

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Mining at Micalago

Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 2

THE correspondent of the Queanbeyan Age reports that Messrs. Murray and party have struck a now find of gold in close proximity to the old Bowery mine, where their prospects…

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Tirranna Gold-Field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1893 · page 2

A LOCAL gentleman visited Tirranna on Thursday last and found over 30 men working on the alluvial deposit at the rear of the church. He found that fifteen deep shafts for drives had been sunk, but…

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