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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1871

5 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Saturday, February 4, 1871. Before Mr. J. M. Lett, J.P. Mining Dispute

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1871 · page 3

James Kavanagh summoned Messrs. Bray, Thomas, and Sharpe, for holding some ten yards of ground in excess of what they were entitled to; Kavanagh…

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New Gold Field

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 3

THE Police Magistrate of Forbes has sent the following telegram to the Colonial Secretary:— George Bartlett and party report the discovery of a payable gold said two miles north-west of Currajong,…

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Colonial Items. Gold Fields Regulations

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 3

THE following are the new Gold Fields Regulations, as Published in the Government Gazette of the 25th August:— FRONTAGE SYSTEM…

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Peculiar Mining Case

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1871 · page 2

WE extract the following account from the braidwood Dispatch of 2nd instant: Edward Murphy and Thomas Duggan were charged, by James Ellis, under the…

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English and foreign. Fearful Colliery Explosion Near Wigan

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 3

ABOUT 11 o'clock on the morning of the 6th September, a Colliery explosion occurred at Messrs, Pearson and Knowles' More Pits, situated on Byrn Moss, in the township of Ince, and…

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