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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 20 of 46

Mining on Private Property

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night Mr. Copeland, Minister for Lands, gave notice that he would on Wednesday move the suspension of such of the standing orders as would prevent…

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Mining in the Shoalhaven

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 4

Shoalhaven Consolidated Hydraulic Sluicing Company, April 17.—Manager's Report: "We got the last of the boxes in tail race at end of week, and are now sluicing;…

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Eight Hours for Miners. London, April 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 4

In the House of Commons this evening the bill legalising the eight-boar system for miners was read the second time by a majority of 87. Daring the debate Mr. Asquith, Home Secretary,…

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Mining on Private Lands Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 5

THE Minister for Lands, considering that the Mining on Private Lands Bill as amended by the Legislative Council is imperfect in many respects, and objecting to some of the amendments introduced in…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. BARMEDMAN

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 April 1894 · page 3

News from Wyalong reports further important developments on some of the lending claims. A1 these find the prospects improving as they godown which supporte the belief that the field will [?]face…

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Gold-mining Lease Cancelled

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 2

THE gold mining lease of 20 acres, Jerralong, grunted to J. R. Filewood, has been cancelled for non-payment of rent…

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Export of Gold Coin. Sydney, Monday, 3 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Monday 30 April 1894 · page 3

THE mail steamer Victoria left upon to-day. She takes over £150,000 in specie, of which the commercial Bank sent £100,000…

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Gold-bearing Sand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 4

LAST week Mr. W. S. Caswell, P.M., received from his son a bag of gold-bearing sand taken from the sea coast, near the Tweed River, for the purpose of putting it…

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Extraction of Gold From Ironsands. London, April 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 4

The Auriferous Ironsands Gold Extraction Company, with a capital of £70,000, has been registered…

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Latest News From Wyalong. More Rich Gold Struck. Improvements at the Township. Barmedman

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 2

Latest news from Wyalong states that the Erin's Isle reef has been struck at Conway's No. 2 claim at a depth of 63ft. A drive was made 15ft in a northerly direction, and it showed the…

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The Wyalong Goldfield.— Rich Discoveries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 May 1894 · page 4

TEMORA, Friday.—Taylor and party have struck rich stone, showing coarse specks of gold, at the 120ft. level, Presser and party struck rich stone on Monday. Work is…

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The Gold-fields

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

BARMEDMAN, Tuesday.—The rumoured discovery of alluvial between Temora and Barmedman, reported yesterday, turns out to be unfounded. It seems to have originated from…

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Gold Struck at Crookwell

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

ON Saturday last Mr. H. Roberts of Crookwell came upon a gold reef in his paddock opposite his house and on the river's bank, at a place where he had some…

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Rich Gold Discovery at Daylesford

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A telegram from Daylesford reports that White and Jackson to-day, at the Welcome Gully Mine, struck a large lode at 75 feet in the south…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Maching

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 4

A SYNDICATE. consisting of Messrs. Bracken, Browning, and other Yass residents, has purchased a Jerger goldsaving machine, with the view of…

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Phenomenally Rich Gold at Ballarat

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- A small parcel of stone, weighing 220lb., from Macks'. lucky claim, Paddy's Gully, Rokewood Junction, near Ballarat, when put through the…

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Gold-Saving Machines at Young. THE-ECLIPSE

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 2

MUCH interest was [?] in the trial of the Eclipse old [?]tor on Monday evening. The exhibition took place in the yard of the Royal Hotel, and a large crowd of persons more or less concerned in mining, and…

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The New Mining on Private Lands Bill

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 2

IN the Assembly, last Wednesday evening, Mr. Copeland moved the suspension of the standing orders to permit of the immediate passage of his new Mining on Private…

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The Burrangong Chronicle' May 2Nd 1894. the "Eclipse" Gold-saver

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

An announcement in our last issue that Mr. Ball, patentee of the "Eclipse" gold-saving machine, would exhibit one of his machines at Young on Monday, brought together a large…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 2 May 1894 · page 3

TEMORA, Friday.--Taylor and party have struck rich stone, showing coarse specks of gold, at the 120 ft. level. Presser and party struck rich stone on Monday…

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