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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1889

6 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

The Minister for Mines

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 6

On Saturday evening the Hon. J. Chanter, Minister for Mines, visited Windsor, in company with Messrs. A. D. Nelson and Pemell. They were met at the Railway Station by a number of…

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Important Discovery of Coal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 May 1889 · page 4

Notwithstanding that Riverstone is so much "fly-blown"—according to certain clever persons—there are evident signs of its future prosperity—if not just immediately, at no very remote…

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The Traveller. Extraordinary Discovery of a Goldfield. a Strange Story From the Transvaal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 11

Queer things happen in Africa, no doubt; but a large amount of faith is necessary to the acceptance as exact history of an account given in the Transvaal Advertiser of the…

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TALE. The Thirst for Gold. How the Secret of the Nugget Was Looked in a Madman's Brain

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 9

The horses stopped. The driver woke and looked around him in bewilderment. On every side stretched the level plains, gleaming white and mysterious in the rays of the full…

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Mr. Curley and the Newcastle Miners

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 7 December 1889 · page 2

The vote of the Newcastle miners on the question of "whether Mr. Curley should be retained as miners' secretary at a nominal fee or not" has been given, and…

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Mat Morgan's Mine. [Written for the W. AND R. GAZETTE.] I.

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 3

Who lies beneath yon grassy mound In death's cold icy sleep. Unwaked by winter winds around That ravage in their rage profound…

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