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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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Mining. Temora, Saturday

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1896 · page 5

The Reefton alluvial does not appear to be going ahead, although the No. 4 claim is reported to be od payable dirt at a depth of 90ft…

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West Australian Goldfields Two Deaths From Thirst. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1896 · page 2

The most magnificent nugget yet obtained from the Devon Consols, at Black Flag, was to-day exhibited in the window of the Commercial Bank. Altogether six or seven…

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 6

Clements and party are new carting atone from their Golden Fleece claim to Gough's No. 2 battery, the returns from which should be high, as the stone acjoins the…

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Another Chance for Mining Labor

The Worker · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 3

To miners, alleged miners, workers, and would-be workers I wish a happy and prosperous New Year. In what I am about to put forth on the above I am compelled to mention…

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Lucky Miners

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 2

FORTUNE has (the Dai'y Telegraph observes) unmistakably aided the brave in the case of two unemployed men from the Sydney Labor Bureau who recently scecured…

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Stony Creek Gold Fields. (From Our Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 2

THE finding last week of a nugget of gold weighing 2dwt. filled me with a desire to visit this field, distant from Rosewood from seven to ten miles, across rugged,…

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Mining on the Upper Yarra. Nearly 10 Ounces to the Ton

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 January 1896 · page 3

A telegram from Anderson's Creek states that the Great Southern co-operative party, Messrs. Dixon and Holloway, obtained at a depth of 30ft. in sinking their new shaft…

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1896 · page 4

Channon's battery crushed during last year 2,153 tons of stone, returning 3,793oz. of free gold, without reckoning that obtained from the tailings and concentrates, the…

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West Australia and Its Gold. a Chat with a Pioneer. Prospects of the Field

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 4

Tales from West Australia possess a great attraction just now, and the conversation of anyone who has been on the goldfields is always interesting…

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Mining on Mt. Parnassus

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 2

James Mack, an engine driver, lately employed by the Mt. [?] Coy., sued Engelen, O'Dwyer, and Gillespie for £6/10/8. wages. Mr. Griffin appeared for Mack, who [?] was…

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Gold Rush in Colorado

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 3

A COLD fever has broken out in Colorado, and some of its symptoms are already felt in New York. A new gold region, that of Cripple Creek, has been opened in Colorado,…

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Adalong Day by Day. Mining Anomoling

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1896 · page 2

At a meeting held at- the Royal Hotel on Thursday night by the committee Appointed to draw up a list of the necessary [?]…

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The Gold Treasures of Victoria

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 2

THE Minister of Mines has (the Age of Tuesday says) received a telegram from Omeo stating that the Highland Chief mine at Sheep Station Creek has crushed 36 tone of…

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Rich Gold Field in Gippsland. a 30Oz. Reef at Grant. Mirboo North

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 2

Messrs. Vary, Macmillan and M'Pherson, large property holders in the Morwell and Mirboo district, have returned from an inspection of the Fern Hill mine at Grant, and…

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Rich Gold Find at Gippsland. a 30 Oz. Reef at Grant. Mibbo North

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 January 1896 · page 2

Messrs. Vary, Macmillan and M'Pherson, large property holders in the Morwell and Mirbo districts, have returned from an inspection of the Fern Hill mine at Grant, and…

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Mining. Notice to Applicants for Leases Under Mining on Private Lands Act, 1894

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 5

Notice is given that the undermentioned application for lease for mining purposes of private land, in terms of the Mining on Private Lands Act, has been approved, and…

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 4

The crushing of 50 tons of Christmas Gift stone at Channon's battery is finished, and has given the satisfactory return of 166oz. of amalgam, which, when retorted,…

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Wonderful Gold Discovery at Cunningham. the Waratah Reef

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 22 January 1896 · page 4

Some 25 years ago a promising reef was discovered on Salter Bros.'estate, Cunningham, but for some reason the then representative of the property refused, as the low…

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 5

Messrs. Nicholas and Reymond's battery to-day finished a parcel of 19 tons of stone for Keegan and party, from Pine Ridge, the gross return being 19oz. 6dwt. 5gr. of gold…

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Mining at Little River

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 3

Mining is being carried on in this district. Near the bed of the LIttle River (Tumut District) a few parties are digging a and asking fair wages, and there are others doing well…

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