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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 27 of 46

The Mining Bill

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 2

THE Legislative Council, on Tuesday week, considered in committee the Mining on Private Lands Bill, resuming at clause 17. The most striking amendment…

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The Wyalong Gold-field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 3

BARMEDMAN, Monday.—Recent heavy rains, lasting several days, have again reduced the road from Barmedman to Wyalong to a terrible state, and heavy…

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Discovery of Beach Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 2

A telegram was received at the Mines Department on Wednesday from the warden at Dungog, stating that a discovery of gold on the beach north of Sugarloaf Point had…

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Government Loans for Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 2

THE Melbourne Argus states that the Victorian Minister of Mines is impressed with the proposal made to him at Inglewood that the Government should advance a loan…

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The Mount Huxley Mine.—Revelations of Foul Play

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 2

LAUNCESION, Wednesday.— The Government Geologist's report upon the Mount Huxley mine was tabled in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon. It state that there has been foul play, as the samples…

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The Miners' Strike in America. London, June 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 2

The strike of miners at the Cripple Creek Colliery in the State of Colorado has ended. An arrangement has been made for the miners to return to work on the basis of eight hours' work and a wage…

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Parliamentary. the Mining on Private Lands Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 2

In the Legislative Council on Wednesday the Cooges and Randwick Road Tolls Abolition Bill was taken through. The second reading of the Camels and Dromedaries Impounding Bill was…

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The Gold-fields. Mining on Private Property

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

THE bill to authorize mining on private property will now shortly become law. On Wednesday after a hard fight the Assembly Mr. Copeland , minister for minee, succeeded…

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Comstock Gold Silver and Copper Mining Company Limited

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

THE above is the name of a company which it is proposed to register under the Companies Act as soon as practicable. The property, which belongs to a local syndicate, consists of…

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West Australian Gold-fields

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 3

T[?] following is an extract from a letter from a Sydney man now on the Cue River, Murchison District. West Australia, and may be relied on as the unbiased…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

Some of the sluicing claims at Little River are doing very well just now and a good deal of gold is being obtained. We hear of only a small party selling in town £50…

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The Mount Huxley Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

Mr. P. P. Samuel has asked the Tasmanian Minister for Mines to send the Government Geologist to again inspect the Mount Huxley property, taking his own staff of men with him. Mr…

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Mining on Private Lands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 2

THE regulations under the Mining on Private Lands Bill, which are being prepared by Mr. Harrie Wood, Under-Secretary for Mines, are somewhat voluminous, and will…

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The Mining on Private Property Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 4

THE Under-Secretary for Mines states that the Mining on Private Property Act will throw open a lot of private land to the general prospector. Regulations will have to be framed in connection…

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Mining at Burraga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

BURRAGA, Thursday.—Dempsey and party, at the Native Dog Creek, have a very promising reef. The lode is 10ft wide, and an assay of the stone gave 15dwt to the ton…

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Sydney Harbour Coal Company. London, June 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

Sir William Corry, Bart., of the firm of James P. Corry, shipowners, London, has consented to become a director of the Sydney Harbour Coal Company, formed to work the Cremorne coal measures…

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Mining on the Clyde Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

MR. COOPER, one of the prospectors of the new reef at Britton's Hill, Clyde road, has sent to Sydney 2 tons of quartz taken from a depth of about 20ft., which he intends…

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The Mining on Private Lands Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 2

ALBURY, Monday.—The Mining on Private Lands Bill is bring received in a half hearted manner by miners in this district. The principal objection are urged to the clause which renders land enclosed and…

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The West Australian Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 4

PERTH, Saturday.—Coolgardie news, dated Tuesday, states, it is rumoured, that the new rush near the I.O.U. property is likely to prove a duffer. It is generally…

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The Gold-fields

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 2

NEELS selection at Wyalong was resumed by the Grown on Saturday, and the mining office was rushed by those anxious to secure allotments. The ground in pegged out…

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