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Mining & the mines, 1897

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Wentworth Proprietary Mines. the Labour Conditions. Views of the Crown Solicitor

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 2

On the application for suspension of labor conditions by the Wentworth Proprietary Gold-mining Company, the Minister for Mines (Mr Sydney Smith) has written the…

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Our Gold Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1897 · page 4

FROM an interesting report furnished to the Sydney Evening News reporter (Mr. Ferguson), who has lately been visiting the district, we extract the following comprehensive description…

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Mining. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1897 · page 3

Mining is in full swing, and investors are turning their attention to the immense quantities of tailings which are lying in the district. The Reefton Battery Company has…

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The Profits of Mining Investors

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1897 · page 4

MR Caas. Ruflle, manager of the Hepburn Estate Company, Ballarat, has received the following letter from Mr. W. M. Fehon, of Sydney, in reply to a request that he, as a…

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The West Australian Goldfields. the Kanowna Rush. Work at Kalgoorlie. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 October 1897 · page 2

The Premier has received the following telegram from the Commissioner for Railways, who is now on a visit to the goldfields:—"Kalgoorlie. I have returned from…

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The Lucknow Mining Dispute. Mr. Lock in Explanation

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 October 1897 · page 3

In a letter to the Evening Next, Mr C. G. Warnford Lock, manager of the Wentworth mine, says:—So much has been written and said on this subject of late that the plain…

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Mining. in the Gundagai District

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 4

THE following article by the special mining rep[?] of the Evening News (Mr. Ferguson) will be of interest to our readers. "In my last article I gave renders a short description of…

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The Lucknow Miners. the Strike Committee

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 November 1897 · page 2

At 12 o'clock on Sunday night the first batch of men went to work at the Wentworth Company's mine, under the altered conditions. On Monday a large number of those…

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Mining Notes

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 2

THE "Turn o' the Tide" mine at Johnston's Hill is again in full awing, under the new manager Mr. Ross, a miner of considerable experience, and well known in the district…

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The Profits of Mining Investors

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 November 1897 · page 4

MR. CHAS. RUFFLE, manager of the Hepburn Estate Company, Ballarat, has received the following letter from Mr. W. M. Fehon, of Sydney, in reply to a request that…

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Gold Mining at Wagga. Operations on the Town Common

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 2

When, some few years ago, gold wining was opened up on the Pomingalarna Common, quite a number of parties took up claims and commenced operations, but from…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1897 · page 4

That there is a continuous lode outside, the Camden exploration Company's property both north and south there is very little doubt. Beyond the company's area going north some…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1897 · page 2

IN connection with Booth's United Gold Mines Company, No Liability, of Coolac, the following information will be of interest to our readers. Not long since we stared in our columns that this…

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New Way of Discovering Gold. Najjar on the Job

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 3

Under the fascinating title of a "New Method for the Discovery of Gold," Mr Najjar, who describes himself as a Syrian, and speaks…

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The Premier on the Mining Industry

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1897 · page 2

OUR Premier has got himself into, trouble with the English capitalist, or at least his representative in Australia, if not with both. Mr. Reid's sweeping remarks on…

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The Klondike Goldfield. Australians Join In. the Boas to the Fields. Life at Dawson City

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 3

A cablegram states that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian Premier, states that he believes 15,000 Australians will join in the rush to Klondke in the spring…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1897 · page 4

IT is quite on the cards that the gold chutes in everyone of the old reefs on the Emu line will be picked np again; in fact, the manager (Mr. Collings) is very confident…

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intercolonial. [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Monday. Sensational Gold Find

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1897 · page 2

A sensational find is reported from the Wild Cat Claim, Clermont, Queensland, 60 loads yielding 500 ounces of gold. ILLICIT DISTILLATION…

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Intercolonial. [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Wednesday. More Miners for Lucknow

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1897 · page 2

Upwards of forty miners arrived at Lucknow this morning from the other colonies for the Darby mine. There was no excitement…

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National Mining

The Worker · Saturday 20 November 1897 · page 4

A very reasonable proposal was brought before the House on Tuesday night, and we cannot see why it failed to commend itself, except on the supposition that a…

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