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

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Mining. a Good Return

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 3

MR. JOHN ALLEN has washed up in his ground sluicing claim at Bombay for a very payable return of 38 oz. 2dwts, for eleven weeks' work. There is a good depth of wash…

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Department of Mines and Agriculture, Stock and Brands, Sydney, April 2, 1895. Re Experiments by Mr. Mc Cormack for Fluke in Sheep &C

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 4

It will be gathered from Mr. Veterinary Surgeon Poltie's report that Mr. McCormack has failed to accomplish what he undertook to do—to make an…

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Mining. Welcome Reefs

Goulburn Herald · Monday 13 May 1895 · page 3

MINING operations here are going ahead. The Croker's Mint Hydraulic Sluicing Co.'s failure was not unexpected, although it is a great pity such a claim has had to close…

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Mining Bailiff

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 4

Some time ago in the Warden's Court Mr. Gannon spoke of the inconvenience experienced through having no mining bailiff for the district. Friday's Gazette contains the appointment of Mr. W…

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Mining on the Shoalhaven

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 4

THE Welcome Reefs correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes:— Mining operations here are going ahead. The Croker's Mint Hydraulic Sluicing Co's failure was not unexpected, although…

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Mining at Bungendore and Crookwell

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 4

BUNGENDORE, Saturday.—It is reported that a reef has been struck at Dairy Creek, four miles from Bywong. It is calculated from specimens to hand that the stone will go 50oz. to the ton. This find is…

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Dairy Creek Goldfield. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 May 1895 · page 2

DEAR SIR,—Some few days ago you printed a clipping from the Queanbeyan paper which was calculated to do the new mining field at Dairy Creek considerable harm, and was deplored by all…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 3

GOLD-MINING LEASES.—following gold-mining lease has been cancelled for nonfulfilment of labor conditions:—Shoalhaven syndicate (limited) 25 acres, 3 acres, 2 acres and…

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A Manchester Man at the Western Australian Gold-fields. to Coolgardie From the Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 May 1895 · page 4

THE country between this and Perth is, in my opinion, the last that was made, and it does not seem to be finished yet. Imagine the whole of the country a mass of…

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Mining. West Australian Goldfields

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 3

KALGOORLIE, Saturday.—Thornett's Red Hill Lady Lilly Gold-mining Company at Hannan's is progressing well. Mr. Sydney Mott visited the mine to-day and saw the stone-breaker…

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Mining News

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 4

BRAIDWOOD, Monday.—The Eureka Company, at Major's Creek, have just completed crushing 100 tons of pyrites for 33oz. of free gold and 30 tons of concentrates. The latter will be sent away for…

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130 Miners Entombed. London, May 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 2

A terrible colliery disaster has occurred in the state of Virginia, U.S. 130 miners are entombed in the workings of the colliery…

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Mining Warden, Goulburn— Outbreak in Goulburn Gaol

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1895 · page 2

ON the motion for the adjournment of the House on Thursday last, Dr. Hollis said : I wish to ask the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture if he has any knowledge of certain charges being made against…

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Colliery Disaster

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 3

A terrible colliery disaster hu occurred in the State of West Virginia (U.S.). An immense quantity of gunpowder stored at a mine near Monongahela accidentally…

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Mining. New Gold Find at Jembaicumbene

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 3

MESSRS. Jeffcoat and party, who have been opening a claim a short distance above the village, have reported to the warden they have struck payable gold. The claim is on…

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Gold in the Yass District

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 2

A RUSH on a small scale has taken place about sixteen miles from Yass, near Wargeila, at a place known as the Red Hill. About 60 men were on the ground last week and pegged out…

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Colliery Explosion in Virginia. London, May 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 4

All the miners who were entombed in the workings of a colliery in the State of Virginia, U.S., in which on explosion occurred, have been rescued…

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Mining. Bywong

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 3

FRIDAY.—Brewer and party and Whelan and Erenshaw, the two claims respectively north and south of Low's and Alchin's are sinking, driving, and working vigorously to hit the…

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The Braidwood Gold Escort

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 3

The government escort took away from Braidwood last Friday week 586 ozs. of gold to be despatched to Sydney via Tarago. It is estimated that pretty well half this quantity…

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Gold Discoveries in Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1895 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.—A telegram from Mount Albion states that on the 24th instant Warden M'Donald visited Luxton's, whore the prospectors reported finding payable gold. Being satisfied with…

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