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Mining & the mines, 1894

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The World's Gold Production. Where the Precious Metal Occurs

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 4

India was famed in dim antiquity as a country very rich in good; and the old Egyptians [?] besides that produced in Upper Egypt, considerable…

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Garangula Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 September 1894 · page 3

MURRUMBURRAH, Saturday.—Mining operations have been carried on during the week with great vigour, and some very good prospects have been washed…

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Gold Rush at Moppity

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 4

From a personal visit made by a representative of the Burrangong Chronicle to the new gold field being developed on Mr. Carlo Marina's Moppity estate, that journal is…

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West Australian Mines. London, Sept. 25

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 4

The Kinsella Gold Mining Company, Coolgardie, recently registered with a capital ol £80,000, is being floated. The vendors are to receive £43,000 in shares and £17,000…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1894 · page 3

IN regard to the Nariah rush, the general opinion of those who have visited the spot is that a lead of alluvial gold may be found there, but that immediate prospects are not…

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Gold Mining at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

THERE is very little to report in mining matters in Wagga at present, although work is being vigorously pushed on at the Pomingalarna Common. M'Garry and party, who…

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Gold Everywhere

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

Blue quartz, from Cunningham's Station. Kildary, forty-five miles north west of Temora, yielded an ounce and half to the ton. A small rush has set…

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Phenomenal Gold Find. £1000 Worth of Gold From a Cubic Yard

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Tarnagulla, near Dunolly (Vic.) of Wednesday says:—Great excitement was caused here to-day by the exhibition of some phenomenal quarts…

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The Wealth of Nations Mine. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 3

Mr. Alex. Forrest and Mr. Hassell, M.L.C., arrived this morning from the Wealth of Nations mine. The bad decided not to leave until the reef had been struck at a depth of…

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Gold Discovery Near Temora. Temora

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

A NEW quartz reef discovery has been made on Mr. Cunningham's station, Kildary, which has been prospected for some months recently. The prospectors struck…

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The Gold Discovery at Tarnagulla. Tarnagulla

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 3

The excitement of yesterday on account of the rich find of gold by Biggs and party at Jones's Creek has abated, bat there are a number of speculators here from Bendigo…

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Rich Gold Discovery at Inglewood. Inglewood

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 3

Two nuggets, one weighing 11oz. and the other 3oz. 7dwt., have been purchased by the Back of Victoria. They are supposed to have been found close to the township. The bank…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 2

DURING the past weeks there have been assertions made on behalf of Mr. Arthur Earle, the late manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank at New England, in New…

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Wyalong Goldfield. WYALONG

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 September 1894 · page 5

CHANNON'S crushing battery is now working satisfactorily. The machinery runs very evenly, crushing stone to an exceeding fineness. Everything points to the system…

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Influx of American Miners Expected. Coolgabdie

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

A splendid nugget was brought in from Kurnalpi by Bower yesterday. The slug weighs 82 oz., and is a very solid piece. Splendid gold has been struck at a depth…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. the Alluvial Rush at Nariah. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

LATEST reports from the Noriah alluvial rush are to the effcot that a good wash has been struck at a depth of 42ft. by a party working on the adjoining claim to the…

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West Australian Mining. a Caution to Investors. London. Sept. 28

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

Mr. Howard Smith writes to the Times to the effect that the rush in placing Coolgardie gold mines on the London market will be of no use to Australia, and will prove a…

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The Colliery Trouble. Free Laborers Deserting. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 3

Of the 48 free laborers who were engaged to work at the Greta colliery on the daily wages system, 21 have gone back on their agreement and left the colliery. This morning several…

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West Australian Mining. Coolagardie News. Cooloardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 2

The first daily paper issued on the gold "fields appeared to-day under the name of the Golden Age, and created a favourable impression…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Claims Raising Good Stone. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 2

VERY good stone is being obtained from the new line of reef west of Gorman's. Six claims in succession are on gold, four of which have good bodies of payable stone…

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