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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1876

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Reported Discovery of Gold Near Urana. Contradiction

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 November 1876 · page 2

Recent reports in regard to the discovery of gold near Urana have been somewhat exagerated, as will be seen by the following telegram, received by us from the prospectors :…

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Mining Mems

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

A very handsome nugget a trifle over 9oz.in weight, was found by some boys fossicking in the Smythesdale district, a day or two since. It was lying within 3ft. of the surface, and the ground is…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 25 November 1876 · page 19

M. Garnier, who has made deep study of the geology of New Caledonia, has sent a short paper to the Acaddmic des Sciences on the nickel ores which he met with in that country, and which…

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Correspondence. Rewards for the Discovery of Gold-fields. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 25 November 1876 · page 9

SIR,—It is now many years since the mining community of Victoria have been led to believe that the discoverer of a payable gold-field within its bounds would be substantially rewarded for…

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Mining Hems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 2 December 1876 · page 6

It is reported from Wallsend, that should the present depression of the Newcastle coal trade continue much longer, the residents of that township, who have to depend on coal-mining for their…

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Mining Report

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 December 1876 · page 3

MR. ARROWSMITH, mining registrar for the Indigo Division, reports:-- The first crushing from the claim of Harris and Hollow, on the Great…

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Mining Mems

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 23 December 1876 · page 7

A new goldfield is reported to exist, at Kaimai (Bay of Plenty), New Zealand. The Hauhaus do not oppose the prospectors. Our mining affairs (reports the Lunatic Reefs…

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Land Reserves. Murrumbidgee District. Revocation of Gold-fields Reserves

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 30 December 1876 · page 11

No. 2. County of Selwyn, area about 69,000 acres, at Tumbarumba. The reserve from conditional purchase within a gold-field hereunder described. The Crown lands within that portion…

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