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Mining & the mines, 1896

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Mining in New England

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 2

The Baker's Creek Proprietary mine crushed 65 tons of stone last week for a return of 91ozs l2dwts Some of the shareholders in the…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 3

There is every prospect of mining going ahead in this district. Messrs Jones, White and party are making arrangements for the disposal…

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Newcastle Coal Export

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 6

Statistics prepared by the Customs show that the export of coal to foreign and intercolonial ports for the year was 1,920,378 tons, or an in…

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The Mining Conference

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 6

An important mining conference is to be opened in Sydney un Wednesday, February 5. The idea of bringing together accredited representatives…

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Mine Booming

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 4

THEY have had their mining boom in Auckland, and some excellent pasture land has appropriately been taken up--it was required for the British lambs. There is no false sentiment…

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Gold Making

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 4

MR. STREETER, the Bond-street jeweller, has revealed some interesting facts connected with his line of business to Mr. Herman Hurst for the benefit of the readers of the Woman at Home :--…

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Rich Gold Discovery

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 3

A rich reef of gold-bearing stone has been discovered at Tichborne. near Parkes. Sample of stone, weighing 125 oz., is estimated to centain 250z. of gold…

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Utilisation of Coal Dust

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 4

THE London TIMES gives an account of a process by which anthracite coal bricks are now being manufactured by the London Goal Brick Syndicate. The bricks are…

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Gold Find. [By Teleqbaph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 5

A RICH reef of gold-bearing stoke has been discovered at Tichborne near Parkes, a sample of the stone weighing 125oz. is estimated to contain 25oz. of gold…

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General Mining News

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1896 · page 3

Now Royal Staniard [?] (Scone), last, crushing of 58 tons yielded 370 z. of retorted gold. The Hartley Val [?] Kerasen [?] sha…

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Mining in New England. HILLGROVE

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1896 · page 3

The West Sunlight's clean up on Tuesday gave 175ozs. l6d wts., from 360 tons of stone, and at the Sunlight 341 tons wont 141ozs. 15…

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The Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 5

A MEETING of the Northern Municipal Conference on the coal trade held at Newcastle yesterday, adjourned without achieving any result…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 2

Mr. Gannon is at present in town having come over from the Golden West. We believe he intends to return and take Mrs. Gannon with…

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Mining m New England. HILLGROVE

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 5

Mining operations are now in full swing again. At the Eleanora the management is still effecting improvements and it is expected…

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Colliery Disaster at Blackwell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 6

THE colliery explosion which occurred at Blackwell, Derbyshire, recently, when seven miners lost their lives, was due to coal-dust. A shot had…

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Mining in New England. HILLGROVE

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 January 1896 · page 2

The Eleauora Gold and Antimony Mining Company's battery has crushed for eight dare since the machinery was overhauled, and…

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Mining

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 2

The Mayor of Taree has received an official letter from the Public Works Department, in reply to a petition sent in by Messrs G. A…

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Mining in New England. HILLGROVE

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 2

At the Sunlight G.M. Co. there is a plentiful supply of stone forward now, so that the battery has been kept running steadily since last clean-up. The…

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Excessive Heat on the Wyalong Goldfields. West Wyalong

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 1

Terrific heat has prevailed today and has been aggravated by hot winds. The thermometer at the post-office registered 114 at 4 o'clock…

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Rich Gold Find

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 3

Mr. Murray, Government Geologist of Victoria, while reporting on a find near Queenstown, says he has not in all his life seen anything richer. The…

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