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Mining & the mines, 1891

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Noboby Wants that Gold Ring

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 9

For nearly 100 years a certain family of working people living in Paris have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, have descended a…

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Notice to Applicants for Gold Mining Leases

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 2

THE undermentioned applications for gold-mining leases of Crown lands been approved by His Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council:-…

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Batlow Division. (J. T. Hely, Mining Register.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 9 October 1891 · page 4

I have the honour to forward my annual report for the year 1690 as under:- Mining matters in this division are very quiet at present, and unless the reefs or the…

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Noboby Wants that Gold Ring

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 8

For nearly 100 years a certain family of working people living in Pads have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, have descended a…

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Adelong Division. (A. Elliott, Mining Registrar.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 4

I have the honour to transmit to you my annual report for the information of the Honorable the Minister for Mines :-Gold forwarded by escort in 1890:—…

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Tumut and Adelong District. Junee Division. (A. Elliott, Mining Registrar.)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 4

I HAVE the honour to submit my report for the year 1890, and in doing so regret to say that the mining industry in this division is not in such a progressive state as I hoped it would…

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Noboby Wants that Gold Ring

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 October 1891 · page 9

For nearly 100 years a certain family of working people living in Paris have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, have descended a…

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A New Process for Saving Fine Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1891 · page 2

THE following report in reference to a new process for saving fine gold is given in one of the Gympic papers:— One of the most interesting and instrantive experiments as affecting Gympic mining has…

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Reported Gold Discovery

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1891 · page 3

A WEEK or two since (says the Burrangong Chronicle) a small syndicate was formed for the purpose of prospecting for a reef on the Quartz Reef Hill. The two men employed…

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Grand United Gold-mining Company Limited

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1891 · page 2

A MEETING of shareholders in the above Company, which is in liquidation, was held on Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at Browe's Hotel. About 40 members attended,…

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Grand United Gold-Mining Company, Limited

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 4

A MEETING of shareholders in the above company, which is in liquidation, was held on Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at Browe's hotel. About 40 members attended. Mr. Chas…

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Fall of Earth in a Mine. Two Men Entombed for Forty Hours Ballarat

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 3

TWO miners, named Denis Hill and William Harris, were [?]mbed in the Berry No. 1 mine on Friday night by a fall of earth in the drive in which they were working…

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Edison's Mining Appliances

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 3

EDISON has produced an electric eorcassion drill which will bore at the rats of 31[?]. a minute in the hardest granite It requires little power to operate, and can be worked…

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Extraordinary Mining Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 December 1891 · page 4

A SENSATIONAL accident happened at George Lansell's Comet mine, Redan-hill, Bendigo, causing the destruction of mining machinery to an extent hitherto unapproached in the…

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Gazette Notices. Eastern Division Revocation of Gold-field area. Cootamundra District

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1891 · page 2

COUNTY of Hardon, parish of Cullinga. Part of the reserve from conditional purchase proclaimed 20th May, 1879, within the Muttama gold field, ate about 15½ acres. That part of the reserve…

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Gold-field Revoked. Cootamundra Land District

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1891 · page 4

Part of reserve from conditional purchase within Temora Gold-field, county Bland, parish Bundawarrah, 11 acres 2 roods 5 perches. That port of reserve from…

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Temora Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 19 December 1891 · page 8

WHEREAS a portion of crown land, being within the Temora proclaimed goldfield, was reserved from conditional sale by a proclamation of 4th June, 1880, and whereas it is…

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Gazette Notices. Eastern Division. Cootamundra District. Revocation Gold-field Area

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1891 · page 4

County of Harden, parish of Cullinga. Part of the reserve from conditional purchase, proclaimed 20th May, 1879, within the Muttama gold-field, area about 154½ acres. That part of…

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