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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1868

207 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 11

(To the Editor of the Mining Record.)

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1868 · page 2

KIND SUR,—Has me and my onld[?]ooman bys your paper every week, and reeds it regly, and darns a deal of hinformashun, pra[?] you let us no if the police as a rite to such our…

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CORRESPONDENCE [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] Hospital Doctor. (To the Editor of the Mining Record.)

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1868 · page 2

SIR—It is not the usual custom of gentlemen to reply to anonymous communications which find their way into the columns of a newspaper, especially when the purport of…

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Mining. the Cape of Good Hope Gold-fields

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1868 · page 2

The following account of the gold-fields South Africa is from the "Occasional" of the Grabamstown Journal, who writes:—I forward to you some interesting items of…

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Used-up Gold-fields

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1868 · page 2

WHAT is to be done with our used-up gold-fields? They are accumulating on our hands, and are lying in a comparatively profitless state. Dozens of persons are trying all sorts…

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Mining Report

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1868 · page 3

The discovery a few days since of a new reef in No. 2 north O'Brien's, at a depth of 150 feet—the original reef having been lost some two or three weeks ago—furnishes additional…

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(To the Editor of the Mining Record.)

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1868 · page 2

SIR,—I want to say a few words in reply to the extraordinary production from the Hospital Committee, published last week in your paper. In my previous communication…

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Mining. the Thames Gold-field—new Zealand. 1500 Ounces of Gold From Sixteen Hours' Crushing

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 2

Hunt's battery was started about noon yesterday, with the poorest stuff on the claim, in order to fill up the boxes, and give the richer quariz and the battery a better test…

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Mining Report

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 3

In quartz raining we have little [?]thing in the way of new discovery, or of city material improvement or of deterioration any of the working reefs, to report this week…

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A New Flux for Gold Ores

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 2

Eastern journals continue to record experiments with new agents for desulphurising gold ores. A poet theory has always been that the best method would be that which would…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] Gold Fields Legislation. (To the Editor of the Mining Record)

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 2

SIR—I have long hesitated addressing you on the present subject, hoping some abler person would undertake the task. But the apathy of the digger is proverbial, though he…

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Hulfe Gottes Silver and Lead Mining Company

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 4

A new industry is about to be launched into our midst which to all appearance, promises a fair success. We speak of the establishment of the Hulfe Gottes Sliver and…

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Cape of Good Hope. Latest From the Gold Fields. T[?]navial Argus office, August 18

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1868 · page 3

Intelligence has been received in town of the gold-diggers, though a letter written by Mr. H. Hartley to his wife, in which the writer state that the Polche[?]room party…

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Mining

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 2

THE OPHIR GOLD FIELDS.—RELIABLE INTELLIGENCE.—A gentleman who has recently paid a visit to the Ophir gold-fields has furnished us with information upon which the…

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Mining Report

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 3

The stone raised in this district continues to produce an average yield, greatly in excess of that of any either reefing district of consequence either in this colony or Victoria; and…

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(To the Editor of the Mining Record)

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 2

SIR,—I hope you will allow me space in your valuable journal to contradict a statement made by the Cowra correspondent of the Carcoar Herald of the 1st instant, where be…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [ We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] (To the Editor of the Mining Record)

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1868 · page 2

DEAR SIR—Notwithstanding the numerous assertions on your part of the insufficiency of our present mining regulations, and their total inconsistency with the interests not only…

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Mining

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 2

BOWEN.—New diggings have been discovered, distant 100 miles from this place. The two gentleman sent by the provincial committee to inspect them have returned, and report…

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Mining Report

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 3

The monthly Escort on Tuesday morning conveyed to Sydney 3237 ozs 18 dwts 9 grs of gold, being greatly in excess the quantity despatched last month. £200 in cash was…

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CORRESPONDENCE [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondent.] (To the Editor of the Mining Record.)

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1868 · page 2

SIR.—Is it not somewhat strange that in this age of novelties and improvements some one does not rise up as a teacher of the dec[?]rines of one general fo[?] of Christianity, or the…

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Leases on Church and School Lands for Gold Mining Purposes

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 2

The following regulations for leasing Church and School Lands for gold mining purposes, are published for general information by authority of the Minister for Lands.—…

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