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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1876

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 22 April 1876 · page 19

The whole of the pumping and winding plant recently purchased for the Foster’s Reef Gold Mining Company, Cudgellico, by Messrs. Lyell and Gowan, Melbourne, arrived last week at Hay…

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Correspondence. Free Selection on the Goldfields. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 22 April 1876 · page 15

SIR,—The continued selection of the lands on the goldfields of Victoria, and the disgusting apathy of the authorities to prevent the ruinous state of affairs, calls from me a few remarks…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 29 April 1876 · page 18

From New Zealand we learn that the discovery of rich deposits of lead, yielding an enormous percentage of silver, at Mount Rangitoto, in the Ross district, has raised high hopes of future…

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Foster's Ref Gold Mining Co., (Limited) Lake Cudgellico

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 3 May 1876 · page 2

This mine which has been for a long time past at a standstill for the want of machinery, appliances, &c., is now in a fair way of being properly tested. The machinery of which a full description has already…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 19

A gold discovery is reported to have taken place about 20 miles in the mountains beyond Brindabulla in the Queanbeyan district. In the Come-at-last quartz claim, at South…

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The Queensland Northern Goldfields

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 1

The special correspondent of the Cooktown Courier writes, under date the 17th inst.:—“Mr. Commissioner Selheim, who returned on Thursday…

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The Late Secretary of Mines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1876 · page 2

Mr. R. BROUGH SMYTH, the late head of the Mining Department in Victoria, was, according to the evidence given at the recent investigation…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 13 May 1876 · page 20

It is stated in a recent issue of the Bombala Times that a rich patch of alluvial gold has been discovered at Bonang, and that about sixty men’s ground has already been taken up. Some of the…

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Revival of Quartz Mining at Rutherglen. the Theory of Improvement of Prospects at Greater Depths Proved. Rich Stone at 103 Feet. Prospects of 130 Ozs. to the Ton. Intense Excitement. Great Demand for Shares. Shares, Yesterday, Valued at £5 Now Quoted at £33 10s!

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1876 · page 3

AFTER some months of unremitting, toil and a considerable expenditure of capital, the shareholders in the Rutherglen Gold Mining Co. on the…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 20 May 1876 · page 18

Writing of the Eldorado goldfield, our Beechworth contemporary says:—“There seems every prospect of a decided revival in mining on this once flourishing goldfield. The three principal…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 9

The Queen’s Birthday Company, Dunolly, yielded for the fortnight ending Saturday last 133oz. I5dwt. of gold from 200 tons of quartz. The Welcome claim, Bealiba, yielded 49oz, from…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 June 1876 · page 18

The Gobondry Rush, 80 miles from Parkes, is reported to be a failure. The gold returns at Sandhurst for the past week are very good, the total being something…

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Mining Hems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 15

The following Adelong items are from the Gundagai Times :—The North Williams has retorted, and obtained 1083ozs. The Williams Co., no change to note, still driving on the 600 feet level…

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Correspondence. Mining Leases. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 10 June 1876 · page 15

SIR,—As an old resident of the gold-fields, and one who has been in other parts, both of this colony and New South Wales, the evil effects of the leasing system, I desire to avail myself of…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 17 June 1876 · page 19

A report having Sydney that a discovery of gold had been made in the neighborhood of Monkerai, and official telegram was sent from the Department of Mines to a gentleman in the district,…

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The Regulation of Mines Statute

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 June 1876 · page 2

THE result of the trial, KAVE v. The Ironstone Hill Gold Mining Company, is such as will strike terror into, the hearts of a large number of mining…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 24 June 1876 · page 15

It is some time since the fame of the gold finds in the Nelson ranges died out, says the Bega Standard, and the diggers who were gathered there some years ago have long since dispersed…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 1 July 1876 · page 15

The Prince of Wales claim at Burnt Yards, Carcoar, yielded 213oz. of gold from 60 tons of quartz. The claim is looking much better now than it did before the crushing…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 8 July 1876 · page 18

Mr. Wilson, geological surveyor, has been on a visit to the Grenfell district for the purpose of napping out and reporting on the portions of auriferous ground in the neighborhood which if…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 15 July 1876 · page 18

The Cornwall Chronicle mentions that skilled miners consider that the silver lode recently discovered on the Van Diemen’s Land Company’s property at Hampshire-hills, near the Mount…

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