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Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Coolgardie Gold Field. a Sydney Syndicate Receive a Glowing Report. More Capital to Be Raised

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 6

A MEETING of the United Coolgardie Gold Mining Company was held in Sydney on Tuesday, at which Thos. Bibby, who was sent by the syndicate to Goolgardie to…

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The Coolgardie Goldfields

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 3

WE take the following interesting account of the Coolgardie goldfields, written by a special representative of the Perth Inquirer and published in that journal on January 19…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 4

Mr. David Lindsay has returned from the Forty-five Mile rush. He states the locality of the "Forty-five Mile" is due east from White Feather, in the vicinity of Lake…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse this opinions of our correspondents.) the Coolgardie Goldfield. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 2

Sir,—I am glad to see that some of our local men are alive to the splendid chance held out to them of reaping a rich harvest. I allude to the M'Nickle party that left here…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. More Valuable Discoveries. Coolardgie Deserted for a New Rush. Alluvial Gold All Round. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 6

Rich stone has been struck at M'Kenzie's claim on the Premier line of reef. At Twenty-five Mile the reef has been sunk on to a depth of only 7 feet and it is now three…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 9

BARMEDMAN, Wednesday. — A meeting was held on Tuesday night to take steps to get the Mines Department to send a warden at once to inspect the Wyalong goldfield…

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Appreciation of Gold

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 5

THE "appreciation of gold" is an expression for a fact which has for long been the subject of acrimonious discussion amongst the professors of…

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Muttama Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1894 · page 7

THIS place appears to be going ahead; the population are on the increase; and the prospects of the miners are in almost every respect encouraging. There is one very…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1894 · page 4

THIS newly-discovered goldfield is (the Burrangong Chronicle says) attracting a good deal of attention, some 500 men are already on the ground, and the number daily added…

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The Illawarra Coal Strike

The Worker · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 2

The Secretary of the Illawarra District of the A.M.A of Australia, in acknowledging the receipt of the first instalment of the amount voted by the Shearers' Union, writes:— "I have pleasure in…

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The Waukaringa Gold Field

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 4

Great interest prevails at Broken Hill respecting the reported gold discovery st Waukaringa, in South Australia. Already 60 men have left Broken Hill for the field…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 March 1894 · page 5

BARMEDMAN, Wednesday.—Glowing reports are to hand from the Wyalong goldfield. Warden Sharpe has settled a number of disputes. A township is to be surveyed…

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Another Rich Gold Find

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1894 · page 6

RICH gold discoveries in and around this and the neighbouring districts of Temora are be common as to be treated with little interest. Those of Cullinga, Muttama,…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. the New Rush

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 March 1894 · page 4

There are no fresh reports from Coolgardie, but accounts still come in of the scarcity of water on the fields. The warden has been instructed by…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. the Rush Near Barmedman. a Private Letter From an Expert

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 4

MR. E. J. Robinson, who has gone to the Wyalong gold field, Barmedman, sends the following account of the field to a friend (Mr, E. P. Campbell) in Sydney :—…

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Notice of Intention to Cancel Gold-mining Leases

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 2

It is proposed to cancel the undermentioned gold-mining leases, and notice of cancellation will be published in the Government Gazettee of 20th March:—…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Important Developments. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 3

THE Under-Secretary for Mines has received a report from Warden Sharps regarding the new gold field at Wyalong, 17 miles north of Barmedman, and over 300…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Interesting Letter From a Visitor

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 March 1894 · page 4

The following is a copy of a letter sent by Mr. J. G. Gough, M.L.A., to the Temora Independent:— I left Young on Wednesday, 28th…

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Our Telegrams. Wyalong Goldfield. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 4

The rush to the Wyalong goldfield continues. Fourteen reefs have been proved to carry payable gold. Labour is plentiful. No alluvial has yet been found. The…

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Our New Goldfields

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1894 · page 4

In urging railway extension from Temora to Barmedman and the Lachlan country we have repeatedly pointed out that at any time discoveries might be…

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