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Mining & the mines, 1880

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Adel0ng News. Mining

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 November 1880 · page 2

There has been some good work done by several of these who have recently been tributing, and one or two parties have made good wages. The Gap range, on the Tumut road,…

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Mining, &C. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 November 1880 · page 6

THE most important news to hand at present is the discovery of a new reef at the Ironbarks. The stone is rich in the extreme, and there is little doubt it will form an…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1880 · page 2

A prospecting company has been formed by Mr. Moseley, of Parramatta, to test the value of Temora reefs. Shareholders pay an entrance fee of 10s., and subsequently 5s. per…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1880 · page 3

The monthly escort took from Carcoar on Saturday last 337oz. 16dwts. 5grs. of gold. On Thursday last David Mansfield, employed in Coombe's survey camp, accidentally…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 3

A new reef has been found two miles north easterly from Tomora. The Mountaineer Reef, Burneil Creek, Copeland North, crushed at the Chilian Mill,…

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Mining. &C. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 6

THE frontage lead is rapidly coming into notice, and will add to the importance of the lower town by increasing the tracffi. The hotels and stores follow the golden holes…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1880 · page 4

The Caledonian reef, Temora, was struck on Friday with Matthews and Giles' well-piercer at 72 feet, and shows good gold. Water is coming so fast into number eleven,…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1880 · page 3

Digby and party lodged in the Commercial Bank on Wednesday 50oz. of gold, the result of a crushing from their claim, situated at Gully Swamp. Chandler and party are now…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1880 · page 3

The Patriarch Company, Hill End, raised good stone last week, from which 4 cwt. of specimens were obtained. At Little River, near Dungog, Vanderkolk…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 3

Workings at No. 4, Deulschor's, and Cook, Pitts, and Hale's claims, Temorn, were entered on Sunday night by thieves, and a considerable portion of the drives were picked…

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Mining, &C. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 3

The streets of Temora, as they appear at present are grand subjects for the artist. Let him, however, eschew blousors and white shirts. Perhaps a head-dress after…

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Mining News

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1880 · page 3

A trial crushing from one of the quartz claims at Milburn Creek, Carcoar, was finished at Galley Swamp crushing machine on Wednesday, O'Brien and party's. Five…

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Addition to Goldfield

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1880 · page 3

The following has been proclaimed an addition to the Muttama Goldfield:—County of Harden, parish of Cullinga, area 40 acres, in portion No. 97. The Crown lands within the following…

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Mining, &C. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 December 1880 · page 6

WE have been blessed with some glorious rain during the night, accompanied by thunder and lightning. It requires much more, however, than a night's rain to do any…

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The Muttama Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 December 1880 · page 3

Two proclamations appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last, setting apart the, lands, as hereafter defined, as additions to the Muttama Goldfield Extended:—…

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Mining, &C. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 3

Perhaps the most important "want" at Temora at present, next to water, is the want of sufficient police protection. Were it not for the law-abiding habits of the miners,…

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The Mining Registrar at Temora and His Friend Stirring Up Mud. (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 3

SIR,—The Brevities in the Temora Herald are no doubt interesting to those who love gossip, but such things are not very likely to add to a man's literary reputation. I have…

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Further Goldfield Reserves

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 December 1880 · page 3

County Clarendon, parish Houlaghan, Houlaghan's creek run, about 40 acres, in measured portion 7, commencing at a south-west corner of portion 7 being a point…

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