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Mining & the mines, 1896

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 25 July 1896 · page 6

Williams and party are on a small rich reef at the 170ft. level in the King Billy claim on the Red Flag line. The stone, which carries a good deal of mineral, shows…

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Gold-Mining in Victoria

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 2

THERE is every reason to anticipate a phenomonal gold yield in the colony during the prosont 12 months. In the quarter ended 30th June the total produotlon…

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Cold-mining at Gundagai. High Finds and Prospects

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 2

THERE is now at the A.J.S. Bank a magnificent quartz specimen from the King reef on Mr. James Robinson's property. The specimen weights about 46oz 7d and contains 30oz of gold. There are also…

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 July 1896 · page 3

The reef out in Zipser and party's shaft in The Twins chum at 40ft. has been cut at the 75ft level, 22ft. in from the shaft, where it averages 16in., carrying some medium…

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Mining. Wyalong. Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 August 1896 · page 5

At the District Court held to-day, before Acting Judge Harris, K[?]rin Lawler sued Mrs. Blyth, wife of Alexander Blyth, station-holder, near Wyalong, for damages…

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1896 · page 6

The White Reef Goldmining Company's tributors have received a return of 59oz. 4dwt from 25 tons of atone crushed at Cox's Huntingdon mill, a quantity of concentrates…

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The Miners' Rights Bill

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1896 · page 3

Writing about mining reminds me that the Legislative Council have at last allowed the Miners' Rights Nill to become law. The passed the third reading by 15 to 13…

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Mining Redivivus

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1896 · page 3

One very interesting sign of the times is the manner in winch wealthy and old-established houses are going in for mining as an investment. The Gibbses (Anthony…

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 August 1896 · page 5

Mr. Rogel, an American expert, who has devoted a couaideruble portion of his attention to the Yalgogtin branch of the Wyalong goldfieids, states that a large amount of…

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The Catterthun Gold

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 2

The salvage party at the wresk of the Catterthun has telegraphed the underwriters that given one good working day, the recovery of the specie is…

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 3

At the Mousetrap claim Jackson and party are opening out both north and south, at 200ft., on nice stone, running from 9in. to 12in. in width, while mineral is apparently…

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Fire in the Burwood Colliery. Newcastle

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1896 · page 3

THE Burwood colliery was idle to-day through a fire in the workings. On Saturday the timbers of the roof close to the furnace used for ventilating…

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Revival in the Mining Industry

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1896 · page 6

FOR some time paat there have been (says the S.M. Herald), growing signs that a revival is taking place in the mining industry, and Mr. Sydney Smith states that the rush…

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MINING. Muttama Goldfield

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 7

A RUN out to the old field which has been a favourite one with us for years, re-established its claim to our faith in its future. It is being searched pretty well by men in need…

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Western Australia Goldfields. Gold Discovery Near Albany. Albany

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 2

A reported discovery of gold bearing reefs about 80 miles north of Albany is causing some excitement. An assay of quartz from the find gives a return of 10 oz to the ton…

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Gold in the Bowels of Adelong

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 2

On Saturday the series of articles are continued. The writer says that no systematic effort appears to have been made to trace the known reefs north and south. Then he gives…

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 3

Seery and party, of the Globe claim No. 1 south of Napoleon, are continuing their shaft from 82ft., expecting to cut the reef at 150ft. Lynch and party, tributors at the Waratah…

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Mining on Private Property

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 3

The Mining on Private Property Bill went through the Assembly without much difficulty, being regarded mainly from the point of view of the public interest. In the…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Catterthun Gold

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 3

Notwithstanding the jermaids of the ultamoral and the sneers of the cynical, the recovery of the Catterthun's gold shows that pluck and perseverance are not yet extinct…

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The Catterthun Gold. 5000 Sovereigns Recovered. Captain John Hall's Report

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 4

"The box containing 6000 sovereigns has been recovered to-day in 26 1/2 fathoms, aud four other boxes were hauled up out of the gold tank…

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