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Mining & the mines, 1896

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 8

The deep shaft now being sunk by Hilde-brandt and party through the solid granite, for the purpose of outing their reef, has been regarded with the deepest interest by…

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West Australian Goldfields Interview with a Wagga Prospector

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 2

WHEN the news of the immensely rich gold diecoveries in West Australia reached the public of the older colonies it is not to be denied that they caused a thrill of…

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Affairs in the Transvaal. the Reports From the Rand Gold-meld. London, Jan. 31

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 2

THE recent alarming reports as to continued disorders in the South, African (Transvaal) Republic, and the announcement that President Kruger has intimated his intention of…

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Silver and Coal

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 4

Few persons seem to recognise that the troubles united by the tow price of coal in Newcastle may be speedily alleviated by the action of the United States. The Senate…

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Boers Blocking the Rand Mines London, Feb. 4

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 February 1896 · page 2

The Pall Mall Gazette has just published a telegram from the Transvaal, stating that the Boer Government has closely surrounded with troops the Rand mining district for the…

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Mining at Garangula

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 2

THE Garangula gold field appears to be prospering. The leading reef (says the Murrumburrah Signal) is known as the "Conundrum," [?] of R. S. Adams and [?]. During…

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The Mining Conference

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A CONFERENCE of delegates thoroughly representative of the mining interests of the colony was opened on Wednesday in St. James's-hall by the Minister of Mines…

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Pullitop Goldfields. (From Our Correspondent)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 2

THE Pullitop Battery Company has made a fresh start, and is now in good going order, having recently put through two small orushings in a thoroughly satisfactory…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, mayspeak free." Milton. Tuesday, February 11, 1896. the Mining Conference

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 2

If it had only the effect of attracting a greater share of attention to the vast gold mining resources of New South Wales, the conference now holding its…

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Miners in Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 4

THE Hon. Sydney Smith is famous for conferences. He has had representatives together of the agricultural, the fruit and honey industries, and this and last week…

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The Mining Conference. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 3

THE Mining Conference continued its sitting to-day, and dealt with a mass of minor matters affecting the administration of the Mining Statute and regulations…

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West Australian Goldfields. Coolgardie, Feb. 7

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 2

The Londonderry mine has finished crushing 500 tons for Burbanks for a yield of about 4oz. per ton. It has now started on its own stone, and is running three shifts…

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Gold-mining in Gundagai

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 2

IT is not easy to gage the position of the gold-mining industry in and around Gundagai. Wherever you go—north, south, east or west—you will find the miner. We are in the…

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Mems at the Mining Conference. Amending the Mining Acts. the Movements of Messrs. Matchett and Molineaux

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 2

AT the meetings of the Mining Conference this week, it was decided at the instance of Mr. Molineaux, that machinery should not represent labour and that no man shall be allowed to take…

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 6

Now that the needed rain has come replenishing more or less all the battery tanks, the crushing returns for this field will be large as compared with the late dry period…

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West Australian Goldfields. Kalgoorlie

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 4

The White Feather Howard crushing for January, with the battery running equal to 414 hours, was 235 tons for 474oz. smelted gold…

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The Mining Industry

The Worker · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2

The Mining Conference has completed its deliberations, and it may be assumed that many of its recommendations will be embodied in the legislation to be…

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Mining. Wyalong. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 10

Some very fine specimens containing the coarsest gold yet discovered on the field are on view in town. They were obtained from the Lady Mary claim at the 165ft level…

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Mining. Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1896 · page 4

Stone from Stanley's blow is now going through West's battery. Gough's No. 2 battery is occupied by a parcel of stone from Hildebrandt's and another from Brierley…

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