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Mining & the mines, 1895

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West Australian Mines. London, Feb. 4

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 3

The directors of the Hampton Plains Estate Company, West Australia, state that they arc about to send out to their property on the gold fields on engineer with full…

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Gold. Field Proclaimed Barmedman Land District

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1895 · page 4

County Bland, parish Waarbilla, 2083¾ acres. The Crown lands within the boundaries of portions 21 of 120 acres, 53 of 304 acres, 57 of 267¾ acres, 59 of 96¼ acres, 76…

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Mining. Garangula Goldfield. Murrumburrah

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 7

MINING matters here are progressing favourably, and active operations have been renewed. Reefiing is making great strides. There are now 32 reefs opened up, and the…

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West Australian Mines. Another Rich Discovery

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 2

Another new find (says a Coolgardie telegram) has been reported from beyond the 90-Mile. Messrs. Charles Northmore and E. T. Doolette, of…

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An Interesting Lawsuit. the Ownership of Gold

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 2

AN interesting action was tried in the District Court, Sydney, on Monday arising indirectly out of the conviction of Richard Barrett at the end of last year upon a…

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

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 3

SIR,—That old and true saying—use is second nature—seems to be applicable in a sense to the Wagga people. So used have they become to the way of thinking and…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Good Crushings. West Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 2

SLADE and his party at the Prince of Wales claim are on the underlay of the Victoria Reef, and are down at 170ft. They have 50 tons of good stone at grass, but at present…

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Wyalong Goldfields West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 7

IT is understood that tenders have been called locally for a 12,000-yard tank for the supply of Wyalong West township, on Bolte's selection; but it is feared that there…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 7

Knight and party, south of and ad[?]ing the main street, have been sinking for the reef in the eastern shaft, and struck it in the drive 20ft…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Work for the Batteries Plentiful. Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 2

FATHER Curran proposes to make an exhaustive examination of the field. He will bring a staff of assayers. The five batteries here will soon be able…

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Mining

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 5

Fully 100 miners are now working on the Jackalass alluvial field. Nearly all of them are making a living, and a few a little over wages…

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Mining at the White Feather. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 4

The cement workers at the White Feather have won the right to work on the lease, and are now daily engaged there. The water difficulty, caused by the last rainfall, has been…

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Mining at Wagga. the South Wagga Commom

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 3

Although it cannot be claimed that further discoveries of payable gold have been made during the last fortnight, still there are a number of leases and other holdings being…

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The Alleged Gold Discovery. a Discrediting Report. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 4

Parties of prospectors who have been working in the neighborhood of Mount Catherine deny that the find is anything like so rich as stated. They have produced samples of good…

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Fabulous Gold Discovery. a Coolgardie Report. a Great Auriferous Quartz Blow. Prospectors Arrested for Murder of Blacks. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 4

A most remarkable story of a valuable find of gold combined with a massacre of natives comes from the country lying between Ninety Mile and Mount Margaret. A party of…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. West Wyalong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 3

THE progress of the field is greatly retarded by the difficulty experienced by holders of comparatively small parcels of stone in getting the same crushed,…

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Wyalong Goldfields. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 6

THE progress of this field is greatly retarded by the difficult experienced by holders of comparatively small parcels of stone in getting the same crushed, preference being…

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West Australian Mines. Coolgardie News. Coolgaride

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 2

At Menzies' the town site that has been selected is being rapidly covered with buildings. News from the mines is satisfactory, the…

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The Mount Catherine Gold Find. Coolgardie, Sunday. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 2

The reports of the Mount Catherine gold find are of a very contradictory nature. Some prospectors, having seen the stone, say it is marvellously rich, and others assert The men arrested in connection with the alleged shooting of natives beyond Ninety-mile were brought to Coolgardie on Friday, aud were charged at the police court. Before…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 2

Bolte and party (says a West Wyalong telegram) are crushing 30 tons at West't battery. The Welcome Stranger was expected to commence yesterday with 200 tons…

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