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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 37 of 46

Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 September 1894 · page 3

A WARDEN'S COURT has held at the court-house yesterday before Mr. F. R. Wilshire. A matter between James Armstrong and John McCain in reference to the registration of a…

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Forest Fires in the United States. an Appalling Scene. the Fire Like a Whirlwind. Six Towns Destroyed. Mine Hundred Persons Killed. 130 Corpses in Five Acres. London, Monday, 1 p.m

The Yass Courier · Friday 7 September 1894 · page 2

Information has been received of disastrous forest fires which have occurred in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota in the United States. It is estimated that 900 persons have been…

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Gold from West Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 September 1894 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Eight boxes, containing 800 lb. weight of gold, consigned to the National Bank, arrived on Wednesday by the steamer Gabo from West Australia…

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The Mining on Private Lands Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 September 1894 · page 4

BATHURST, Thursday.—Owing to a defect in the Mining on Private Lands Act, thousands of acres held under conditional lease in the district are closed against mining. In the Rockley district a discovery…

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Inspecting Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 September 1894 · page 4

ON Thursday morning Mr. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines, returned to Sydney from a visit to the Tumut, Adolong, Gundagai, Wee Jasper, Adjimbilly, Cootamundra, Barmedman, Reefton, Temora,…

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Western Australian Goldfields. Coolgardie

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 September 1894 · page 4

THE new alluvial rush to 45-Mile, north of Coolgardie, continues. The exact position of the new rush is about five miles from the Brilliant Reward claim, on the east side of the 90-Mile-road. Good…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 10 September 1894 · page 2

FURTHER discoveries of an important character have been made at the Comotock Mine, Spring Creek, Bungonia, the property of a Goulburn syndicate, the engine shaft which…

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The Comstock Mine, Spring Creek, Bungonia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1894 · page 4

FURTHER discoveries of an important character have been made at the Comstock Mine, Spring Creek, Bungonia, the property of a Goulburn syndicate. The engine shaft which was sunk about a month…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 September 1894 · page 3

COOLGARDIE, Saturday.—It is understood that the prospectors of the Londonderrv mine have received an offer sufficiently tempting to induce them to sell the mine. Mr. David Tweedie, of Adelaide, is…

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The South Burrangong Gold-Mining Company

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1894 · page 4

IN the Equity Court, Sydney on Wednesday, before the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice Owen, the following case was heard :—Mr. Hawkins (Carr[?] and Hawkins) appeared for the plaintiff the…

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Another Gold Robbery

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1894 · page 3

Richard Barrett was committed for trial to-day on the charge of stealing gold ore, the property of the Aladdin Lamp and Went-worth Goldfields Companies of Lucknow, near…

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The Garang[?]a Goldfield. MURRUMBURRAH

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1894 · page 4

Mr. Makinson, mining warden, arrived here yesterday and settled several matters in connection with the Osborne’s paddock leases. Great excitement was caused during the day…

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The Western Australian Gold-fields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 September 1894 · page 2

NETTLE and party's find at Billabrotha, Yalgoo field, is sensationally rich. The reef shows gold in the fractures of the reef in coarse lumps. It can be seen glittering some distance away. The reef is…

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Mining. Special Lease at Oallen

Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 September 1894 · page 3

MESSRS. S. P. JESSOP and E. M. King have applied for a special issue of 100 acres, parish on Oallon, for gold-mining purposes, provided the conditions specified be observed. These…

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Gold-Mining Lease

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 5

S. P. JESSOP and E. M. King have applied for a special lease of 100 acres, parish of Oallen, for gold-mining purposes, provided the conditions specified be observed. These…

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New Gold Discovery

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 2

A NUMBER of men have been Working, with a fair amount of success, at Native Dog Gully, on Mr. Carlo Marina’s Moppity property, for some week’s past. The sinking is from 17 to 20 feet, and those…

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Gold at Spring Creek

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 2

IT can hardly be said that gold at Spring Creek is a new experience. Nevertheless it has not been found in much abundance for some time past, although a good many people have spent both gold,…

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The Comstock Mine, Spring Creek, Bungonia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 2

A BULK sample (about 4 cwt.) of ore from the new find at the Comstock Mine, Spring Creek, Bungonia, will be on view to-day (Saturday) at Messrs. Meyer and Son's store. It is of copper pyrites, and…

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The Miners' Strike in Scotland. London, Sept. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 September 1894 · page 2

The Scotch miners on strike have agreed to resume work at their former rates of wages…

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Mining. the Comstock Mine

Goulburn Herald · Monday 17 September 1894 · page 2

A BULK sample, about 4 owt., ore from the new find at the Comstock Mine, Spring Creek, Bungonia, it now on view at Messrs, Meyer and Son's store. It is of copper pyrites and…

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