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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Wyalong

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 4

THE telegraph Hoe from Wyalong was opened for the transmission of messages today, and a good deal of business was done. The resumption of Neeld's selection on Saturday…

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Mining on Private Property Act. The, Regulations

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 2

THE regulations under the Mining on Private Property Act which have been prepared by Mr. Harrie Wood, UnderSecretary for Mines, were published…

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Gold in the Mountains

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 2

MR. W. R. R. GIPPS write, from the Warrum- bungles, to the " Western Post":--For some months past gold in small quantities has been found at Bidden and one or two other localities in…

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Mining on Private Lands

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 2

THE Act to legalise mining on private lands, recently passed by Parliament, has just been issued from the Government Printing Office, together with the regulations relating to the mining…

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Gold. -- How to Win It From Pyrites

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 2

THE following interesting letter appears in a late "Herald" :-- We have many gold mines idle in the colony because their owners-- if they have owners --full to see sufficient warrant in them for the…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 2

SEVERAL of the leading claims at the Wyalong goldfield report important fresh developments At well-known show they the have now five distinct lines of reef, all carrying good, and some…

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Mining Sharks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1894 · page 4

THERE are three types of these sharks Two of them are to be found in every thriving mining township. The first I would being uner your notice is a…

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West Australia Gold

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 4

COSEROVE'S mine, in which the lade pinched badly below the 100ft. level, is again showing cut m and the lade has widened nearly to 3ft. The [?]ironstone imaging wall at the 120ft. level is now…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 4

WYALONG, Monday.--The first crushing of atone at Gough's battery was completed on Friday, when 200 tons gave the gross yield of 178oz. of gold, or lox. 13½wtf, to the ton. This is considered very…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 2

THE Chief Inspector of Mines (Mr. Slee) returned to Sydney on Thursday from Wyalong, and in the afternoon a representative of the ''Star" had the advantage of a few minutes' chat with him on the…

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The Western Australian Goldfields. Southern Cross

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 July 1894 · page 3

AT last a second Bayley's Reward mine has turned up at Coolgardie. It is Called the Londonderry, and its situation is about 12 miles south -west of Coolgardie . Oo Saturday morning the owners…

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Gold Near Cobbora

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 2

THE Mudgee "Guardian" has the following from its Mundooran correspondent:--The new rush is about eight miles between Cobbora and Tallewang, as the crow flies, and about four miles from Upper…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 July 1894 · page 2

THE find at Londonderry mine is still exciting general interest. Crowds are making a pilgrimage to the workings. The stone is so rich that it is generally felt that the prospectors ought not to…

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NARRoMINE. From Our Own Correspondent July 9

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1894 · page 2

Mr. James Morgan, the protectionist candidate, addressed the electors here on Friday night, 6th instant, Mr. O'Neill in the chair, and the…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield. Perth

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 July 1894 · page 4

NEWS from Coolgardio to 4th July states that every day crowds of men continue to visit the Lodonderry mine. A good deal of ground has been pegged out on the line of the reef, and all round…

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The Wyalong Gold Fields

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 July 1894 · page 2

WYALONG, Friday.--The warden has decided to suspend the labour conditions on all the claims on the field from July 10 to 23, in order to allow the miners to record their votes. There is a…

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The Wyalong Gold Fields

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1894 · page 2

SOME of the claims are showing a marked improvement, and some of them are turning out 5oz to 6oz to the ton. Presser and party have about…

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Those Ingots of Gold

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 8

ONE day recently a large two-horse van drew up before a narrow doorway in a side street near the Bank of England. Backing up to the kerb a number of…

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The Coolgardie Goldfield

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 July 1894 · page 4

NEWS from Coolgardie to 13th July states that the prospectors at the Londonderry mine have struck a reef at a depth of 30ft. In a crosscut put in from the shaft. The reef was met with in a few feet…

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The Londonderry Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 2

MR. HENRY DAWSON, Sydney, one of the lucky finders of the Londonderry Mine, writes under date July 1, as follows:-- "I regret to state that Pete Carter and myself…

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