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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

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The Manaro Mining District. Delegate and the Victorian Border. No. Iii

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1899 · page 3

After luring the North Bonanza one has to travel a distance of three miles before the Luck of the Roaring Camp is retched. A show known as…

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Mining in New South Wales. Delegate and the Auriferous Areas of the Victorian Border. No. 2

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 30 March 1899 · page 5

CLARKESVILLE and the auriferous deposits in the vicinity of Bonang are responsible for the greater part of gold won from reefs on the Victorian border. The…

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The Monaro Mining District Delegate and the Victorian Border

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 2

Travelling southwards from Nimitybelle Bombala is reached in 31 miles. The country passed through is purely pastoral and farming. From Bombala to Delegate…

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Mining in New South Wales Delegate and the Auriferous Areas of the Victorian Border. No. 3

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 6 April 1899 · page 7

AFTER leaving the North Bonanza one has to travel a distance of three miles before the Luck of the Roaring Camp is reached. A show known as the Alpine…

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Mining in New South Wales Delegate and the Auriferous Areas of the Victorian Border

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 3

After leaving the North Bonanza one has to travel a distance of three miles before the Luck of the Roaring Camp is reached. A show known as the Alpine…

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Dredging for Gold. Mr. Foster's Opinion

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 2

The Victorian Minister for Mines is being strongly pressed to issue leases to dredge for gold i n a number of the…

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Cooma Mining War. Den's Court. Saturday 8Th April, 1899

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 10 April 1899 · page 2

The Mining Warden Mr. J. McKe[?]ey, presided. The Court was held for the purpose of considering applications for suspension of labor…

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Mining in New South Wales. Delegate and the Auriferous Areas of the Victorian Border

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 13 April 1899 · page 5

HAVING dealt in my previous reports with the country west of Delegate, I will now touch slightly upon the enormous auriferous belt of the tipper Silurian country on…

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Mining in New South Wales. the South Coast Districts

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 2

In regard to this field many people, both local and metropolitan, had great expectations. Piles of scrip from time to time changed hands, and it is safe…

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Rescue of Miners

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1899 · page 3

The miners in the colliery at Salop, Shropshire, have been rescued after being foodless for eleven days. The mine was flooded…

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Mining Near Delegate

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

The Roaring Camp mine near Delegate was inspected last week by Sydney men with a view to purohase…

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Rich Gold Discovery in West Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

A rich gold discovery is reported the miles east of Marble Bar, West Australia Two hundred acres bare been pegged out, and…

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Sunday Mining at Kal. Goorlie

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

A large meeting held at kalgoorlie resolved to ask Parliament prohibit Sunday labour amongst the miners. "…

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Strike of Belgian Coal News

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 3

Nearly fifty thousand coal miners of Belgium ara on strike…

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Mining in New South Wales. the Wolumla Field.—an Important Locality

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 2

There is at present perhaps no mining field on the Southern coast which is attracting so much attention as Wolumla. The continuous yields from some eight or…

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Russian Mining Fatality

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 3

A gold mice at T[?], R[?], has been flooded. Sixty two miners were killed…

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The Origin of Gold Nuggets

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 4

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Dredging for Gold in V1ctobr[?] the Upper Yarra Schemes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 3

AS SHowing the extent to which dredging is proposed to be carried on in the Upper Yarra, Mr. K. B. Stamp, of Melbourne, has applied for…

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Mining in New South Wales. the Wolumla Field.—an Important Locality. High-grade Gold and Silver Ore and Large Deposits

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 3

I shall make my starting point at the south end of the field, close to the junction of the basaltic hill with that of a granitic one, a small rivulet divided the…

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Dredging for Gold in Victoria. the Premier's Opinions

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 3

As the result of his visit to Castlemaine, the Premier states that there is much misapprehension in the minds of the…

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