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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1887

16 stories in Northern Rivers's papers

The Teetulpa Gold-field

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1887 · page 4

The history of the discovery is thus related by, the Northern ARGUS:—"Mr. Thomas Brady, of Lancelot, has been prospecting on and off during the last…

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The Strauss Gold-Mining Co

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 28 January 1887 · page 3

THE Tenterfield RECORD says:-It will be recollected that a short time back the above company decided to test their claim by forwarding six tons of stone to…

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American Silver Mines

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 February 1887 · page 4

THE attempt in the great Comstock lode to work the deep levels of the mines (writes an American correspondent), which has at much an enormous cost been persisted in for nearly…

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Our Mining Laws

Northern Star · Saturday 26 February 1887 · page 2

OUR Fairfield correspondent states that the Member for Tenterfield (Mr. A. C. Lee), made the following remarks during his address to the miners there, last week,—…

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Frightful Colliery Catastrophe

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1887 · page 3

The heaviest colliery accident that occur-occurred in the colony took place at Bulli on Wednesday afternoon, by an explosion of fire-damp. Some men working…

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Fairfield Goldfield

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1887 · page 3

THE Fairfield correspondent of the Tenterfield STAR writes:—During the past few days the Red Rock, at Crooked Greek, has come to the front with a rush, the party to whom the pick…

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The Bulli Colliery Disaster

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 2

WE might, perhaps, under severe stress of circumstances call this woful catastrophe by some other name, but refrain from doing so, at all events at present…

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Bulli Mine Explosion. To the Editor of the "Northern Star."

Northern Star · Saturday 9 April 1887 · page 2

SIR,—Referring to the frightful mining calamity which happened at Bulli, on Wednesday last, and resulted in so great a loss of life, I would desire to make known a few facts…

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Unknown Gold Formations

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 April 1887 · page 4

THE Rev. J. E. Tennison-Woods, in a long article written for the S. M. Herald on the north-western portions of the Australian continent, makes the…

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Fairfield Goldfield. Mount Richmond Claim, Violet Gully

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 13 May 1887 · page 3

MESSRS. Wm. Gollan and Peterson's claim showing well aud widening out to about four feet. Main shaft is now down 43 feet with splendid well-defined walls. The reef…

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Fairfield Goldfield

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1887 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT writing to the Tenterfield RECORD, under date May 12th. says:—For the past two months Fairfield has been very dull, and especially has this change been felt…

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District Coal

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 July 1887 · page 3

A SMALL sample of the coal being obtained at the Coldstream was submitted by us (C. EXAMINER) for examination by Mr. T. D. Hamilton Foster, science teacher of…

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A Climpse at the Fairfield Mines

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 2

THERE are many matters of general interest attached to the abovenamed locality which are worthy of mention in print. Not as to the quantity of gold being actually obtained but…

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Mount Morgan Mine

Northern Star · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 4

THE details connected with the discovery and progress of Mount Morgan are not so extensively known that they will not bear reiteration, and we purpose therefore to give a brief…

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The Croydon Goldfield

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the Croydon goldfield promises at no distant date to prove one of the richest and most extensive reefing fields ever opened in the Australian…

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Gold and Silver

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 5

MR. TOPLEY'S paper on the production of gold and silver, read before the British Association, was not very cheering. The world needs more gold and, if anything, less silver; but the…

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