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

Mining & the mines, 1896

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 2

THE gold yield of Western Australia for the month of August amounted to 29,51[?] oz. Gundagai, Tuesday.—A trial crushing of sins tones of stone from the reef recently…

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The Bullock Island Mine

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 3

Another fall occurred early this morning in the Wickham and Bullook Island pit, adjacent to the recent fall. The ground has fallen two feet, some of the cracks extending…

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Another Coal-ship Destroyed by Fire

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 4

THE British ship Flora P. Stafford, loaded with 1984 tons of coal, from Newcastle to Manilla, for Messrs. Mc Leod and Co., caught fire in the Pacific…

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The Currawang Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 September 1896 · page 2

THE Daily Telegraph has the following on the reopening of the Currawang mine:—Arrangements are in progress, on behalf of a private syndicate, for the re-working of the Currawang mine, near…

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Mining. Currawang

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 5

The Currawang Copper, Gold, and Silver Mining Company has been registered under the Acts of 1874 and 1888, with a capital of £10,000, to 40,000 shares at 5/- fully paid up…

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Gold Near Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 September 1896 · page 3

YASS, Friday.—Mr. Maitland, warden, visited Goodya Creek to-day, and issued several permits. There are over 100 men on the ground, and claims lave been pegged out for several miles. The…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 September 1896 · page 4

THE principal claims continue at work in Araluen, but the one giving most employment is Higgins's. The men are regularly paid up every fortnight, and were it not for…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 14 September 1896 · page 2

HARMER and party at Jembsicumbene are still doing splendidly, and the land in opening out better than over, being a great width and the wash from six to eight feet in depth…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 September 1896 · page 4

BYWONG, Friday.—Messrs. Audas and Holl, representing Melbourne capital, have visited the field. They were entertained by the chairman and score-of the K.I.U. Club and the hen. secretary of the…

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Mining Laws in the Transvaal. London, Sept. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 September 1896 · page 4

News from the Transvaal states that the Volksrand has passed a measure amending the mining laws of the country, and embodying in a large degree the demands of the Rand mine owners…

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Mining. Currawang Copper-mine

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 September 1896 · page 2

A START was made yesterday to erect machinery. It is hoped that the work will progress satisfactorily so that employment may be found for men out of work…

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Mining at Galley Swamp

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1896 · page 4

CARCOAR, Monday.—At Galley Swamp a large quantity of powerful machinery has been brought on the field during the last fortnight, the chief part of which is to be used at the now shaft of the…

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Mining at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 September 1896 · page 4

THE Captain's Flat correspondent of the Queanbeyan Ago writes:—It can be safely said that the town is quieter now than it has been for the last two years. Undoubtedly the cause of the. Flat…

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The Londonderry Mine

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1896 · page 2

The famous Londonderry mine (W.A.) is moribund. At the recent statutory meeting the chairman said "that things were not in a very satisfactory state. Although…

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"All Is Not Gold" &c

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1896 · page 1

THE referrence in the Melbourne Age last July to an extraordinary parcel of "gold" received from West Australia by the Melbourne Mint, and which was…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 21 September 1896 · page 2

GOLD-YIELDS FROM BLACK SAND.—Mr. Boswell, Braidwood hospital, received on Thursday the result of an essay of black sand which he sent to Mr. Pitman,…

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A Trip to Bundanoon. Re-opening of the Coal Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1896 · page 2

THE addition of a coal mine to the attractions of a ramble through the Bundanoon Gullies should bring this place into more prominence in the future, and seeing that it is only a little more than an…

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The Gold Discovery at Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1896 · page 2

THE hope of Yass just now (says the Tribune) seems to rest on the success of the gold reefs recently discovered at Gooda Creek. The prospectors have a leader from which assays made in the Department…

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Mining

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 2

A TELEGRAM to the EVENING NEWS from Murrumburrah. under date of Friday says:— Mining matters at the new rush on Cunningham Creek are progressing favourably. The majority of…

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Mining. Gooda Creek

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 2

THE hope of Yass just now seems to rest on the success of the gold-reefs recently discovered at Gooda Creek. The prospectors have a leader from which assays made in the…

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