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

Mining & the mines, 1894

916 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 18 of 46

The Wyalong Goldfield

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 April 1894 · page 4

MR. VAUGHN asked the Minister for Lands in the Assembly on Tuesday what steps, if any were being taken to cancel the selections on Wyalong on which gold has recently been discovered, and…

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The "Eclipse" Gold-saver. Another Victory

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 April 1894 · page 2

READ the following extract from the Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, April 16th, 1894:—As stated in our report of the show, among the most interesting and attractive exhibits on the…

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Mining on Private Lands Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 April 1894 · page 4

In the Legislative Council on Tuesday the Mining on Private Lands Bill was after debate read the third time, the voting being 23 to 13, and returned to the Assembly. The bill was strongly…

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Gold-saving Machines.—The Bathurst Show Test

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 April 1894 · page 4

THE Australian Star says:—" In reference to a test between the Jerger Gold-saving Machine and Messrs. B. T. Ball and Co.'s machine, reported in our issue of April 13, Messrs. R. T. Ball and Co,…

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The Gold-fields. Discovery Near Blayney

Goulburn Herald · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 2

GOLD has been discovered at King's Plains, five miles from Blayney. An old miner named Harry Morris, better known as " Old King Harry," who has been engaged…

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The Wyalong Gold Rush. Buddigower Alluvial Find. Declared to Be a Duffer. Granting Publicans' License. Temora

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 2

The alluvial rush to Buddigower is a complete duffer. A new find is reported on [?] selection, half a mile north of Spy Hill, Woolongough road. Crushing commenced at the…

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Gold at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 4

THE warden's clerk at Braidwood has telegraphed as follows to the Under-Secretary for Mines with respect to the discovery at Captain's Flat:—"Daniels and party…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 2

WE have been informed in connection with the above that Mr. Jerger has gone to Sydney expressly with the object of having the defects in the machine rectified, these defects being matters of…

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Discovery of Alluvial Gold near Blayney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 4

BLAYNEY, Wednesday.—Great excitement was caused in town to-day when it became known that gold had been discovered at King's Plains, five miles from Blayney. An…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Machine. (To the Editor of the Bathurst Daily Times.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 April 1894 · page 2

SIR,—In your report on the trials to which the above machine was subjected at the Bathurst show, it is stated that it took twenty minutes to wash one dish of earth, and that the residue had afterwards…

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The Wyalong Gold-fields

Goulburn Herald · Monday 23 April 1894 · page 2

MATTERS are still quiet. There has been a small steady influx of visitors, speculators and miners daily, and a few are now leaving the field. There seems to be a disposition to…

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Rival Gold-saving Machines

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 2

Messrs. R. T. Bail and Company, of Goulburn, have written asking us to correct a statement, that appeared in last Friday's issue of this journal respecting the trial of…

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Gold Nuggets Unearthed Near Dungog

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.—Great ex-citement prevails in town over the news received from Dungog to-day of the discovery of large quantities of gold on the Monkeral…

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Gold-saving Machines. the Bathurst Show Test

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 2

In reference to a test between the Jerger Gold-saving Machine and Messrs. R. T. Ball and Co.'s machine, reported in our issue of April 13, Messrs. R. T. Ball and Co., of…

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The Gold-fields. Wyalong. Barmedman

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 4

LATE information shows that the output of stone continues satisfactory in most claims, and the reports as to the reefs are encouraging. The Two-Up…

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Glut of Gold

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 4

IT may seem strange to many that whilst money is so scarce with most people, it is, at the same time, quite a drug in the…

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Gold-saving Machines

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 4

IN our last issue we published a paragraph copied from the Australian Star to the effect that the Jerger machine had defeated the Eclipse machine in a public…

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The John Jerger Gold-Saver

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 2

A PUBLIC trial of the John Jerger Gold-Saving machine is to be made on Thursday. The local agent, Mr. R. J. Lawler, announces that the arrangements will be carried out under the…

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The Eclipse Gold Saving Machine

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 3

MESSRS. R. T. Ball and Co. of Goulburn, will have one of their gold-saving machines at work in Crookwell on Saturday, 12th May. Persons who have stuff they wish tested in the…

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Discovery of Alluvial Gold Near Blayney

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 25 April 1894 · page 2

BLAYNEY, Wednesday.--Great excitement was caused in town to-day when it became known that gold had been discovered at King's Plains, five miles from Blayney…

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