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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 39 of 46

The Wyalong Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

WYALONG, Monday.—Foster and party's Welcome Stranger Mine cleaned up 105 tons at Gough's battery for nearly 1900oz. of amalgam. A cake of smelted gold has just been taken to the bank. It is…

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Mining. Tuena

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 3

WE (Sydney Herald) have been shown some rich specimens of gold in calcite which have recently been brought to Sydney by Mr. H. M. Mills from Tuena. The mine in question,…

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A Rich Goldfield Reported

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.--It is reported that a rich goldfield has been discovered 70 miles from Taroom. A man named Rowlands, who was prospecting the…

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New Koh-i-noor Gold and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 4

MANAGER'S Report:—Recent important developments have taken place at the 300ft. level. As already reported, we intersected the big sulphide lode 41ft. west from the engine shaft on the 1st of…

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Gold Discovery in Victoria

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— A phenomenal gold discovery is reported at Tarnagulla by Biggs and son and Pearce. Although only a cubic yard of stone has been taken out, the specimens are…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 4

COOLGARDIE, Monday.—A promising-looking reef is being opened up on the Londonderry South Mine, a few blocks from the Londonderry. The gold is fine, but well distributed all through the quartz…

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Gold Discovery in Victoria. £1000 in a Cubic Yard

The Yass Courier · Friday 28 September 1894 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.--A phenomenal gold discovery is reported at Tarnagulla by Briggs and son and Pearce. Although only a cubic yard of stone has been taken out, the…

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The Coolgardie Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 4

COOLGARDIE, Wednesday. Mr. Alex. Forrest and Mr. Hassell. M.L.C., arrived this morning from the Wealth of Nations mine. They had decided not to leave till the reef had been struck at a depth of 40ft…

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Western Australian Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

PERTH, Friday.—At Daly's reef, on the mainland line, good gold is being obtained. After having dollied the richest of the stone, as previously reported, the proprietors crushed 20 tons for 354oz. of…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

WYALONG, Friday.—Latest reports from the Nariah alluvial rush are to the effect that a good wash has been struck at a depth of 42ft. by a party working on an adjoining claim to the prospectors;…

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Mining. Gold Searching Machine

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 October 1894 · page 2

THERE is at present a syndicate in Sydney amalgamated with the Horse-Shoe Bend Company (Shoalhaven River) which has had a dredge made for lifting the silt from the…

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Gold-mining in Western Australia. London, Sept. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 4

The Austin Gold-mining Company, Murchison, Western Australia, has been registered, with a capital of £50,000. Bayley's West Gold-mining Company, with a…

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Western Australian Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 4

COOLGARDIE, Saturday.—Fresh water has been struck in a well sunk in the heart of the town by a private water company. The water was met with at a depth of 157ft. It was beautifully fresh, but…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 2

AT the Mariah alluvial rush at Wyalong a good wash has been struck at a depth of 42ft. in the adjoining claim to the prospectors, The wash is about 2ft. thick, showing a few colors…

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Gold From Near Tuena

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 2

WE (Sydney Herald) have been shown some rich specimens of gold in calcite which have recently been brought to Sydney by Mr. H. M. Mills from Tuena…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 October 1894 · page 2

WYALONG, Friday.--Latest reports from the Nariah alluvial rush are to the effect that a good wash has been struck at a depth of 42ft. by a party working on an…

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Mount Drysdale Gold Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 4

COBRA, Tuesday.—The Mount Drysdale mine has struck rich gold in No. 2 shaft, which is estimated to go 10oz. to the ton. Working Miners, Little Wonder, and Hard-to-Find shares are receiving…

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The Wyalong Gold-field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 4

WYALONG, Tuesday.—Another rich crushing is reported from Wyalong stone. A parcel of 10 tons from Pringle's Red Flag, late Neeld's No. 2 prospecting claim, sent for treatment to Parke and…

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The Gold Discoveries. London, Oct. 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 2

Speaking at Liskeard, in Cornwall, last night, the Right Hon. Leonard Courtney, M.P. for the Bodmin Division of Cornwall, said he believed that the gold discoveries in South Africa and Western…

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New Mining Companies. London, Oct. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 4

The capital of the Consolidated Gold Mines Company has been over-subscribed. The shares will be allotted on Thursday. Oct. 2…

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