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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1869

39 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2

A Mining Township Destroyed by a Bush Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1869 · page 2

The Gipps Land Times of Dec. 29 gives a. fearfnl picture of the tremendous bush fires which ranged in the Gippa Land ranges on. Christmas Ere, after a day of fearful…

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A Mining Township Destroyed by a Bush Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1869 · page 2

THE 'Gipps Land Times' of Dec. 29 gives a fearful picture of the tremendous bush fires which ranged in the Gipps Land ranges on Christmas Eve, after a day of fearful…

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Mining Miscellanea for the Month. Rocky River

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1869 · page 2

THERE is nothing of importance to report from this field. A few of the leased claims at Diggers' Ridge are doing well, but the remainder very indifferently. Leases are being applied for and ground marked off…

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Mining Miscellanea Foe the Month. Bocky MVEBs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 30 January 1869 · page 2

THERE is noting of importance to report from this fleld. A few of the leased claims at Diggers' Ridge are doing well, but the remainder very indifferently. Leases are being applied for aidground marked offf…

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Gold Fields Items. Timbarra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 2

THE Table Land, Poverty Point, Malara, and all claims on the higher levels, have suffred severety from want of water during the long continuance of the dry weather,…

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Gold Fields Items. Timbarra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 2

THE Table Land, Poverty Point, Malara, and all claims on the higher levels, have suffered severely from' want of water daring the long continuance of the dry weather,…

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Gold Fields Itsms. Nundle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1869 · page 2

THE application of Messrs. Prisk, Lambert, and Company in January last to lease 50 acres of " Foley's Folly" Reef, which was recommended by Commissioner Addison, and objected to by a number of the…

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Gold Fields Items. Nundle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1869 · page 2

THE application of Messrs. Prisk, Lambert, and Company in January last to lease 50 acres of "[?]oley's Folly" Reef, which was recommended by Commissioner Addison and objected to by a number of the…

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Gold in Northern Queensland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1869 · page 2

IN the vicinity of the Cape River diggings, Queensland, Mr. Daintree has found an area of " six hundred square miles," throughout the whole of which gold could be found, and payable gold might be struck…

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Gold in Northern Queensland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 1 May 1869 · page 2

IN the vicinity of the Cape River diggings, Queensland, Mr. Dalntree has found an area of "six hundred square miles," throughout the whole of which gold could be found, and payable gold might be struck…

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The Victorian Gold Fields

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1869 · page 4

THE Melbourne 'Leader' says:— Our quartz veins, notwithstanding the expenses incident to the procuring of the etone from depths exceeding 700 feet,…

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A New and Cheap Mode of Extracting Gold From Quartz

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1869 · page 4

LOOKING at the present rage for that kind of monopoly called "patent right," it may seem incredible that any person can be found willing to give up a valuable process…

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A New and Cheap Mode of Extracting Gold Fbom Quartz

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1869 · page 4

LOOKING at the present rage for that kind of monopoly called "patent right," it may seem incredible that any person can be fonnd willing to give up a valuable process…

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Discovery of Gold at M'intyee Flat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1869 · page 2

On Saturday Messrs. Arthur Tait and D. Holmes, two old and experienced miners in is district—the former one of the party at discovered Puddledock—reported to…

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Discovery of Gold at M'intyre Flat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1869 · page 2

ON Saturday Messrs. Arthur Tait and D. Holmes, two old and experienced miners in his district—the former, one of the party that discovered Puddledock—reported to…

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Local Intelligence, the Discovery of Gold Near M'intyre Flat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1869 · page 2

ON Wednesday we visited the gully running into M'Intyre Flat in which Messrs. A. Tait and D. Holmes have been working for some time, and in which the discovery…

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Local Intelligence. the Discovery of Gold Near M'intyre Flat

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1869 · page 2

ON Wednesday we visited the gully running into M'Intyre Flat in which Messrs. A. Tait and D. Holmes have been working for some time, and in which the discovery…

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The Deepest Gold Mine in the World

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 4

THE great exemplar of quartz mining, not only for wealth and production, but in shedding more light upon the real nature and condition of quartz mining than most others,…

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The Deepest Gold Mine in the World

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 4

THE great exemplar of quartz mining, not only for wealth and production, but in shedding more light upon the real nature and condition of quartz mining than most others,…

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Gold in France

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 31 July 1869 · page 4

A PAMPHLET by M. Debombourg, recently published at Lyonsurder the title of "Gallia Aurifera," giv[?]s the following curious details:—Gold in france lies chiefly in the…

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