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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Mining Notes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 May 1898 · page 3

The prospects of the Spring, Range goldmine, near Gininderra, are getting more and more gowing. The other day, (says the…

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Rushing a Mine-field

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 6

It is a question in naval warfare yet to be solved whether even a field of contact mines might not be rushed at full speed—especially in…

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Mining Notes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1898 · page 5

The [?] Reef at Kiandra has been totally [?]. Glandares [?], Kinandra, reports a rich strike not payable wash. The…

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Mining Notes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 3

A Warden,s Court was held at Kianara on Wednesday last, presided over by Mr. J. M. McKensey, The business was of an informal nature…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 4

WITHIN the last week I paid a visit to the Dunlop Victory reef, situated about seven miles from Delegate, on the Bendoc River. Since my last visit the…

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A Cake of Gold

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 9 June 1898 · page 4

A FINE cake of gold, the shape of a small basin turned upside down, weighing 122bz., the result of a crushing of six tons of stone from a reef found reef found…

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West Australian Gold Fields

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 4

The Bellevue mine at Mt. Sir Samuel has returned 872 ounces of gold from 493 tons. The Great Boulder output…

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Explosion at Riverview. a Caution to Miners. Dynamite Explosion

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 3

An explosion occurred at Riverview, twelve miles from Cooma, on Saturday whereby Mr. Alexander M. Lloyd, met with serious injuries…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 7 July 1898 · page 6

THE Cooma Copper Mining Syndicate is still sinking, and is employing twelve men. The shaft is being timbered and active sinking operations will commence…

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A New Mining Bill. Important Measure Drafted

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 1

A comprehensive Amending and Consolidating Mining Bill has been prepared by the Minister for Mines and Agriculture Mr. Sydney Smith has…

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Noxious Gases in Mines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 4

For detecting deleterious reducing gasses such at carbonic oxide, methane, etc., in the air of mains', Mr. A. Mermet states that a dilated…

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Mining on Private Lands. First Case Under the Act

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 July 1898 · page 2

Leong Quong, Don Quong, Bio Quong, Ah Sat, Ting Ty, Ah Goo, Ah Him. Ah Yet, Ah Choeey, Ah Hun, He Fat Sic Chow, Ah Die, Gan Fong,…

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General Mining Motes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 4

The New South Wales Minister for Mines (Mr. Sydney Smith) proposes to establish scholarships in the School of Mines on similar lines…

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Mining at Cowrad Creek

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1898 · page 5

Mr. John Murray of Cowra Creek, who has been in possession of the King Claim for a few months on Tuesday last brought into Cooma a cake of gold…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 28 July 1898 · page 4

FOR the first six months of 1898 the yield of gold in Victoria was 982 716oz which is an increase of no less than 23,248oz on the corresponding half of…

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[?] Mining Trouble. Timely Discovery

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1898 · page 5

The men are still not at work at the Gibcaltar Mines. A discovery has been made which marks is seam most providential that the stoppages…

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Miners Strike at Adelong

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 11 August 1898 · page 4

A TELEGRAM to the "Daily Telegraph" says:—The wages of the men at the Great Gibralter Consolidated gold mines from August I will be reduced as…

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The Asmus Patent Mine Ventilator

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 1

The Maldon correspondent of the Argus writes as follows :— This patent, which is very simple, is now being tested at the Welshman's…

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Mining Warden's Court at Cooma. Bushy Hill Applications

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1898 · page 2

At the Warden's Court held at the Cooma Court House on Monday last before Mr. J.m' Kenrey (Mining Warden) A.L. Cadogan and J.R. MacCue holders of Gold Lease…

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Troubles of a Mining Syndicate

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 25 August 1898 · page 5

THE case of Cayron and others against Russel and others, which was begun in the Bauco Court (Melbourne) before the Chief Justice, after about three years of…

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