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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1882

6 stories in New England's papers

The Minister for Mines at Grafton. (From the e. NEWS.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1882 · page 6

FROM a speech delivered at Grafton, on Tuesday Evening last, the Minister for Mines would seem to be a convert to doing justice to the Northern districts…

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Mining Accident at Cunningham's Creek

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1882 · page 7

A SHOCKING mining accident happened on Monday, at Watson's Reef (the old Marshal M'Mahon), Canningham Creek, when three men, William Anthony, T…

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Mining at Hillgrove

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1882 · page 4

THE following information regarding the quartz reef at Hillgrove has been obtained from a trustworthy source, and can, therefore, be relied upon:— The claims now…

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The Mining Report for 1881

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1882 · page 6

THE Annual Report of the Department of Mines for the year 1881 furnishes, as usual, a quantity of interesting statistical information concerning the mineral…

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Local News. Gold Mining at Hillgrove

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1882 · page 4

LAST Friday: morning a few gentlemen interested in the gold-mining at Hillgrove made-an early start for what is best known as the antimony, mines, or rather…

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Queen Victoria's Gold Plate

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1882 · page 2

No living monarch, European or Asiatic, not even the Czar of all the Russias, can boast of such a service of plate as that owned by Queen Victoria. To those…

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