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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1880

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Confirmation of Parish Road Department of Mines, Sydney, 13th January, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 3

NOTICE is hereby given, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 4th William IV No.41, that His Excellency the Governor with advice of Executive Council,…

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New Goldfield, Temora

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 3

WE (Evening News) have been favoured with the following telegram by the Under-Secretary for Mines:—"Braidwood, Saturday, 12.15…

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Gold near Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 3

THIS week a resident of Bobundarah called at our office saying he had a sample of gold that he washed from the bank of a creek. Mr. Caldwell…

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Confirmation of Parish Road. Department of Mines, Sydney. 17th February, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 4th William IV. No. 11, that his Excellency the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council,…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Road. Department of Mines, Sydney, 17th February, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given that plans and books of reference showing the intended lines of the road in question, are now deposited at the Office of the Surveyor…

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Registration of Frands Act of 1866. Brands Branch, Department of Mines, Sydney, 18th February. 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1880 · page 4

FOURTH QUARTERLY List of Horse and Cattle Brands for 1879—First notification:— HORSES AND CATTLE…

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The Staffordshire Colliery Explosion

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 4

ON January 21. shortly after 8 o' clock in the morning an appealing calliery explosion occurred at the Faie Lady pit of the [?] and Ir[?] Company at…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Road. Department of Mines Sydney, 16th March, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 3

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, having deemed it expedient to open and make the Parish Road Mentioned in the schedule…

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Gold on Manaro

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1880 · page 3

A RESIDENT of Cooma exhibited on Monday about half an ounce of gold, but refused to state from what part of the district the precious metal was obtained…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 23rd April, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 April 1880 · page 3

NOTICE in given that plan and book of reference showing the intended line of road in question, are now deposited at the Bombala Police…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 4

THE community of Gulgong have just less shocked by one of these terribly [?] accidents from the dangers of which unfortunately, all those who engage in…

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Diseases in Sheep Acts Amendment Act of 1878. Stock Branch, Department of Mines, Sydney, 30th April, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, directs it to be notified for general information, that the Regulations 1, 2, 3 and 4,…

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Science. Facts About Gold

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1880 · page 2

IN a recent lecture on gold, Professor Egleston, of the School of Mines of Columbia College, remarked that it was formerly supposed that gold was to be found only in or…

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Temora Gold Diggings

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 3

SEVERAL Yans townsmen have lately returned from the Temora gold-field, and speak in glowing terms of the apparent richness of the wash-dirt…

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Temora Gold-Field. TEMORA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 3

THE most important rush which has taken place in this colony, since that at Gulgong 10 years ago, is the Temora Rush which has just set in…

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Discovery of New Gold Fields. Department of Mines, Sydney, 23rd July, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1880 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given that the sums undermentioned will be paid as rewards for discovering and reporting the discovery of new gold fields:—…

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Gold Meeting

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 3

A LARGE number of working men assembled in the hall in Vale-street, Cooma, on Wednesday night, to hear the opinions of the promoters of the…

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Gold at Kybean

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1880 · page 3

Much excitement has been caused in Cooma during the past few days by, reports that gold had been discovered in payable quantities on Kybean…

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Mine Schildhood

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 4

DER schiltren dhey [?] poot in ped, All tucked ou[?] for der nighdt, I dakes mine pipe der mantel off, U[?] by der [?] pright…

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Confirmation of Parish Roads. Department of Mines, Sydney, 10th August, 1880

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 18 August 1880 · page 4

NOTICE is hereby given, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 4th William IV. No. 11, that his Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the…

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