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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 25 June 1896 · page 3

DURING the week several gentlemen from Melbourne accompanied by a reporter from the Melbourne ARGUS, have been inspecting the different mines on the…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 25 June 1896 · page 6

Mount Gahan Company.—The battery, having received a fresh supply of cyanide, commenced treating the tailings from the dam. Operations at the mine are…

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Local Intelligence. GOLD

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 25 June 1896 · page 3

THE following is a return of gold recently forwarded to the Sydney Royal Mint by Mr. Booth, as per Mint receipt:—Alluvial, 16oz. 14dwt. 3gr.; smelted…

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Mining Laws Amendment Bill

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 25 June 1896 · page 4

IN the debate on the second reading of the Mining Laws Amendment Bill, Mr. W. H. Wood, M.P. for Eden-Bombrla, spoke as follows:—I have no very strong…

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Mining Items. PAMBULA

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 4

A CAKE of plate gold weighting 119ozs 8dwts, was deposited in the A.J.S. Bank on Tuesday, 23rd ult., being the result of a crushing of ore from Mr. Tweedio's…

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Parliamentary. Mining on Private Property

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 4

IN the Assembly the Mining Laws Amendment Bill was further considered in committee. On Clause 2, "Privileges under authors…

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Gold Specimens

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 July 1896 · page 3

On Saturday Mr. P. Foley, of Delegate River, exhibited to us several specimens of quartz taken, from the reef recently found at Brown's Camp, on the New…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 July 1896 · page 6

The Mount Gahan Company cleaned up at their cyanide plant last week for a cake of smelted gold weighing 610oz. This was principally from slimes. There…

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Wolumla Goldfield

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 July 1896 · page 4

THE Prospectors claim is situated about three-quarters of a mile W.S.W. from the local Post Office. The country to it is rugged, and for the most part carries a…

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Dellicknora Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 July 1896 · page 4

I HAVE to report a new find this week. It was made by Mr. L. Quinn, of Delegate River, in the vicinity of a creek known as the Pipeclay, and in a northerly…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 July 1896 · page 4

THE old Vulcan claim has boon again repegged by Kiss and party. Several good crushings' were taken from this claim in the early days of the field, end it is…

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Mining at Bonang

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 July 1896 · page 4

DURING the last fortnight there has been very little done at the mines except pegging out in expectation of a boom setting in, which I am afraid is as far off as…

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A Goldfields Discovery Reward

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 July 1896 · page 7

"WITH a view to encouraging prospecting throughout the colony, the Minister for Mines has offered valuable rewards for the discovery of new reeling or alluvial…

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Mining Accident

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 3

FROM the VOICE we gather particulars of the accident at the new shaft of the Mount Gahan mine on Tuesday last. The contractors had fired a charge, and after…

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Bendoc Items Clarkville Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 3

MR. GRANVILLE BROWN has now five heads of the Sunbeam battery in order for crushing, which owing to the central situation of the plant, will by a great…

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Mining at Bonang

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 4

ANOTHER of the old mines, known as the Venus, has been taken up, and the reef found on the surface. This claim is situated on what is known as the "blue…

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Mining on te Snowy River

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT of the "MELBOURNE AGE" says that the mineral resources of the Snowy River district are quartz reefs and rich argentiferous formations…

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Wolumla Goldfield

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 July 1896 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT to the Bega Standard writes, under date 25th inst., that there are no startling developments here, but that sufficient has been taking place…

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Wolumla Gold

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

THE Bega STANDARD SAYS:—The red flag has been raised at the prespector's claim. The return of the ten tons of ore recently sent to Sydney by this syndicate is stated…

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Mining at Bonang

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

THE Aurora mine has been sold to a Melbourne syndicate. The South Aurora is on good gold, and the North Aurora (Hasset and party) is…

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