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Mining & the mines, 1892

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Goldfield Revoked. Cootamundra Land District

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 5

Part of reserve from conditional purchase (within Temora Gold-field), county Bland, parish Bundawarrah, 2 acres. That part of reserve from conditional purchase,…

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Supposed Suicide. a Broken Hill Mining Agent

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1892 · page 4

THERE is every reason to believe (says an Adelaide telegram, dated Friday) that Mr. George Hawkes, the Adelaide agent of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, has…

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Goldfields Proclaimed. Albury Land District

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1892 · page 4

County Selwyn, parish Bringenbong, 903 acres. The Crown lands within the boundaries of measured portions 91 of 263 acres, 92 of 320 acres, and 99 of 320 acres. To be…

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Curious Facts Concerning Gold

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 3

MOST people believe that there is no known chemical that has any effect upon particles of gold. This is a mistake. Selenic acid will dissolve it as readily as aqua fortis does…

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Sensational Gold Finds. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 July 1892 · page 4

Galloway Johnson, the finder of a sensational claim, arrived at George town with what is reported to be another 1000 ox. of gold from his…

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The Broken Hill Strike. the Mines Completely Isolated. Scenes and Great Excitement. [By the Age Special Correspondent.] Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1892 · page 3

THE prospect this morning is not at all cheerful. The weather is bitterly cold, the sun has not yet shone through the heavy clouds which are hanging about, hundreds…

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Gold Saving Apparatus

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 4

MR. T. M. SLATTERY, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, has received a report from Mr. W. H. J. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines, relative to the new gold-saving appliances…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Miners' Troubles

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 6

The Barrier Miners' Association is strong in the refusal to grant a conference of miners; and the Labour Defence Committee intend laying their grievances before the…

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The Bichloride of Gold "Cure."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 4

FOR a considerable time past a pretended cure for drunkenness has been vaunted in America under the name of bichloride of gold remedy, the main ingredient of which…

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The Barrier Miners' Strike. Further Police Protection Sought

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 4

Throughout Wednesday the directors of the Associated Brokenhill Mining Companies, whose head offices are in Melbourne; were busy in conferring in reference to the latest…

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The Barrier Miners' Strike. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 3

A big crowd assembled at the railway station to-night to witness the departure of Mr. Badham, P.M., superseded by Mr. Johnson, of Sydney, and the deputation…

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Peculiar Discovery of Alluvial Gold. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 4

A GERALDTON correspondent states that The report of the discovery of the alluvial gold at a good distance below the surface at Lake Austin is confiriried. The discovery was…

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Exodus of Miners. an Animated Debate. Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 2

The deputation appointed at the citizens' meeting at Broken Hill on Friday arrived in Adelaide to-day, and will go to Melbourne to-morrow. During the course of the day…

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The Cobar Gold Find. (From the S.M. Herald's Correspondent.) Cobar

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 4

I paid a special visit to the new alluvial field yesterday. The road all the way was lined with persons, taking with them mining equipments for the purpose of working…

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The Barrier Miners Starke. Broken-hill, Friday afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 2

Extreme quietness continues to prevail. No disturbance at any kind have occurred, and it would be impossible to imagine a labour dispute more completely devoid of exciting…

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Further Atrocity by the Strikers. a Mine Manager Murdered and Mutilated. the Men Entrenching Their Position. London, July 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 2

The unionist miners in revolt in Idaho are completing their preparations to withstand the expected attack of the force sent against them. They have entrenched themselves,…

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The Cobar Goldfield. COBAR

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 4

I PAID a special visit to the new alluvial field yesterday. The road all the way was lined with persons, taking with them missing equipments for the purpose of working the claims…

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The Mining Outrage in Idaho. Unionists in Open Revolt. a Railway Bridge Blown Up. Hostages Held Against the Advancing Troops. Twelve More Non-unionists Slain. Newspaper Reporters Detained. London, July 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 2

THE unionist miners at the Coeun Dalene mines, in the state of Idaho, who committed a sanguinary outrage upon the free labourers two days ago, are taking measures to resist…

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The New Goldfield near Cobar

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 2

Writing from Cobar on Monday a visitor to the new field says:--" I paid a special visit to the new alluvial field yesterday. The road all the way was…

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Discovery of Remains of Murdered Non-unionists. Threats Against Mine Owners. London, July 22

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 26 July 1892 · page 2

The 1500 Idaho miners who are entrenched in the mountains still maintain a defiant attitude against the military. A search has been made in the…

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