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

Mining & the mines, 1894

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Demand for Gold. London, Jan. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 6

Mr. John G. Carlisle, the American Secretary to the Treasury, invites tenders for 50,000,000 dollars' worth of gold upon 5 per cent. bonds. The minimum is fixed at 117…

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Co-operative Coal Depots. London, Jan. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 6

Mr. Ben Pickard, M.P. for the Norm[?]nton Division of Yorkshire, and president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, advises the public to form co-operative coal depots, as the profits of the…

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West Australian Mining. London

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 4

The DAILY CHRONICLE warns investors against taking shares in unknown West Australian mines, and says that there is a danger of rotten companies being placed…

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West Australian Gold Fields. Coolgardie Township Deserted. Perth

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 2

Latestinformation to hand from Coolgardie shows that the township is practically deserted, the recent rains having induced miners to leave for Siberia, White Feather, and Ninety Mile, three…

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Jerger's Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1894 · page 2

AN advertisement in another part of this issue announces that a public trial of Mr. Jerger's gold-saving machine will be held in Belmore Square on Saturday next at four…

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Gold and Mineral Leases

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 January 1894 · page 2

The GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of 17th January contains a long list of gold and mineral leases in force in the several mining districts for the half-year ended 31st December,. 1993. In the list it is…

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Mining on Private Property Bill. Call of Legislative Council for Second Reading. Sydney, Wednesday, 7.5 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1894 · page 3

THE second reading of the Mining on Private Property Bill in the Legislative Council has been fixed for Wednesday fortnight. Mr. Combes has given notice of a call of the…

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Jerger's Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 January 1894 · page 2

A PUBLIC trail of the John Jerger Gold-saving Machine will be held in Belmore-square on Saturday afternoon next at four o'clock. The attendance of mining managers, miners, experts, and scientific…

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The Cremorne Coal Discovery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 6

THE question of working the seam of coat discovered as a result of the boring operations at Cremorne has been considered by the gentlemen connected with the syndicate,…

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The Coal Discovery in Sydney Harbour

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 6

THE Sydney and Port, Hacking Coal Company, through whose enterprise the discovery of coal was made at Cremorne some two months ago, are busily engaged in making arrangements for developing the…

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Mining on Private Property Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 January 1894 · page 4

IN the Assembly on Thursday the action of the Legislative Council in postponing for a fortnight the second reading of the Mining on Private Property Bill same in for some unfavourable…

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The John Jerger Gold-saving Machine. Successful Public Trial

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 2

A PUBLIC trial of the machine invented and patented by Mr. J. Jerger, of Auburn-street, jeweller, for easing gold which under former process was lost, was announced to take…

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The John Jerger Patent Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 30 January 1894 · page 4

UNDER the management of a committee consisting of Messrs W. Southall, S. Meyer, A. C Johnson, Baron Von Ramberg, Messrs. C Gillespie, S. P. Jeesop, J. A. Gegg, and Dr. McKillop a series of…

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Gold at Pejar

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 3

YESTERDAY we were informed on good authority that H. Whittington and party, who have been prospecting on the Pejar reserve for some time past, have at last…

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Colliery Disputes. Intimidation by Strikers. Sydney, Wednesday, 6.40 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 3

THE Stocketon Colliery, at Newcastle, was started to-day, with thirty-seven non-union miners from Sydney. About twenty police formed up at the place where the men landed…

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Mining on Private Lands Bill

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 2

IN the Assembly, on Wednesday, Sir George Dibbs moved, with concurrence, --"That the Mining on Private Lands Bill, forwarded to the Legislative…

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Cowra Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 2

THE half-yearly mooting of the shareholders of the above company was hold in their office, Auburn-street, on Wednesday evening. Mr. A. G. Finlay, chairman, presided and rood the half-yearly report…

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Rumoured Find of Payable Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 February 1894 · page 4

CROOKWELL, Tuesday.—A report reached here to-day that H. Whittington and party, who have been prospecting on Pejar reserve, 13 miles from here, have struck payable…

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Cowra Creek Gold-mining Company. First Half-yearly Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 3

THE first half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Cowra Creek Gold-Mining company, Limited, was held to the offices of the company, Frazer'a Chambers, on…

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Prospecting at Pejar. Payable Gold Found

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 2

IT is stated on good authority that H. Whittington and party, who have been prospecting on the Pejar reserve for some time past, have at last struck payable gold. There is…

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