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Mining & the mines, 1898

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The Gundagai Goldfield. the Prince of Wales Mine. Monthly Returns and Profits

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 2

THE Prince of Wales lode has a strike of 16deg. west of north, and the strata through which it cuts bears about 10deg. west of north. The payable ore body, as far as…

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The Threatened Coal Difficulty. a Joint Conference. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 13 December 1898 · page 3

The conference between delegates from the Coal Lumpers' Union and the Coal Owners and Stevedores, in connection with the threatened difficulty over the demands…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 2

MR. SLEE opinionates that there are big deposits of gold in Mr. Parnassus. MR GODFREY, B.A., who has been…

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Gold Yield

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 7

The Victoria gold yield for November shows an increase of 20,890oz…

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Booth's Reward Mine. [To the Editor.]

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 3

SIR,—As the 'Daily Telegraph' shut out a former letter of mine from its columns when I had occasion to point out inaccuracies made by their mining reporter when he stated…

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The Future of Our Gold Mines

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 1

ACCORDING to the report on the Prince of Wales mine, supplied by the special mining reporter of the "Daily Telegraph," the Gundagai district is…

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The Inspection of Mines. Alleged Inaccuracies. [To the Editor of the " Gundagai Times."]

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1898 · page 1

SIR,—As the "Daily Telegraph" shut out a former letter of mine when I had occasion to point out inaccuracies made by their "Mining Reporter,"…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

Six: pounds of gold taken from two dishes of dirt at Robinson and Rice's Mine, Long Flat, near Gundagai, on Thursday…

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Mining. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 5

Mining in this district continues active Kenny and percy who adjoin Robinson and Rice's mine at Long Flat have had a trial crushing from their claim the yield being…

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The Coal-lumpeks' Dispute

The Worker · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 4

The difficulty between the Coal-lumpers' Union and the Collier-owners and Stevedores Association assumed a serious aspect during the week. A conference of…

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A Coal-lumping Difficulty. a Case of Assault. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 December 1898 · page 2

A case of assault arising out of the existing difficulty between the coal-lumpers and stevedores and owners was heard at the police court to-day. A unionist named…

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The Coal Difficulty. Messrs. Brown's Offer Rejected. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

The Dudley miners have rejected the offer of Messrs. J. and A. Brown to re-open the colliery under certain terms. The miners referred their proposal back to the Messrs…

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Local and General News. Wantiool Goldfield

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 December 1898 · page 2

The value of the goldfields around the Wagga district has been doubted, but from time to time satisfactory samples are obtained but want of capita prevents the…

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Booth's Reward Gold Mines. [To the Editor.]

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 3

SIR—Yet another correction, this time to correct your statement where you say, "On "behalf of Mr. W. Booth ... we beg to "contradict the statement that he ever had…

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Mining. Condoblin

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 5

Excellent developments continue at the Anaconda Proprietary copper mine, Condoblin, No. 1 winze showing good black ore, intermingled with yellow sulphides, and…

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Springdale. Mining

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1898 · page 5

The clean up from 30 tons of stone from the Hall's Reward, gave a return of 28 ozs. smelted gold, or 18dwts. 16grs. per ton. This is a vast improvement on other…

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Grand Gold Specimens

Coolamon Echo · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

In our time we have visited such places as Adelong, Gundagai, Jones’ Creek, Kimo, Goodya, Junee Reefs, Hill End, Bywong, Nanima,…

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Booth's United Mine. the Recent Strictures

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 1

THE strictures levelled at Booth's United mine by the mining reporter of the Daily Telegraph are certainly not justified. Mr. Roberts Knows his subject, but he has…

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Booth's United Mine and Its Critics. Taking the Reporter to Task

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 2

THE following letter, addressed to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph, recently appeared in that journal:—Sir,—Nothing your reporter's article…

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Adelong Mines

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 2

WRITES an Adelong correspondent:—"Things are very quite here now—quiter than for some weeks past, and then they were not too lively—owing…

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