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Mid North Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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Another Gold Saving Machine

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 June 1894 · page 3

MR. R. B. SMITH, of Sydney, who, like Jerger, has a record of inventions--being the designer of the model…

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Gold-Saving Machine

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 4

A TRIAL was made at Leichhardt on Wednesday week afternoon of a new gold-saving machine, styled "La Mascotte," in the presence of Mr. Taylor, Government Metallurgist…

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Dreadful Colliery Explosion. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 4

By a colliery explosion in Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales, 260 miners were entombed. Eighty-six bodies have been recovered. Seventeen…

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Gold Fossicking. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 4

101 permits to fossick for gold were issued to members of the unemployed yesterday. Captain Bertel Christensen, well…

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Another Beach Mining Machine

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 3

A MACHINE has been patented in San Francisco for extracting gold from black sand. The method is not to destroy the…

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A Mine Seized for Debt. Perth

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1894 · page 4

The Cosgrove (Bailey's South) mine at Coolgardie has been seized for debt. The mine's solicitor has issued a writ for £20,000 damages loss for…

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Gold and Silver

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 2

Along her father's field they strayed All flecked with cowslips yellow, A little dainty gold-haired maid, A sturdy nine-year fellow…

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The W. A. Gold Finds. a Letter From One of the Lucky Miners

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 July 1894 · page 4

MR. HENRY DAWSON, of Sydney, one of the lucky finders of the Londonderry mine, writes, under date Londonderry Mine, July 1, as follows :--…

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The Garangula Goldfields. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 4

Several claims have been pegged out, by permission, in Mr. Macansh's ploughed cultivation paddock at Garangula…

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Mining Strike in Scotland. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 August 1894 · page 5

The Scotch miners on strike are suffering terrible privations, the strike pay amounting to only 3s per fortnight…

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For Gold

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 August 1894 · page 7

It was my first ball--a very brilliant affair at Government House--and in my awe and humility, I sat a little apart in a quiet corner of the ballroom…

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The Coolgardie Goldfields. Latest Developments. [By Telegraph.] Coolgardie

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 August 1894 · page 6

A lease has been taken out by George Dix for a claim 10 miles north of Broad Arrow. This has given rise to a rumour that a valuable find has been made there ;…

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The Wealth of Nations Mine

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 August 1894 · page 5

A first dividend of £1000 per share has been declared by the Wealth of Nations syndicate, Coolgardie, West Australia…

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Beach Mining

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1894 · page 3

BUOYED up by faith in the future, men are still seeking for gold in the beach sand near the Manning. Apparently the results obtained so far are but the equal of those…

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The Gold Fever

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 12 September 1894 · page 5

Gold from the Wealth of Nations mine was exhibited in the window of the shop of M'Lean Brothers and Rigg, Melbourne, on Friday last, but…

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The Gold Find at Marengo

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 September 1894 · page 6

DETAILS of the new gold discovery at Marengo we take from our exchanges. Says one paper: -- "From the latest reports to hand in…

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The Westralia Goldfields. a Letter From Coolgardie

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 September 1894 · page 6

BEFORE this letter reaches you the news of Dunn's find of a marvellously rich reef will have become old news, but a few detailed facts may interest your readers…

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Westralian Goldfields

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 September 1894 · page 5

The Earl of Fingall, on behalf of an English syndicate, has purchased the famous Londonderry mine (W.A.) for £250,000…

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Mine Explosion at Charters Towers

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 10 October 1894 · page 4

By an explosion in the New Brilliant Mine, Charters Towers (Q.), two miners were blown to atoms. The cause of the explosion is unknown…

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All Hunting for Gold

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 17 October 1894 · page 3

COOLGARDIE is just now peopled by a very motley crowd. A correspondent writing to the Daily Telegraph states:--…

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