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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

2 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Mining in Northern Queensland

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 5 October 1887 · page 4

THE "Croydun Miner" of Sept., 7, says:—The mining reports to hand may be fairly accepted as a refutation of the assertion that the reefs on…

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Department of Mines. Sydney, 6th October, 1887

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 2

Sir,—Befosring to a petition from Mcar[?] N.H. Peisley and Thomas Gordon of Bockley's Crossing and other residents in the vicinity presented by you to the Minister for…

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