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New England · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Gold In the Streets

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 4

A SOMEWHAT curious experiment on London mud was recently made by au American scientist, with a view to finding out to what extent samples taken from different parts of the…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Monday, February 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.) the Glen Elgin Gold Plate Robbery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 3

WILLIAM HAWKINS and Alfred Jones were charged with stealing three copper plates with amalgam, valued at £300, the property of the Glen Elgin Gold Mining Company, and also two copper…

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Fifiy Miners Killed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

Fifty miners were killed and many injured by an explosion in a mine at Montceau, France…

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Glen Innes Police Court. Monday, February 4. (Before the Police Magistrate.) the Glen Elgin Gold Plate Robbery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 5

WILLIAM HAWKINS and Alfred Jones were charged with stealing three copper plates with amalgam, valued at £300, the property of the Glen Elgin Gold Mining Company, and also two copper…

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Gold and How to Get It

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 4

LAST week in the School of Arts, Pitt-street, Sydney, the Rev. J. Campbell, M.A., delivered a lecture on 'Gold, and how to get it.' Mr John See, M.L.A., presided, and, in introducing the…

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Mining Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 5

TIN is quoted at 10s…

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Gold

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 5

A discovery is reported of payable alluvial washdirt five miles from Toolong, on the Upper Murray…

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Alluvial Gold Discovery. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 5

THE discovery is reported of payable alluvial washdirt five miles from Toolong, on the Upper Murray…

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Mining Trouble. [By Telegeaph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 5

At a combined meeting of the Duckenfield and Black Creek Miners' Lodges held last night, 500 were present, and it was decided to reject the proposals of the manager…

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The Mining Laws. a Miner's Conference Suggested

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

The S. M. Herald writes as follows:— According to Mr. Coghlan's figures, at the end of 1892 there were…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

The progress of this field is greatly retarded by the difficulty experienced by holders of comparatively small parcels of stone in getting the same…

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The Miners' Union

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 3

The Glebe lodge has resolved to withdraw from the Northern Miners' Association, and it is believed the disintegration of the association is now only a question of time…

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Northern Miners' Association. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 5

THE Glebe Lodge has resolved to withdraw from the Northern Miners" Association, and it is believed that the disintegration of the association is now only a question of…

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"Gold, and How to Get It."

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 2

IN Friday's issue was given a short account of a lecture delivered in the School of Arts, Sydney, by an old and deservedly-esteemed Glen Innesite, the Rev. Joseph Campbell,…

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Mining Explosions

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 4

Boveral disastrous mining explosions are reported. From the State of Illinois, United States, it is reported that no less than 20 lives have been…

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Mining in New England

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 2

The Baker's Creek Company have now declared their 39th dividend; it is payable on the 27th inst. At the Eleanora the contractors…

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The Miner. The Glen Elgin Gold Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 2

FROM the FINANCIAL NEWS (London), of December 20, we take the following :--The ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Glen Elgin Gold Mines,…

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The Shannon Vale Tin Mines

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 3

MR. G. A. STONIER, Geological Surveyor, has favored us with a copy of his repot ton his recent tour of inspection of the Shannon Vale Tin Mines, which is very interesting, and will doubtless be…

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More Gold. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

ALLUVIAL gold has been struck at Moowabla, about 17 miles from Condobolin…

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Gold

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 3

Is too soft to be used pure; it is therefore generally hardened by being alloyed with copper or silver. A single grain of cold may be extended into a…

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