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

Mining & the mines, 1897

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 February 1897 · page 2

THE following leases have been approved of:— E. R. Woodward, two mineral leases, of 20a., Nerrimunga; J. Percival, gold lease of 2s., Inverary…

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Growth of the Mining Industry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1897 · page 4

DURING the past year there has been a phenomena development of activity in the mining industry in Now South Wales. This fact is well brought out by some official figures supplied by Mines…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 3

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Monday.—Great progress is being made with the extensive new works at the mines here, and nearly 500 men are now employed. It is anticipated that a start will…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 4

BYWONG, Monday.—Hole and Brannagan, at the Tunnel, Mac's Reef, are driving through extremely hard country. The Lone Hand, Why to and party, are raising splendid stone from the stopes at 50ft…

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Mining at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 4

Captain's Flat, Monday.—Great progress is being made with the extensive new works at the mines here, and nearly 500 men are now employed. It is anticipated that a start will be made with the…

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Mining. the Day Dawn Mine

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 February 1897 · page 3

AT last we have a gratifying assurance that the Day Dawn Mine at Little River is to be worked again. Yesterday Mr. A. Chapman took up 20 acres, which embody the old Day…

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Gold Discovery at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 4

QUEANBEYAN, Friday.—Charles Croker, a minor, has discovered a reef in the parish of Nanima, between Goodya Creek and old Nanima goldfield. From reports to hand the stone is shown to be…

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Where is the West Australian Gold?

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 February 1897 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the Western Australian gold mines have for some months past given steadily increasing yields of the precious metal, it can hardly be denied that there is a good deal of truth in the…

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Mining Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 2

A WARDEN's court was hold before Mr. W. S. Casewell to-day Armstrong was granted a six months' suspension of labour on three alluvial claims in the parish of Inverary for the purpose of…

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Goody Creek Gold Field. Another Good Crushing

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 February 1897 · page 2

Mr. J. Buckmaster, one of the prospectors at Goody Creek, returned from Sydney on Wednesday, after having personally inspected the crushing of ten tons of stone out of…

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Gold at Nanama

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 March 1897 · page 2

GOOD reports still continue to be received from Nanama rush, and some very good stone is being brought into town…

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Mining at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 4

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.—A crushing of 1000 tons of ore for February from the Gibraltar mine, Adelong, yielded 3000 oz. of gold. About 250 men are permanently employed on the mine. The cyanide plant…

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Mining in Western Australia. London, Mar. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1897 · page 4

At a meeting of shareholders of Western Australian mining companies held to-day it was intimated that the directors would not send any capital to Western Australia unless the labour…

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Mining. a Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 March 1897 · page 2

WAS held at Goulburn this morning before Mr. Caswell, warden. James Armstrong objected to the registration of Herbert Shepherd as owner of a…

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A Mining Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 March 1897 · page 4

A MINING case came before Mr. Caswell, warden, yesterday, in which James Armstrong objected to the registration of a storm water right on Spring Creek, Inverary, applied for by Herbert Shepherd…

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Rich Find of Gold at Nanama

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 March 1897 · page 2

FURTHER discoveries have been made at Nanama, about 14 miles from Yass. A correspondent informs us that at the prospectors' claim, last week, two ounces of gold were washed…

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Mining. Rich Find of Gold at Nanama

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1897 · page 2

FURTHER discoveries have been made at Nanama, about fourteen miles from Yass. A correspondent informs us that at the Prospectors' claim last week two ounces of gold…

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Two Miners Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 March 1897 · page 2

PERTH, Wednesday.—A shocking accident occurred at Coolgardie early this morning. Two Italians, Pietro Borlini and Giovanni Guarrimoni, were engaged working in a shaft being put down by…

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Mining. New Guinea

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 March 1897 · page 5

COOKTOWN, Wednesday.—It is estimated that the steamer Burdekin brought 2000 oz. of gold from Woodlark. A returned miner states that there is no inducement to go to that…

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Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 March 1897 · page 2

THIS morning the warden (Mr. Caswell) gave his decision in the postponed case, J. Armstrong v. H. Shepherd, objection to the registration by Shepherd of a water-right at…

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