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Mining & the mines, 1892

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FIND of GOLD

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 5

THE Temora Advocate says:— We are informed that Mr. Warden Baker visited Scrub Yards on Monday to inspect a find near the head of the old lead. It is stated that at the suggestion of Mr. Immer…

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Mining. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

Broken Hill—sales £7 12s 6d Block—buyers 6d Block 10—sales £9 11s Block 14—buyers 90s, sellers 94s…

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Gazette Notices. Reroclion Gold—field Area. Eastern Division. Tumut District

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 4

Within the population area of Adelong, proclaimed 29th August, 1883, and suburban lands at Adelong. Part of reserve: from conditional purchase, proclaimed 24th December, 1861,…

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About Coal Tar

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 2

Most people know and dislike the odour of coal tar, which is distilled from soft or bituminous coal in making gas, as well as in other Processes…

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Mining. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1892 · page 2

THERE was more activity than has been noted on 'Change for some time to-day, but the market proved to be a receding one. The business done was confined principally…

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Seizing Gold on Private Property

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 March 1892 · page 2

Some extraordinary remarks fell from a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council on Thursday, and judging from the manner in which the speech was received, were…

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Mining on Private Property. Mr Toomey Marks a Sttr

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 30 March 1892 · page 2

In the Trades and Lebor Council on Friday evening Mr Toomey (Young Sheares' Union), up on being welcomed by the president as a visitor, said that some years ago…

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Gazette Notices. Revocation of Proclaimed Gold field. Eastern Division. Gundagai and Tumut Districts

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1892 · page 4

Reserve 4 from conditional purchase, proclaimed 24th December, 1801. Country of Wynyard, parish of Adelong, area about 6300 acres: Commencing at the right bank of…

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Reported Gold Discovery. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 6

SOME excitement existed here yesterday on the report that the red flag had been hoisted at the prospecting claim, Scrub Yards, 12 miles from Temora. It was reported to the…

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New and Old Goldfields Around us

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 3

MINING IN THE COOTAMUNDRA DISTRICT --WE hops the time is not far distant; when Cootamundra will be the centre of a field of mining operations which shall…

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Land Notes. (Gazette No. 346, May 7.) Goldfield Revoked. Albury Land District

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1892 · page 4

Part of the Ouran[?] Crock goldfield extension, proclaimed 23rd May, 1801, county Goulburn, parishes of Carrajong and Coppabella' about 1500 acres. That part of the…

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GOLD at MURRUMBURRAH

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 May 1892 · page 3

SOME years ago, a rich patch of alluvial having been discovered in one of the late Mr. Alex. Mackay's paddocks here, several practical miners have, on various occasions…

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The Victorian Goldfields

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1892 · page 5

ACCORDING to the annual report of the Secretary for Mines, Mr. Howitt, the total quantity of gold raised in the colony of Victoria during 1891 was 576,399 oz., a decrease…

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Notice to Holders of Gold Mining Leases Granted Under the Mining Act of 1874

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that rent is due and owing upon the undermentioned gold mining leases and unless paid within thirty days from the 20th May, Bitch leases may be cancelled…

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A New Gold-saving Appliance

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 6

THERE was on view by invitation on Wednesday at Messrs. Park and Lacey's Oretreatment Works, Pyrmont, a new goldsaving appliance, the invention of Messrs…

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The Scarcity of Gold

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 4

IN the race for gold which is kept up by various nationalities, the circumstance that an increased demand for the precious metal is always accompanied by a depreciation in…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 2

Proprietary vouchers reached £6 4s 6d to-day, but subsequently weakened whilst the panic in Block 10 continued. The closing prices were:—…

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Railways and Gold Fields in West Australia. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 2

A DEPUTATION waited on the Premier on Tuesday to represent the wants of the Yilgarn cold field. In reply, the Premier stated that the Government had agreed to…

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Fatal Mining Accident at Southern Cross. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 June 1892 · page 3

A fatal accident is reported from Southern Cross. Two miners, named William Jones and Morris Thomas, who were working in Fraser's South Mine, were burled in the mine…

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Mining. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1892 · page 2

There was an unexpected full in the silver market to-day, owing to the directors of the Proprietary mine announcing that the June dividend will be passed. The following…

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