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Mining & the mines, 1881

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Saturday 12 November 1881 · page 3

No change has taken place in the aspect of mining matters since last report. The Warden's Court is thronged with suitors, but no work is done meanwhile on the reefs…

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The Muttama Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 November 1881 · page 4

OUR readers know that we have been opposing an application by Mr. Thomas Broughton for the purchase by virtue of improvements of forty-acres on the…

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Wednesday 16 November 1881 · page 3

IN lobel mining the greatest stagnation still prevails, owing to the many cases of "jumping" which are still pending, and which entirely obstruct all progress. To a great…

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Mining Memoranda. Alluvial

The Temora Star · Saturday 19 November 1881 · page 3

There is absolutely no news from either the alluvial or quartz claims. In the former the only noteworthy event is that in Key of the Golden Gate (Late…

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Wednesday 23 November 1881 · page 2

The dearth of news in the local mines still continues. The old Euchre alluvial claim has been taken up again by McDowall and Price, who…

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Saturday 26 November 1881 · page 2

AFTER a long intermission, the cause of which we have been unable to ascertain, the authorities have at last determined to continue the boring operations by means of the…

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Mining Memoranda. (Temora Star, November 26.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1881 · page 2

After a long intermission, the cause of which we have been unable to ascertain, the authorities have at last determined to continue the boring operations by means of the…

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 3

THE reef has been struck in the Fanny Parnell in the new shaft, and the firsh shot fired into the body of stone showed fine golden quartz. The quality of the stone, as…

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Mining Appeal Court

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1881 · page 1

BEFORE his Honor Judge Forbes. LUCAS AND PARTY V. BOURKE AND PARTY. Mr. Bennett (instructed by Mr. Stevenson) for plaintiff; Mr. O'Ryan (instructed by Mr…

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Saturday 3 December 1881 · page 2

WE have much pleasure in announcing to our readers that the dawn of a new era in quartz mining is breaking. The long-desired introduction of capital for the…

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Wednesday 7 December 1881 · page 3

THE news from Upper Temora is again encouraging this week, as Lucas, Penman and Nixon's leader appears not to be the only gold-bearing vein in that locality. On…

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The Temora Gazetteer. Mining Department

The Temora Star · Wednesday 7 December 1881 · page 4

Warden: Chas. Dc Boos. Warden's Clerk: R. Zouch Mining Registrar: R. Zouch Mining Surveyor: W. Nash…

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Muttama Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 10 December 1881 · page 4

A PROTEST having been made to the Mines Department against an application to purchase under the improvement clause portion of the Muttama goldfield, on the Stringybark…

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Mining Memoranda. Alluvial

The Temora Star · Saturday 17 December 1881 · page 2

A SPIRITED offer comes from Mr. D. O'Keeffe, of the Temora Hotel on the road to Young in the locality known as "The Rock." As will be known to most of our mining readers…

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The Temora Gazetteer. Mining Department

The Temora Star · Saturday 17 December 1881 · page 4

Warden : Chas [?] Boos. Warden's Clerk : R. Zouch. Mining [?] : R. Zouch Mining surveyor : W. Nash…

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New Flux for Extracting Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1881 · page 2

An invention for extracting gold and other metals from siliceous, aluminous, and other-substances was patented by Mr. J. P. Dunker, of Glasgow, manufacturing chemist, but the…

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Mining Memoranda

The Temora Star · Wednesday 21 December 1881 · page 3

AN effort 16 at last being made to develop our mining resources by means of local capital. With all the facilities afforded by the No Liability Act, it is a matter of surprise that…

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Mining Memoranda. [?]Man

The Temora Star · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 2

OWING to the holidays Barmedman for the past week has been very quiet, and work is entirely suspended at the reefs. The few miners who have remained in the district…

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New Regulations Under the Mining Act. 28Th Section of the Mining Act 1874

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 5

Application for authority under section 28 of the Mining Act, 1874, hereafter to be dealt with, may, when approved by the Secretary of Mines, be granted subject…

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28Th. Section of the Mining Act 1874

The Temora Star · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 4

IT shall be lawful for the holder of a miners' right or of a lease under this Act or any of the Acts hereby repealed to mine for gold or any other mineral…

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