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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1872

14 stories in Murray's papers

The Cobar Copper Mine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 January 1872 · page 4

I recently had an opportunity of visiting the Cobar copper mine, near Bourke, in company with Captain Lean, the mining manager, on arrival from Adelaide to take charge of the…

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Art, Science, &c. Amalgamation or Gold ZINC.(From the correspondent of the Scientific American,)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 2

The numerous discussions on the imperfect manner in which quicksilver amalgation performs the gold extraction of Colorado ores (and, for that matter, of…

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Mining on Private Property. (From the Melbourne Argus.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 July 1872 · page 1

To facilitate the gold being Won from its natural depository and brought into active circulation, the state must step in, and by legislation modify the occlusive…

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Mining Association. [To the Editor of the “Albury Banner.”]

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 24 July 1872 · page 2

Mr EDITOR,—I think that an Association as above for prospecting this district, would be far better than the present system our township has been adopting for some months past. I am well aware that in…

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Gold, Copper, and Tin

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 31 July 1872 · page 3

Mr John Ward contributes to the columns of the S. M. Herald the following information respecting the geological formations in which gold, copper, and tin are likely to be found, as the result of ten years’…

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Additional Gold Fields Regulations

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 August 1872 · page 2

The following additional Gold-mining Regulations are notified in the Sydney Government Gaselta:— 1. The provisons with reference to labour upon claims on Quarts Reels, under Regulation 66, of 21st…

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“Times and Mines” Committee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 28 August 1872 · page 3

The following report of the Times and Mines Committee was presented to Parliament yesterday by Mr Mscgregor, the chairman of the committee:— The select committee appointed bj your honourable…

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Spirit of the Press. Mining Reports.—the Supply of Coal. (From The Age.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 August 1872 · page 1

With unvarying regularity there is issued once a quarter from the Government press a bulky document, which costs in compilation and printing about…

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The Koetong Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 12 October 1872 · page 2

The Various gulliee and creeks adjacent to the Ko[?]tong offer every inducement to the minor to give this locality a fair trial. All persons who have practical experience in the matter Coincide in opinion that a…

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The Coal Supply and Potato Famine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 October 1872 · page 2

Coal continues to rise and will soon reach 40s per ton. To add to the prospective [?] of the poor a potato famine seems to be impending. In…

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Mining in California

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 November 1872 · page 2

MY salary was increased to forty dollars a week. But I seldom drew it. I had plenty of other resources, and what were two broad twenty-dollar gold pieces to a man…

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Mining at Adelong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Wednesday 20 November 1872 · page 3

In mining matters things never looked brighter. Messrs Wilson and Co, have now about finished Williams and Co’s monster crushing of 400 tons; tomorrow the gold will be retorted, and I am informed…

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Mr. Anthony Trollope on Gippsland Gold Mines

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 November 1872 · page 2

The London Daily Telegraph of October 2nd contains a correspondent s letter from Australia signed “Antipodean,” the writer of which is supposed to be Mr. Anthony…

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Wtlcan[?] Copper Mine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 2

Thirty tons [?] first-class copper [?] been shipped from Wilcannia, per [?] to Ade[?] as samples from [?] Konyntc [?] and Alice Edith [?]…

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