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

Mining & the mines, 1894

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The John Jerger Gold-saving Machine. Another Satisfactory Test

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 February 1894 · page 3

THE John Jerger Gold-saving Machine was yesterday submitted to a most severe test, and it again came out on top. Mr. P. A. Asher, of Auburn-street, who was somewhat…

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More Miners' Troubles. London, Feb. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 3

The Scotch miners have demanded an increase of 6d per day, and have asked the coalmasters to form a board of conciliation…

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Demand for Gold. London, Feb. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 4

Mr. John G. Carlisle, the American Secretary to the Treasury, recently invited tenders for 50,000,000 dollars' worth of gold upon 6 per cent bonds, the minimum being fixed at 117…

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Cululla Lead and Silver Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 2

Two of the directors yesterday visited the mine and found all work steadily progressing, notwithstanding impediments caused by the recent rains. Since last report the main working shaft has been…

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Rewards for the Discovery of Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

MR. WADDELL, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for Mines:—"With reference to the question-asked by you in Parliament respecting the offering of rewards for…

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The Reported Gold Discovery at Pejar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 4

A Croockwell telegram of Saturday to the Sydney Herald says:—The reported gold discovery at Pejar turns out to be a hoax…

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Mining at Murrumburrah

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 2

THE work on the Murrumburrah gold fields (Mackay’s paddock) is progressing satisfactorily, and the men teem perfectly contented with their prospects. Altogether they are a happy family, but…

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Gold Discovery at Pejar. the Report Denied

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 2

A CROOKWELL telegram says that the reported gold discovery at Pejar turns out to be a hoax…

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One Thousand Pounds Reward. Discovery of an Alluvial Goldfield

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1894 · page 2

MR. WADDELL, M.P., who has been urging upon the Government the necessity for offering a substantial reward for the discovery of an alluvial goldfield of a payable nature, has…

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The Mining on Private Property Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 2

THE result of the cell of members of the Legislative Council to consider the second reading of the Mining on Private Lands Bill was that 57 gentlemen took their seats on Wednesday' s soon as the…

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Reward for the Discovery of a Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1894 · page 4

THE S.M. Herald syas:—"With reference to the reward of £1000 offered by the Mines Department for the discovery of a payable goldfield, the Under. Secretary for Mines has already received one…

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Telegrams Discovery of Gold at Hill End. Said to Eclipse Coolgardie. Sydney, Friday, 3.15 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 February 1894 · page 5

A TELEGRAM from Hill End reports the discovery of an extraordinarily rich reef; surpassing anything yet discovered in the district. It is said to eclipse Coolgardie…

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The Mining on Private Property Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 February 1894 · page 1

The continuation in the Legislative Council of the debate on the motion for the second reading of the Mining Private Lands Bill was marked on Thursday night by considerable animation, the principal…

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Coolgardie Gold-fields. Views of a Visitor

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 February 1894 · page 4

A NEW aspect is put upon the affairs of Coolgardie by Mr. T. Bibby, of the United Coolgardie Gold-mining and Prospecting Company, who has just…

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Gold Find at Hill End

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 February 1894 · page 2

In response to a telegram forwarded to the gold warden's clerk at Hill End from the Mines Department he has telegraphed to the Under-Secretary for Mines stating that a…

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Gold on the Macquarie. London

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

In reference to the statement of Sir Saul Samuel, Agent General for New South Wales that he believes payable gold exists near the Macquarie River, New South Wales, he says…

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The Colliery Troubles. Police Despatched to Newcastle. Sydney, Wednesday, 2.30 p.m

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 3

The non-unionists ant the co-operative colliery are afraid of the crowd doing them bodily injury. They did not go to work to-day. Two sergeants and twenty…

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The Rich Find at Hill End. Telegram to the Minister for Mines

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 4

A TELEGRAM has been received by the Minister for Mines from the warden's clerk at Hill End with reference to the rich filed of gold there. He states that…

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Discovering a Payable Goldfield

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1894 · page 2

THE announcement that the Mines Department proposed to offer a reward of £1000 for the discovery of a payable alluvial goldfield has already brought…

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Trouble at the Collieries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

FURTHER disturbances occurred at Wallsend and, Plattsburg on Tuesday afternoon, the tributors of the Co-operative Colliery being maltreated by a mob of men and women on their way home from…

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