Beechworth Mining Board
The first sitting of the new Board was, as already ready reported, held on Tuesday, Beyond the election of a chairman and the appointment of committees, one to consider the Frontage system,…
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Beechworth Mining Board
After a long causes on Friday, the members proceeded to business. Mr Rogers said be proposed to finish the byelaws relative to the frontage system, the…
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During the past week several wanderers have returned from Lambing Flat. The history of all of them is of much the same character. Engaged in payable claims in the neighbourhood of [?]…
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We did not get our Ballarat papers on Saturday last, and the following account of the foiling in of the Britannia claim, Carngham, therefore, escaped us:—…
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From Burrangong we learn that the Chinese difficulty is still unsettled. On Sunday, the 24th ult., nine Chinamen and their boss â Jeminy â were driven away from Blackguard gully by…
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The following letter from Mr W. Birkmyre, the assayer, has appeared in the Argus:âThe recent statements respecting the volatility of gold in the vapour of quicksilver, have caused so many…
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We notice that a meeting of the committee of the Chiltern Prospecting Association is called for Thursday evening. We understand that the second moiety of the £200 grant has been received…
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It having cone to the knowledge of the Victorian Commissioner of Mines, that many of the holders of land [?] for [?] purpose have not followed the covenants of their leases, as…
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PUDDL[?]DOCK.—The correspondent of the Armidale Express of 30th March, writes:—There is nothing particularly new at present to report in gold discoveries, yet I heard to-night of a slight rumour of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discovery of a New Gold-field on the Claresce
The small but rich gold-field discovered some two years since on the verge of the dense cedar scrub that covers, as with a pall, the table-land on which the Millera Creek has its source, was always believed by…
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On Monday last, a share in the Alliance Claim, Chiltern Lead, changed hands at £200, cash down. To shex the mistake miners make in…
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THE COLUMBIAN AGAIN.—Dame Fortune appears to have taken an especial liking to the claimholders on this extraordinary reef. In my last communication I described a box of rich specimens which had been…
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A public meeting, called by advertisement, was held on Saturday evening, at the Star Hotel, Chiltern. About .503 miners were present, Mr, O'Brien, M M B., was called to the chair. After…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Mines at Chiltern. 25th April, 1861. Cause List
George Halliburton v. James Selman, dissolution at partnership claim for £32 12s: John Speight v. Isaac Alien, Dissolution of partnership claim for £35 ; Frank Goring and others v. John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court of Mines at Chiltern. 25th April, 1861. Cause List
George Halliburton v. James Sellman, dissolution of partnership claim for £32 12s; John Speight v. Isaac Allen, Dissolution of partnership claim for £35 ; Frank Goring and others v. John…
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We suppose, by this time, the miners of the Ovens have had enough of the member for Beechworth, Mr. J. D. Wood. If they have not, their sense of injustice done them cannot be very acute…
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PORTER'S PROCESS.âThe directors of the Bee Hive Company continue making experiments for the purpose ascertaining the real value of the much talked of Porter's process, and hitherto they have certainly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chiltern Court of Mines. Thursday. April 25, Before His Honor Judge Cope
John Speight v Irano Allen, Mr Smith for plaintiff Plaintiff said be had purchased a half share from dependent in, a claim on the Newcastle Lead; the agreement was, he was to give £10, and get £3 per week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Woorajay Gold-field
The condition of mining affairs at Wooraja is so promising at the present moment, that we feel some reluctance in speaking of it, lest we should inadvertently raise expectations not destined to be realised…
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Queries proposed by Mr. Humffray, the Victorian Commissioner of Mines, to Judges of Coasts of Mines, âWarden and Mining Surveyors,âMining Boards, âMining District Municipalities,âMining…
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