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Mining & the mines, 1894

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The Wyalong Gold field. Return of Mr. Gough, M.L.A.

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 2

MR. James Gough, M.L.A., who has taken a lively interest in Wyalong, came into Sydney on Monday morning. Speaking to a Star representative respecting the…

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The West Australian Gold-fie ds. a 980Z Nugget Found at Kurnalpie. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 4

AN old miner, who refuses to allow his name to be published, or to state the exact locality of the find, has brought in a 98oz. nugget from Kurnalpie…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 March 1894 · page 4

A discovery of a new reef was made at Wyalong on Saturday, 6 miles south-west from the main camp. It is supposed to be a continuation of the best feeder yet discovered…

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The Gold Yield for 1893

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 2

IT appears that the depression of 1893 has not been without its uses, as the figures relative to the gold yield of the colony for the year will show. The quantity won…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 2

THE new find reported at Wyalong is about six miles north of Mallee Bullen. The White Reef claimholders have struck the reef, which is 2ft. wide, in sinking some…

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The West Australian Gold Field. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 3

The Government are using every endeavor to complete the Coolgardie telegraph line. The contractor for clearing the land for the first 25 miles yesterday completed the work…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1894 · page 2

MR. Sylvestor Browne, accompanied by a number of gentlemen, has arrived at Coolgardie for the purpose of inspecting Bayley's mine…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, April 5, 1894. the Mining on Private Property Bill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1894 · page 2

A STATEMENT was made in the press within the past few days to the effect that in view of the unsatisfactory mode of dealing with the Mining on…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Abatement of the Rush. Continued Confidence in the Field. the Need for a Railway or Road Repairs. Barmedman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1894 · page 2

THE rush to Wyalong goldfield seems to have considerably abated for the present. The numbers arriving by private and specially hired conveyances are much fewer than…

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The Gold Rushes

The Worker · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 2

Is there anything to justify the gold rushes to wyalong and other fields in New South Wales? We may leave out of account the West Australian fields,…

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The Eclipse Gold Saving Machine

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 8

At the Royal Agricultural Society's Show (says the S. M. Herald) Sir George Dibbs, together with Messrs. J. Torpy and J. E. Tonkin, M's, L.A…

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Our Gold Yield for 1893. WHAT PROSPEOTlNG Has Done

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 3

It appears from the complete returns that the depression of 1893 has not been without its uses, as the figure relative to the gold yield of the colony…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Coolgardie, April 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 4

CAPTAIN W. H. Matthews, who was manager of the Round Hill mine during the silver boom, has been offered the post of manager of Bayley's Reward mine in succession to…

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Our Telegrams. Wyalong Goldfield. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 6

Owing to bad water, typhoid and dysentery are prevalent at Wyalong. The population is decreasing, and arrivals are slackening. The prospects, however, are very good to…

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Wyalong Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 7 April 1894 · page 9

SEVERAL minor finds of a promising character have been made during the week, one or two of which are in the neighbourbourhood of the new township, where the…

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Mining on Private Lands Bill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

ON Thursday night the Legislative, Council made more progress in the course of three hours with the Mining on Private Lands Bill than has characterised the consideration…

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Reported Fresh Discoveries. Action of the Mines Discoveries. Barmedman

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

A NEW find has been reported at the Wyalong goldfield, six miles north of Neeld's selection, on Crown lands, where a good reef is being opened up. The stone is solid…

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The Wyalong Gold Field. Typhoid Fever on the Field. Decrease in Population

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

COMPLAINTS continue of the insanitary condition of the main camp and the increasing depletion and bad quality of the supply of drinking water. Many cases of…

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The West Australian Goldfields. an Interesting Letter. the Cost of Living

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

A LENGHTY letter giving some interesting facts about Ceolgardid has been received in Sydney from Mr. Thomas Shipman, late of Camden Haven. As giving an idea of the…

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The West Australian Goldfields. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 April 1894 · page 2

A Government Gazette has been issued proclaiming Coolgardie a separate gold field, with its own warden. Mr. Jephson, the warden of Kimberley, is…

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