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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

279 stories in New England's papers · page 12 of 14

New Gold Find

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 4

A very rich reef has been discovered on private property at New Bridge, near Bathurst. Very rich prospects were obtained, and the local Mining…

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Gold Rush

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1894 · page 3

The rush near Newbridge is deprecated, as all the land is freehold and, already pegged out…

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Another Colliery Closed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 October 1894 · page 2

Messrs J. and A. Brown are closing the Back Greek Colliery, at Minmi, on the ground that their Duckenfield Colliery supplies all the coal wanted. Four…

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Mining in New England

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 October 1894 · page 2

The Best Sunlight party are making fair progress driving westerly in the bottom tunnel to cut the lode. They are on a pretty hard bar at…

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His Life or Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 8

I acted as a sheriff in Clalifornia during her most lawless period, and had occasionally to bring some bad characters to justice. A number of…

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Mining Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 4

A new reef has been discovered on Tilbunster way in Monley Brothers and Johnson's claims. The writer saw a very rich specimen from this claim…

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Wyalong Gold Field

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 3

A crushing from Wye and party at Gough's battery was cleaned up for 95oz. smelted gold from 90 tons. Gorman's Three Star claim struck an…

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West Australian Goldfields. COOLGARDIE

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 6

Rumours have been circulated for nearly two weeks of a very rich find. News came to hand to-day that a discovery had been made near Siberia by…

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Melbourne Victorian Coal

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1894 · page 3

The Minister for Railways thinks. that by October next year Victorian, coal, will, be landed in Melbourne at 10s per ton, and that not a ton of Newcastle coal will be used in…

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Our Tuesday's Tale. Love Better Than Gold

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 October 1894 · page 2

'WELL, mother,' said Mr. Barton, as he walked excitedly into the pleasant sitting room where his wife sat placidly knitting, 'I've got a chance to sell the…

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Mining Notes. Hillgrove Crushings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 2

Baker's Creek—435 tons yielded 706½OZS. smelted gold. Eleanora—503 tons, 205ozs. smelted gold; 23 tons of crude antimony, and…

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Wanted a Payable Goldfield

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 2

"It's my opinion nothing but the discovery of a good payable gold-field will lift this colony out of its present tronbies." So said one man to…

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West Australian Goldfields. COOLOADDIR

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 3

The new rush near Broad Arrow has not improved, and a large number of diggers are deserting it. The peculiarity of the find is that the prospector…

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Coal Miners Out of Work

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 3

It is estimated that at the end of the week 960 miners in the Newcastle district will be out of employment…

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Protecting Free Miners

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 3

Extra police daily escort free miners at the Co-operative Colliery to their homes after work…

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Adelaide. Rich Gold Discovery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 3

There is great excitement at Kangaroo Island over a rich discovery of gold bearing country, 31 .miles from Queen's Cliff. The reef is 10 feet wide, and sample stone, went…

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Intercolonial. Adelaide (S.a.). Thursday. Rich Gold Discovery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 5

THERE is great excitement at Kangaroo Island over a rich discovery of gold-bearing country 31 miles from Queenscliffe. The reef is 10 feet wide, and a sample of the…

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Mining Notes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1894 · page 5

The Sunlight G.M. Company has cleaned up for a crushing of 473 tons for 150ozs. Mr. Christmas, of Broken Hill,…

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Uralla Items. MINING

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1894 · page 7

There is still s gooddeal of activity bring displayed in trospecting through-out the district. The prospectors at Goldsworth resumed sinking on the…

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Gold Returns

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 October 1894 · page 3

A steamer arrived, to-day and brings 7240 ozs. of gold, valued at nearly £25,000, from the Northern goldfields…

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