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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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Mining and Other Notes

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 23 September 1897 · page 4

SOME months since I remember seeing in the columns of a Melbourne paper a glowing report of the vast richness of the Croajingalong country. Large…

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Assays and Gold Yields. a Great Discrepancy

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 September 1897 · page 5

THE half-yearly general meeting of directors and shareholders in the Anglo-Saxon Gold-mining Company, Edjudina, Western Australia, was held last week…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 7 October 1897 · page 4

A CRUSHING of 2 tons of stone from the Pioneer gave a return of 12ozs 11dwts, or 6ozs 5½dwts to the ton. This is one of the oldest and most consistent mines in…

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Forty Years Mining in Australia

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 7 October 1897 · page 7

I halted at the gate of a pretty bush residence, which answered to the description supplied me, and asked of the lady whom I found enthusiastically…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 14 October 1897 · page 4

MESSRS Hamilton Bros., Bonang, have struck good gold in the Exhibition, and Mr. W. B. Grant expects to have his two claims, the Albert and Prince of Wales,…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 21 October 1897 · page 4

WE learn that Mr. E, A. Tonner has just completed arrangements with Mr. Jas O'Hare, of Corrowong, for the right to mine for copper on Corrowong station,…

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Pambula Mining. From the "Voice."

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 21 October 1897 · page 5

WORK is again in swing at the Parabula Mines Co's main workings, where operations had been suspended for some time owing to change of management and…

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Gold Yield

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 28 October 1897 · page 3

ON Friday last we were shown by Mr. S. Mead a nice cake of retorted gold weighing 36oz, the result of a crushing of 20 tons from the reef recently exposed while…

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Gold Specimens

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 4 November 1897 · page 4

ON Monday afternoon Mr. Glenville Brown exhibited to us a number of specimens taken from tho Eureka mine, at Black Jack, on the New South Wales…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 18 November 1897 · page 4

ON SATURDAY last our reporter paid a visit to the "Victory" mine at Dunlop, and cannot but compliment the owners, Messrs. N. Hewson, J. Power, W…

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The Gold Returns

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 18 November 1897 · page 2

THE returns of gold produced in Victoria during the first nine months (to 30th September) of the present year are of a very, gratifying nature. Compared with…

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Copper Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 18 November 1897 · page 4

Two gentlemen from Mr. Tonner's syndicate have arrived here from Melbourne, and are proceeding to the copper mine at Currowong, for the purpose of taking out…

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A West Australian Mining Company

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 25 November 1897 · page 6

THE adjourned half-yearly meeting of the Anglo-Saxon Gold-mining Company Western Australia, was held at the Temple court Hotel Melbourne, Mr. R. C…

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The "Eureka" Mine

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

ON Tuesday we were shown by Mr. Glenvile Brown, a cake of retorted gold weighing 32oz, the result of a crushing of 6 tons of stone from the above claim,…

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Local Intelligence MINING

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

WE learn that a crushing of 6 tons of stone from the Roaring Camp gave a return of 24 dwts to the ton…

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The Jamieson Quicksilver Mine

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

JAMIESON correspondent to the Melbourne "Argus" says:—There are few more interesting rides in this district which afford finer mountain and river scenery than…

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Mining Registrar

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

WE have had several complaints of late of the unconvenience miners are put to when they come in to do business with the Registrar owing to his being absent…

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The Eureka Mine

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 December 1897 · page 2

THIS mine gives promise of developing into a good property. Up to the present the owners (Messrs Brown and Oslington) have only sunk 28 feet, the return from…

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