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

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Colliery Disaster in Scotland. London, Aug 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 4

A terrible colliery disaster has occurred at Ardrossan, in Ayrshire, Scotland. The workings of a colliery wore flooded by a sudden inburst of water. A number of miners were imprisoned in…

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Gold Discovery Near Corowa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 4

COROWA, Saturday.—Gold has been discovered at a depth of 21ft., eight miles from Corowa, in 3ft. of wash, yielding 1oz. to the load. A rush has been made to the locality, 50 claims being already pegged…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 2

WE understand that a local tender for the construction of a number of John Jerger's triplex gold-saving machines has been accepted, and that the work is to be finished in three or four weeks…

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The Mining on Private Lands Act

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 4

THE following additional regulations have been made under the abovenamed Act :—1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the regulations made by the Governor, with the advice…

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Mining on Private Lands Act of 1894

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 2

The following additional regulations have been made under the Mining on Private Lands Act of 1894. 1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary…

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The Mevoy Mining Disaster. the Bodies of the Victims Recovered. Four Men Slowly Starved in the Drive. the Last Man a Maniac Before Death

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 2

Melbourne, Friday, Midnight.-- The search for the miners entombed in the M'Evoy mine resulted in a heartrending discovery, four of the victims being found who had evidently lived a…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 2

THE tender of a local workman has been accepted for the construction of a number of the John Jorger triplex gold-saving machines, to be completed in about a month. The…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 August 1895 · page 1

BYWONG, Monday.—East, Johnson, and Pearson are now down 52ft., where they struck a reef carrying gold in the solid stone. They intend crosscutting for another reef. Lusk and Hamel are…

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Mining Case at Burraga

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

A CASE which caused considerable interest was decided on Monday, the 5th instant, before Warden T. A. Smith The proceedings adore from the sale by the…

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Mining on Private Lands Act of 1894

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 1

THE following additional regulations have been made under the Mining on Private Lands Act, of 1894. 1. Notwithstanding anything to the…

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The M'evoy Mining Disaster. Pathetic Farewells

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

The search for the miners entombed in the M'Evoy mine, Eldorada (Vic.), resulted in a heartrending discovery, four of the victims being found who had…

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The Londonderry Mine. London, Aug 9

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

The directors of the Londonderry Mine, Coolgardie, report that the unsettled question relating to Mr. Casey's interest prevents the completion of the trust. Colonel North, Lord Fingall, and Mr…

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Mining Case at Burraga

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—A case which caused considerable interest was decided on Monday, the 5th inst., before Warden T. A. Smith. The proceedings arose from the sale by the official assignee…

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Supposed Discovery of Gold in Parramatta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 3

Two Parramatta men, John T. Bridge and George Hawkins, claim to have discovered some rich gold-bearing quartz in the bed of the freshwater part of the Parramatta River, and just at the…

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The Coal Mines Commission

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 August 1895 · page 2

IT is understood that Mr. E. E. Rogers, Q.C., Mr. Jesse Gregson (superintendent of the A.A. Company), and Mr. James Curley (secretary of the Northern Miners' Association) are to be appointed…

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Alleged Discovery of Gold at Parramatta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 August 1895 · page 2

MR. PITTMAN, the Government Geologist, has forwarded to the Minister for Mines a report on the alleged discovery of gold at Parramatta. Mr. Pittman expresses grave doubts about the reported…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 2

CARCOAR, Monday.— At the Woodcutters Hill, near the Maudarama Gold Trust Company Junction Reefs, on the Two-Mile Creek William Muggleton, Owen Brothers, and…

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Horrible Murder in a Mine

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 August 1895 · page 4

A REMARKABLE murder came to light at Walkesbarre, Pa., in a remarkable manner. Andrew Yoeksta, a married minor, received in his house a man…

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Diving for Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

ON Monday next the steamers Mermaid and Sterling are to leave for the Seal Rocks to salvage the Catterthun. One report says that she will be found in 15 fathoms, another that the steamer sank…

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Gold Find at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 5

GUNDAGH, Wednesday.—Payable gold has been discovered at Long Flat, on James Robinson's Kimo Estate, about seven miles from Gundagai. A rush has set in. A large number of claims have been…

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