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

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 3

MINING matters in Nerriga are pretty brisk just now. At Nimby Nimble Creek P. Chambers has completed a dam 25 ft. high with a basement of about 30 ft. He conserves…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 4

MINING matters at Snowball are at present very quiet. A large number of leases have been applied for consequent upon the discovery of the reef by Coffey and Hindmarsh,…

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An Impending Colliery Strike. London, Feb. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 3

The South Wales colliery owners have given a month's notice to 100,000 men, owing to the miners having demanded an increase in the sliding scale of payment…

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Mining Revival near Temora

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

TEMORA, Monday.—Renewed activity is taking place in mining at Scrub Yard, with results which are attracting experienced miners. Hall and party have now 10 wages…

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Cable Intelligence. Fire in a Mine. London, Feb. 28

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 3

A fire has occurred in a mine at Cerillos, in the state of New Mexico, U.S.A. Twenty-five miners have perished, and 65 others are entombed in the workings. It is feared…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 3

NEWS has reached town that rich gold has been struck three miles north-west of Junction Point on private property, and the red flag has been raised by Lynch and…

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Mining. Bywong

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 3

MR. GEORGE GALE announces preliminary an approaching sale of town lots in the centre of Bywong goldfields. Mr. J. H. Millyun, the owner of the property, is having an area…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 3

NEWS has reached Crookwell that rich gold has been struck three miles north-west of Junction Point on private property, and the red flag has been r [?]wed by Lynch and party…

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The Bywong Gold Field

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 2

THE reefs at Bywong still continue to show good results. Lowe's claim, in which Dr. English and Mr. M. Coen hold shares, still continues to turn out good stone. Mr. Coen…

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Mining at Junction Point

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 4

NEWs has reached town (says the Crookwell Gazette) that rich gold has been struck three miles north-west of Junction Point on private property, and the red flag has been raised by…

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The Bywong Goldfield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 1

A LONG report has been received by the Mines Department from Mr. J. E. Carne, geological surveyor, on the Bywong goldfield, near Bungendore. After exhaustively describing the various claims and…

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2800 oz. of Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 4

THE Western Advocate (Orange) says:—"We have often expressed our regret that the returns from the Wentworth Company's property, Lucknow, are not regularly published in the newspapers, just…

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2800 Ounces of Gold

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 3

The 'W stern Advocate' (Orange) says:--"We have often expressed our regret, that the returns from the Went worth Company's property, Lucknow are not regularly…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 2
Also in Crookwell Gazette

ANOTHER good find of reef-gold has been made in the Mount Margaret, district, Coolgardie. The prospectors have brought in 213 oz. of gold, dollied from 500 lb. of stone; also a bag of…

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Co-operative Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 March 1895 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening a contingent of the Active Service Brigade was sent to the Wentworth Falls coal and shale land. A mine owned by Mr. John Hordern exists here, and he has leased it to…

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The Diamond Hill Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 4

A TON of stone from the above mine, which is about five miles from Bywong, and owned by a Goulburn syndicate, has been treated in Sydney and it gave yield of 1 oz. 17 dwt. 2 gr…

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Colliery Explosion in Silesia. London, March 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 2

In the explosion of firedamp in a colliery at Troppau, in Silesia, Austria, 49 miners perished…

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Colliery Explosion in Silesia. London, Mar. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 4

A terrible explosion of firedamp has occurred at a colliery at Troppau, in Silesia, Austria. Two hundred and fifty miners were entombed. Of these 180 were rescued, but 70 still remain in the…

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