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Northern Rivers · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

25 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2

Red Rock Gold-Mining Company

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 6

AN application was made before Mr. Justice Kay in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, London, for the compulsory winding-up of the Red…

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The Mining Industry

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 4

A DEPUTATION a few days ago waited upon the Mayor of Sydney and asked that he would call a meeting to consider the present state of the mining industry…

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The White Rock Mine

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 6

The manager of the White Rock Proprietary S. M. Co., Limited, reports :—The directors have visited the mine to inspect and take over the machinery as…

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Cooking Recipes. Gold Cake

Northern Star · Saturday 8 March 1890 · page 2

Two cups of sugar, four eggs, one-half cup of butter, one cup of sweet milk, three tablespoons of baking powder three cups of [?]our…

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Electricity in Coal-Mining

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1890 · page 4

ELECTRICITY promises to become an important factor in deep-scam coal-mining. The Engineer, basing its opinion on both American and English…

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Liability of Coal Mines for Rates

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 5

A TEST case of this kind was heard at Wollongong recently, before a Special Appeal Court, wherein the Mount Kembla Coal and Oil Company appealed against the assessment…

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The River Tree Silver Mines

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 5

FROM a gentleman who recently visited these mines we understand things are assuming a very settled condition on this field, and there is very litlle doubt but that Rivertree will now be…

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Our Coal

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 4

IT would be difficult to foretell the ultimate development of coal mining in this colony, but it is inevitable that it should have a powerful influence in determining…

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Imprisoned for Jumping a Mine

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 8

A TELEGRAM from Hillgrove on Thursday last says:—The Baker's Creek mine-jumping business came to a climax today. Fifteen men pegged off a strip of…

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Mining Leases Cancelled

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1890 · page 4

SINCE the beginning of the year nearly 800 mining leases have been gazetted as cancelled by the Minister for Mines because of the non-fulfilment of the…

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The White Rock Mine

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1890 · page 6

THE first annual meeting of tho shareholders in the White Rock Proprietary Silver-mining Company, Limited, was held in Sydney last week. Mr. John…

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Where the Gold Goes

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 15 August 1890 · page 8

THE favorite cry of the Sydney monopolists (says the Evening News) that freetrade sent the money out of the country is now dead, the fallacy having been often…

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Important Gold Discovery

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 6

THERE is great excitement at Walcha over a gold discovery. Prospector Sullivan struck a rich reef at Bungendore Creek, Western Water, on the tableland reef,…

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Local Coal Mining

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1890 · page 7

IF the strike has been productive of any injury to this district, it certainly is made up by the development of that industry to which we have so frequently referred-coal…

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Miscellaneous. Gold

Northern Star · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 2

Gold gold gold Every where gold Men's hearts are sold And wedded to gold;…

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Coal at Bungawalbyn

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 8

MR. ALEX. M'INTOSH of Grafton informs the EXAMINER that he visited the coalfield at Bungawalbin Creek last week, and found that the Coraki people are…

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Mining at Fairfield

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1890 · page 6

FOR some time past the ground due east of the famous Lady Jersey Gold Mine, owned by Rivers and Party at Long Gully, has been prospected, and on night last the shareholders met at Mr. Allison's Hotel to discuss what steps should be taken to develop the mine. Tt was resolved to put men on at once to open up the gronnd, and Messrs. T. Horton, B. Bryant, J. Hynes, and A. W. Taylor were appointed to eeo the work satisfactorily done, with general…

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How Gold is Shipped

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 October 1890 · page 5

THE Bank of America is the largest single. shipper of gold from New York, and indeed, from the United States. Shipments are made in stoat kegs, very much like the…

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Finding Gold by Electricity

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 October 1890 · page 5

THE ALTA CALIFORNIA states that a Mr. A. W.Chellis has invented an electric mineral ball which unerringly indicates the locality of gold and silver coin when buried, and of…

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Tons of Gold from the old Timbarra Mines

Northern Star · Saturday 25 October 1890 · page 2

THE recent mention of a prospecting party being formed here to search various localities along the Timbarra or Rocky River calls to mind the fact that a lot ot gold has been won from that…

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