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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Wyalong Goldfield. What a Local Business Man Thinks Of It

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 2

The recently discovered goldfield at Wyalong has attracted a good deal of attention in Hay and district, mid knowing that information from a reliable source will…

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West Australian Goldfields

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 April 1894 · page 2

Water being available and no further exemption possible leases are being extensively manned in all directions and the field is beginning to…

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Ruthergeln Miners' Sports

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 3

THE first monthly meeting of the Rutherglen Miner's Sports Club was held in the Park on Saturday last, and the committed were favoured with perfect weather for the…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 3

WAHGUNYAH, 30th March. -- Struck wash in the back of drive to-day, and are in reef again with wash 2ft. 6in. above back. Best prospect yet from this bore…

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Mining at Thougla

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 29

The Courier has the following :—“ A very rich discovery has been made in alluvial mining at Thougla. It appears that some little time ago a couple of men, who professed to…

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Mining at Rutherclen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 28

A report from Rutherglen states : —" There has been an increased demand for Garibaldi Reef shares daring the lest few days, and the prices have risen accordingly, owing to the…

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Mining on the Upper Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1894 · page 28

Our Corryong contemporary says :—We were shown a block of gold, weighing 33½ 2, which had been taken from five tons of a one recently crushed by Mr. A. M[?]lnner. The…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

BOOTHS' Goe [?] Rutherglen, Apr[?] No.7 be [?]day 8 a.m., [?] 6 now down 118 ft. [?] of No. 7 now down 81ft. [?]…

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Mining Revival

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 28

A Sydney correspondent of the Dubbo Dispatch patch says :—The revival of the goldmining industry just now is causing some little exc[?]tement in Sydney. Not a day passes bat a…

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The Wyalong Gold-fields. New Finds Reported. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 26

A new find is reported at Wyalong, six miles north of Neild’s selection, on the Crown lands, where a good reef is being opened up. The stone is white porphyry,…

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Reported Gold Discovery at Berrigan, Entirely Unfounded

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 2

Considerable excitement was caused in the district last Wednesday, when a report became widely circulated that an importance discovery of gold had…

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The Coolgardie Gold-field. Further Rich Discoveries. Between 15,000 AND 20,000 Men on the Field. Perth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 April 1894 · page 27

News from Coolgardie dated April 4 says that the richest shoot of gold yet met with in the Premier mine was struck on Tuesday. In sinking the new shaft north of the blow…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 14 April 1894 · page 2

A NEW discovery is reported air miles north-east of the main camp of Wyalong, and about a mile from the Wollongough-road. It is reported that there are 1000…

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Gold in Gippsland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 26

The Mines Department has received a telegram from the director of the School of Mines, at Bairnsdale, stating that 100 tons of quartz, obtained from the Monte…

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Mining Intelligence

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 3

GLENFERN, Rutherglen, April 15.-- South drive in 139ft. from main eastern drive, with stope of wash in face. Expert to connect this drive with old workings this week…

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The Mining Revival. Wyalong Goldfield. (Correspondent Cootamundra. Herald.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 25

The water supply at the lower township has very nearly given out, indeed the balance of what remains in the tank is unfit for human consumption, and where a sufficient…

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Mining at Corryong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 29

We (Courier) have been shown a specimen of stone from the claim of Messrs. Fenby, Findlay Bros., and Hartly. The specimen, which was taken from the reef 30 feet below the…

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Mining on Private Lands

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 28

With regard to the Mining on Private Lands Bill, Mr. Copeland states that he has not been able to follow closely the amendments which have been made by the Legislative Council in…

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The Western Australian Gold Fields. Perth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 26

Bad news has been received regarding the scarcity of water at the Pinnacles. Over two thousand men had to leave for that reason, and a great many there are in…

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Intercolonial Items. the Unemployed on the Goldfields

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 April 1894 · page 28

Large numbers of letters are now being received by the Labour Bureau from men sent away to fossick for gold. The following, addressed to the superintendent of the bureau, is…

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