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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1869

6 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Natal Gold-fields. the following correspondence from the government of Natal appeared in Tuesday's Gazette:— Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 13th April, 1869

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 April 1869 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor directs the publication, for general information, of the following despatch from his Excellency Robert W. Keate, Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of…

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More Than a Million From One Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 May 1869 · page 4

WE visited Clunes a day or two ago for the purpose of inspecting the works of a company whose gold receipts have, probably with one exception only, been larger than those of any…

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Rescue of the Men From the Brierley-hill Colliery

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 20 May 1869 · page 4

The efforts to obtain access to the men and boys imprisoned in the Brierley-hill Colliery, near Stourbridge, were continued without intermission on Friday, March 19…

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The Gold Discoveries at Trunkey Creek.—official Report

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 July 1869 · page 3

AN official confirmation of the rumours that have recently been in circulation with regard to the alleged discovery of rich gold deposits at Trunkey Creek, in the Western…

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Gold-mining Prospects

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 July 1869 · page 1

IT would be a fortunate coincidence if, now that there is a fair prospect of the railway to Bathurst being completed in a couple of years, there should be a renewed…

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Mining Intelligence

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 July 1869 · page 3

DIAMONDS—By the outgoing mail Messrs Flavelle Brothers and Roberts, of George-street, are transmitting to London a parcel of diamonds, found in New South Wales…

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