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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1860

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 25 July 1860 · page 2

No entries for the export of gold were passed at the Customs to-day. Tho escort returns for the week amount to 43,25[?]. of gold, a quantity in excess of the weekly average of the current year, but below the…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold [?]

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 28 July 1860 · page 2

No [?] the expense of gold were [?] at the [?] to-day. The [?] for the [?] [?] the weekly [?] of the [?]…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 1 August 1860 · page 2

Export entries were passed at the Customs to-day for [?]28oz. of gold, of which [?]923oz. were for shipment in the Eagle, for Hong Hong, the remainder being in the hands of passengers for Tasmania and New…

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Monetary and Commercial Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 4 August 1860 · page 2

Export; entries were [?] at the Customs to–day for [?] of gold, of which [?] were for shipment in the Eagle, for Hong Kong, the reminder being in the hands of passengers [?] Tasmania and [?]…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 8 August 1860 · page 2

Export entries wore passed at the Customs to-day for 1884oz. 18dwt. of gold, for shipment in the Eagle, for Hong Kong. The escorts for the week have brought down…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 11 August 1860 · page 2

Export entries were passed at the Customs to-day for l,884oz. 18dwt. of gold, for shipment in the Eagle, for Hong Kong. The escorts for the weeek have brought down…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 15 August 1860 · page 2

Export entries were passed at the Customs to-day for 17,087 ½oz. of gold, for shipment in die Swiftsure, for London. This vessel cleared out with a total of 70,623oz., shipped in the following parcels:—Bank of…

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California. Important Gold Discoveries

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 25 August 1860 · page 3

We have three days’ later dates from San Francisco, but there is nothing fresh from the seat of the war. The following are the only items of interest:— GOLD DISCOVERIES NEA TUCSON.—A friend,…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 8 September 1860 · page 2

Expory entries were passed at the Customs to-day for 12,678oz. 9dwt of gold of which quality 7,67391. 6dwt. were for shipment in the Sussex for London, and 5,00391, 3dwt. in the mail steamship…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns. Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 15 September 1860 · page 2

Export entries were passed at the Customs to-day on 3[?]oz. 10dwt. of gold, of which quantity 367oz were for shipment per Jupiter, for Hongkong; and loz. 10dwt. per Anglesey, for London…

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Monetary and Commercial. Gold Returns Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 22 September 1860 · page 2

There wore no export entries [?] at the [?]us this day for gold. The following is acknowledged from [?] various gold-fields for the week ending 11th September…

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Colonial Mems. Who First Discovered Gold in Australia

The Border Post · Saturday 6 October 1860 · page 3

We take the following from a review the Rev. Mr. Clarke’s new edition of the Southern them Gold Fields’ :—Touching the greater matter in dispute as to whether Sir Roderick…

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Serious Flood,—swamping of the Mines at Clunes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 20 October 1860 · page 4

In noting the damage incurred by the companies injured and threatened by the fearful encroschmenton Friday night, I was studiously cautious, not wishing to be an alarmist; perhaps I was very tame indeed…

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Mechanics’ Institution. “Reminiscences of the Gold-fields of Victoria,” —concluding portion :—

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 27 October 1860 · page 3

Oftentimes I have heard people. express their astopishment that any one who had ever been accustomed to earn a tolerably decent living could recoucile himself self to such a state of things. Could they but participate…

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Indigo Mining Report

The Border Post · Saturday 17 November 1860 · page 2

The Eleventh Lead (so called) has been struck in the direction of Wahgunyah, the following memorandum having been left with Mr. Surveyor Thornely on Saturday :— “I, the undersigned, and…

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Mining on Private Property

The Border Post · Saturday 17 November 1860 · page 2

THERE are two points to consider with reference to dealing with gold upon private lands. One is the utility of alienating the gold along with the land from the state, and thus…

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Beechworth District Mining Bye -Laws

The Border Post · Wednesday 21 November 1860 · page 2

The following ore the Bye-laws passed at the last sitting of the Board:— Any person taking up a temporary Prospecting Claim, shall register the same with the registrar of…

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Indigo Mining Report

The Border Post · Saturday 24 November 1860 · page 2

The following notices from Wahgunyah, have been received by Mr. Surveyor Thornely :— November 22nd, 1860. “Sir,—I hereby inform you that gold has been discovered in our…

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Indigo Mining Report

The Border Post · Saturday 1 December 1860 · page 2

The utterly demoralised state of the Beechworth Mining Board is at last barring its fruits It is in the last [?]of decay, and the members not agreeing, as a correspondent has it, to march…

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Police Court, Wodonga. Thursday, November 29. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.m.) Smuggling Gold

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 1 December 1860 · page 2

George Greaves, charged as above, pleaded " not Guilty." From the evidence of Constable Kerr, it appeared that prisoner himself had gone to the Police Barracks…

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