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Mining & the mines, 1891

111 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 6

A Solid Gold Necklace

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 7

Late yesterday afternoon a young man entered a jawellry store on Pennsylvania avenue, and in a very excited manner demanded to see the proprietor. His…

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A New Gold Amalgamator

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

A PARTY of British and Anglo-Colonial mining engineers and others went down the river to Hutching's wharf the other day (writes a London correspondent) to inspect a new…

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Incident in a Mining Camp

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 3

IN 1851 Mokelumne Hill was one of the worst camps in California. " Who was shot last week ?" was the first question asked by the miners when they came in from the river or surrounding…

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Official Correspondence. Discovery of Kookarabooka Goldfield.--

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1891 · page 2

" Prospecting Board Room, Department of Mines, Sydney, 20th August, 1891. Sir,--I am directed by the Secretary for Mines and Agriculture to inforw you that in view of the…

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Rich Gold Discoveries in Western Australia

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 3

THE West Australian on Wednesday publishes a telegram from its Geraldton correspondent respecting the news, brought in from the gold finds at Marchison by a solicitor…

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Mining Matters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1891 · page 4

BUTCHER'S Reef Gold-mining Company, Bear Hill, August 29th, 1891. Progress Report:—No. 1 level has been extended 3ft.; very little sloping has been done in…

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Gold and Silver

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 7

ONE YEAR'S PRODUCTION IN THE STATES. A BULLETIN relating to the production of gold and silver in the United States daring the calendar…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 7

FOR nearly 100 years a certain family of working people, living in Paris, have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, has…

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Mining on Private Property

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 2

WE have been favored by Mr F.A. Wright, M. P., with a copy of the Bill which was introduced to the House by Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines, of which the following is…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 7

FOR nearly 100 years a certain family of working people, living in Paris, have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, has…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 3

FOR nearly 100 years a certain family of working people, living in Paris, have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, has…

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New Gold and Silver Extraction Process

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 7

THE AYR ADVERTISE[?] has the following: Mr. John Cuninghame Montgomerie of Dal[?]ore Ayrshire, in conjunction with Mr. Henry…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1891 · page 8

FOR nearly 100 yearn a certain family of working people, living in Paris, have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, has…

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The Mining Industry

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 5

SOME time since the Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. Sydney Smith) caused inquiries to be made from the Agent-General with respect to the qualifications of one of the colonial applicants…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 3

FOR nearly 100 years a certain family of working people, living in Paris, have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, has…

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Mining

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 2

The slaves working the silver-mines of ancient Italy protected their heads by means of testudos, or shout, round shields; out the perils of coal-mining have abolished that…

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Nobody Want's Teat Gold Ring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 November 1891 · page 2

FOR nearly 100 years a certain family of working people, living in Paris have ended their lives by suicide. From father to [?], from mother to daughter has…

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Glen Elgin Gold Reefs

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 2

ON the 5th instant I visited these newly-developed mines, and after making a thorough inspection, can offer your readers some reliable data as to the prospects of this important field. First…

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The First Discoverer of Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 2

THE 'Australasian' has published an interesting narrative on the death of Edward Hammond Hargraves, the man who first found payable gold in the antipodes. It is…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 2

FOR nearly 100 years a certain family of working people, living in Paris) have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, has…

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