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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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Cable Items. Colliery Explosion in Prussia

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 5

A TERRIBLE explosion has occurred in a collier at Urangel, in Prusiia. Fifty miners were either killed or wounded…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 5

The first Pamoula mining property sent to London has been floated. This is the mine known as the Pamoula Tunnel Company. News from London states…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 5

THE Pambula "Voice" says:—The mines that closed for the holidays are mostly starting to work again. Falkner's have been working right through and have…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 4

Two parties of miners in the Pambula district have been granted aid form the Prospecting Vote. The Pambula Tunnel mine is again working with a full…

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West Australian Goldfields

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 January 1896 · page 5

At Esperance, the Water Supply Department have been making stre[?]ouse efforts to cope with the water difficulty on the Dundas-road. A number of…

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Western Australian Goldfields

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 7

THE sale of the London mine was completed last week, when the lucky prospectors received a cheque for £27,000, the sum of £30,000 having been paid as…

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Mining in Gippsland

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 3

DURING the discussion on the Estimates in the Victorian Legislature last week, Mr. J. Anderson said that he felt that the village settlements would never be a…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5

A crushing of 43 tons of stone from the Mallacoota Proprietary mine yielded a return of 43oz of gold. There are now over a hundred men…

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Mining at Pambula

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5

THE fortunate owners of the Great Victory' Gold Mine are shaking hands with themselves as the work progresses and the mine becomes more and more developed. From…

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Mining Accident

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 27 February 1896 · page 3

A miner on the Little Plain River, named Peter Martell, had a rather unpleasant experience last week, by which he narrowly escaped losing his life. He was…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 27 February 1896 · page 5

The Pambula Golden Diorite Company have taken over tho battery which is situated at Lochiel, and at which the Austral Junction Company erected, a cyanide…

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Croajingolong and its Gold Fields. NO. I.

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 27 February 1896 · page 5

A good deal of attention has been drawn of late to the undeveloped resources of tho territory of Croajingolong, and a few lines about the district and the…

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Mining at the Bemm

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 6

THE "Snowy River Mail's" special reporter writes:—The track to Club Terrace, Bemm River, has been considerably improved since my last visit to the field…

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Croajingolong and its Gold Fields. II

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 5 March 1896 · page 7

ORBOST is a town of some 400 or 500 people, situate on the Snowy River, close to the large and fertile flats on which maize and other products have been…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 12 March 1896 · page 5

It is reported that a roof has been struck north if Wilson's le ase at Club Terrace. Particulars of the find are not yet to hand. Mr. Mustard reports that…

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Croajingolong and its Gold Fields. III

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 12 March 1896 · page 7

AFTER crossing the Bemm River the road ascends the course of that stream for about 2½ miles, when the mining camp is reached. It is situated on a shelf or…

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Local Intelligence. Gold Crushing

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 19 March 1896 · page 3

FROM a crushing of 24 tons of stone taken from the Coolgardie mine, Dellicknora, 19ozs of gold have been obtained…

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Croajingolong and its Gold Fields. IV

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 19 March 1896 · page 7

THE yields obtained from these reefs would be regarded in many places as a sufficient guarantee of their commercial value, and visitors who have had…

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Mining Registrar

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 3

WHAT appears to us an an anomaly in connection with mining was brought under our notice last week. Senior-Constable Stutchbury has authority to…

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Gippsland Mining Board

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 3

AT the meeting of the above Board, held at Sale recently, the following resolutions, among others, were carried as recommendations to the Department:—"That the…

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