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Mining & the mines, 1894

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Wyalong Goldfield. Monday. a New Find

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 July 1894 · page 5

OF a rather important character has been discovered within the last few days in the neighbourhood of Pine Bidge. A party of miners took up some abandoned ground…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. the Londonderry Mine. Rich Lode at Fifty Feet. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 4

News from Coolgardie to hand is dated July 18. The prospectors in the Londonderry mine have struck the reef tit 50ft. in…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. a Rich Reef Struck in the Londonderry Mine. Perthy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 2

NEWS from Coolgardie to 13th July states that the prospectors at the Londonderry mine have struck a reef at a depth of 50ft. in a crosscut put in from the shaft. It is…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 July 1894 · page 2

THE Wyalong Progress Committee met At Spring's Hotel on Friday night, and resolved to request the Minister to appoint the progress committee for the time being…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 2

THE latest returns from the Barmediman battery show that 123 tons of stone, principally belonging to Keith and party, has yielded 188oz. of smelted gold, or over l½oz…

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Mining at Pomingarlarna Common. the Excitement Abated

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 2

The miniature "rush" which took place at Pomingalarna Common has now subsided and there is very little of an exciting nature to report. At present there are three…

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The Garangual Gold Field. Some Good Results. Murrumburrah

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 3

OWING to the continued wet weather, only a few claims are at work on the Garangula goldfield. Kinnane and party, adjoining the damp, have opened up a now drive 18ft…

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The Garangula Goldfield. MURRUMBURRAH

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1894 · page 11

OWING to the continued wet weather, only a few claims are at work on the Garangula goldfield. Kinnane and party, adjoining the dam, have opened up a new drive 18ft. wide,…

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Mining in Victoria

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 2

An Inglewood telegram of Monday says:—A large nugget, weighing, 161b., was found to-day in Uncle Tom's Gully, half-way between Rheola and Kingower, in 6ft. sinking…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Development of the Field. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 4

VERY satisfactory progress is being made in tracing northward the various lines of reef already discovered and in opening up and developing new ones. These discoveries…

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The West Australian Goldfields. the Discovebies at Lake Carey

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 4

The Commissioner for Police has received a report from Carslake and Kingston, who have just returned from the Lake Carey goldfield. They state that there are 400…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 4

AT Adams and party's Bird Alone claim, west of the township, a good strike has been made at the 80ft. level of an 18in. reef of good honeycombed quartz freely…

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The Victorian Parliament. a Duty on Coal

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 3

Mr. Beazley moved that in the opinion of the House it was the duty of the Government lo introduce un amendment of the Constitution Act embodying the "one man one vote"…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Southern Cross

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 3

For some time trade locally has been doll, owing to want of rain. On Monday, however, the fine weather broke up, and by 9 o'clock yesterday morning six points of rain…

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Mining at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 2

THE prospecting which has been proceeding for the past few months at the Wagga Common promises, from all appearances, to have better results than many were, in the first…

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Trial of a Gold-saving Machine

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 2

A trial of the "Success" patent gold and gem saving machine took place yesterday in the yard of Mr. J. Null's Union Club Hotel Wagga, and was witnessed by a large number…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Further Good Rainfall

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 3

The Minister for Mines has appointed Mr. Jephson, the present warden at Kimberley, as assistant warden at Coolgardie, as Mr. Finnerty, the acting warden, is unable to…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Reefing Discovery at Muligan. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1894 · page 2

INTELLIGENCE has been received of a reefing discovery at Muligan, six miles on the Wyalong side of Yalgogrin, and distant about 23 miles from here. Three good reefs…

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Mining on Private Lands. Muddling Under the New Act

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1894 · page 2

A TEMORA telegram of Saturday says:—A state of muddle in the Mines Department has been disclosed. Mr. R. W. Sommerville, of Waverley, Sydney, has been…

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Mining Notes. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 5

While working in the underlay in Perry's claim, a man named Richard Diggins was seriously injured by a fall of earth. Some very rich ironstone has been struck by…

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