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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

226 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 12

Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 November 1897 · page 8

On the White Reef line a large quantity of payable stone is paddocked. The White Reef Company is sinking a main shaft on the underlay of the reef. It has leached…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 4

CONTINUING my remarks about the reef mining in the Gundagai district I may say that at Crolac, about 12 miles north of Gundagai, Messrs. Mooney and Borchardt have a…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 2

THE latest mail news concerning Klondyke is that " not one steamer that started up the river after mid-August and not one eager gold-seeker who sailed from San Francisco,…

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Mining. West Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 November 1897 · page 6

Friday: The Junction mine treated 25 tons ore at Gough's battery for an Average yield of 14dwt. per ton. The Operator mine treated 9 tons at Nicolas and Reymond's…

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The Klosdyke Goldfield. Food More Valuable Than Gold

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 November 1897 · page 4

The latest Klondike news came by the files to band by the R.M.S. Miowera from Canada on Thursday. The Daily Colonist of Victoria (B.C.) thus…

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Mining. Scrubyards

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 5

King and party, who have had a long struggle to find the proper south continuation, have been rewarded at last, and they have the reef as good, if not better, than at first…

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A Lesson in Mining

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 4

The Post oral Timee says:- Not being well-up in mining affairs, and deeming a little information of interest to our numerous renders on this…

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The Mine Workers' Journal Calls Them Blessed. Men Who Are the Salt of Unionism

The Worker · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 1

Blessed are they who know, the right, dare to demand it, even though the legions of avarice and greed decry it. Blessed are the people that oppression…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1897 · page 4

SOME sixteen miles in a north-easterly direction from Gundagai Messrs. Quilter and party are engaged mining for chrome. Operations have been carried on for some considerable…

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British Mining Investments

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1897 · page 3

CERTAIN members of the Chamber of Mines having taken exception to the statements made by the Premier concerning the character of ventures sent abroad from New…

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Dredging River Beds for Gold. a New South Wales Proposal

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 November 1897 · page 2

Mr Slee, the chief inspector of mines, has written a report on the prospects of dredging for gold in the river beds of the colony. He elates:—"The question is frequently…

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Broken Hill Mining Accidents. Report by Judge Murray

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 December 1897 · page 3

Judge Murray, who was appointed at a royal commission in July last to make full investigation into the cause of accidents in mints and quarries at Broken Hill, reports…

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Mining. Scrubyards

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 December 1897 · page 5

The miners are all busy trying to get a Christmas cake of the precious metal, and the party to lead the crushings are the tribute workers on the north part of James…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1897 · page 2

MR. W. J. WRIGHT the manager of Booth's Roward Mine, Coolac, informs us, that there are about one hundred tons of machinery delivered on the mine, the reminder is coming…

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The Grong Grong Mines

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 December 1897 · page 2

A travelling correspondent writes that the Grong Grong mines are situated about twenty miles N.E. from Narandera, and sends the following particulars:—…

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Mining. Garangula

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 December 1897 · page 3

Saturday: Adams and party crushed 44 tons of atone for 35 oz. of gold, which is not up to expectations. Adams Brothers had a trial crushing of four tons from Manley's…

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The Klondike Gold Fields

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 December 1897 · page 4

From American files, dated to 11th November, we extract the following reports of the now frozen and inaccessible fields of the Yukon and its…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 December 1897 · page 2

TWELVE tons of stone from Rice and Rabinson's claim at Kimo has been crushed at Ritchic's Reefer Battery at Adelong for a return of 40 z…

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Gold and Blood

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 4

MANY years ago I knew a man who expended a great part of a large fortune in buying gold, in coin and in bars. This he melted, and with human blood and other…

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Our Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

WE see by our exchanges that the Johnson's Hill G.M. Company has been floated in London under the name of the Mount Kimo Gold Mining Company, with a capital of £160,000, of which £50,000…

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