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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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Gazette Notices. Department of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney, 21st May, 1897

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 27 May 1897 · page 6

CANCELLATION OF RESERVE No. 584 AND PART OF RESERVE No. 583 FROM OCCUPATION UNDER MINER'S RIGHT OR BUSINESS LICENSE…

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Mining Board

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 3 June 1897 · page 4

WE are requested to state that a Mining Board election, for the return of one member for the Board, will be hold in the Bendoo State School on the 12th inst…

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In the Interests of Miners

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 17 June 1897 · page 4

THE "Daily Telegraph" of the 9th inst. says:—Some months ago a joint prospecting inspection of the boundary line between New South Wales and Victoria…

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Women and Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 17 June 1897 · page 2

THE "Daily Telegraph " says:—A veuturesome lady shareholder (who is well known in Bendoc) attended tho meeting of the B oken Hill Junction Company in…

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Mining Laws Amendment Bill

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 17 June 1897 · page 6

ON the motion that the bill be read a second time, Mr. W. H. Wood, M.P., spoke as follows:—I must confess that I would much prefer that the Government…

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Gold Returns

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 24 June 1897 · page 3

A TRIAL crushing of 1 ton 5 cwt stone from Brown and Oslington's new find, near the old Bluebell, gave the splendid return of 3oz 19dwts. This is the…

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Victorian Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 8 July 1897 · page 2

Since 1851, a period of 46 years, Victoria has produced 61,034,682oz. of gold, valued at £244,138,782 storling. The total Australian product during…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 6

IF, as is frequently alleged, forthcoming events cast their shadows before, it may reasonably be expected that in a very short time Red Hill at Burragate will…

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Retorted Gold

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon we were shown by the manager of the Commercial Bank a cake of retorted gold weighing 55oz., obtained by Mr. N. Hewson and party…

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Cable Items. Australasian Mining Laws

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 6

A deputation of members of the Australasian Chamber of Mines waited on the Australasian Premiers, and asked that the mining laws of the colonies should…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 22 July 1897 · page 6

Mr. Lensell has resolved to further sink his shaft at the No. 180 mine, Bendigo. This is already the deepest goldmine in the world, the shaft having…

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Gold Returns

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 3

A PARCEL of 30 hundredweight, from the Pioneer, crushed at Marriott's Battery, gave a return of 15ozs 15wts. Ten tons from tho Roaring Camp, crushed at the…

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Alluvial Mining at Bendoc

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 26 August 1897 · page 3

SOME six months since a Mr. Evans. representing a Melbourne syndicate, took up a 640 acre lease at Bendoc with the view to working it by hydrantic slucing…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 2 September 1897 · page 4

DURNING the week our reporter paid a visit to the Roaring Camp, and was somewhat surprised, considering the short time the party (Messrs. Mustard, Scandlean, Lewis…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 September 1897 · page 3

MR. D. Cotterill, of Brown's Camp has struck 18in reef about half a mile nearer the border line than the Eureka (late Bluebell). Mr. C. Barrett has discovered…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 September 1897 · page 5

THE "Times" says it is feared that there will be considerable loss of life on the various routes to the Klondyke goldfields before the craze abates…

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Westralia and its Goldfields. Cooloardie and Kalgoorlie Visited

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 September 1897 · page 4

SINCE my last writing to your columns the prevailing depressions has been over on the increase, and batches of workmen being turned adrift has become an almost…

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Mining Items

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 4

Good progress has been made at Middle Flat mines during the last few days, the owners evidently being determined to see what the reef contains. From…

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The Yukon Goldfields

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 16 September 1897 · page 6

Intelligence has reached London to the offcut that the mining population at Dawson City, the centre of the Yukon goldfields, is threatened with famine…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 September 1897 · page 3

A CRUSHING of 20 tons of stone from Mead and party's reef at Browns Camp, gave a return of 26 oz smelted gold. This reef gives promise of being permanent,…

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