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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining. New Gold Find

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 6

A Mines Department officer reports hat the new gold and, Mimosa near lemora, which is on private land, [?]rge quartz foundation, eont[?]ining irons one, said to…

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Gold

The Temora Star · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

THE shipments of gold per R.M.S. Rome from Melbourne on Wednesday totalled £381,313, of which £8293 was for London, and £373,020 in bar…

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The Coal Mining Conference. Owners' Offer Rejected. Newcastle, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The adjourned conference of coal mine proprietors miners delegates, to consider matters in connection with the wages of the latter was resumed this afternoon. The…

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The Proprietary Mine Coolac

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

MR. J. Ross, of A delong, will succerd Mr. Roberts as manager of Messrs. Cornett Brother's Proprietary Mine, Coolac Mr. Ross is a…

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Mining. Booth's United

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

Manager reports, under date 14th January, as follows-- Main shaft, limbering and centreing completed; sky shaft and sinking doors…

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The Gold Yield. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The gold yield for 1898 amounted to 838.258 oz…

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Explosion in a Mine. Two Men Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

An explosion of gas occurred at the Mount Pleasant colliery, near Wollongong, to-day. The damage which resulted was not, fortunately, serious…

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The Coal-stack Fire 700 Tons Destroyed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

The fire which was on Tuesday discovered in a stack of 2000 tons of coal, the property of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand at Wharton'a Wharf, Neutral Bay…

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Mining

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

At Booth's United the machinery, was set in motion for the first time during the pant week. The engine in connection with the winding gear over the main shaft was used…

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Gold Standard in India. Circular by the Viceroy. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 2

Lord Curzon, the newly appointed Viceroy of India, has addressed a circular to the various Chambers of Commerce in the Bengal Presidency with reference to a gold…

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Mining News. the Mistletoe Bough

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 3

MESSRS. Collingridge Bros.' mine, now known as the Mistleton Bough, is situated six miles in a north-westerly direction from Gundagai, and about one mile north…

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Field Tests for Native Tellurides of Gold

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 3

The four principal minerals of this class are:—Calaverite with gold, 40 p.c.; silver, traces. Sylvanite with gold, 25 p.c; silver, 10 p.c. Petite with gold,…

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Yarrenjerry Goldfield

Coolamon Echo · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 4

I have visited the new rush a Yarrenjerry, twenty four miles from here, and a distance from Temora of thirty-five miles. It is easily, accessible twice…

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Springdale. Mining News

The Temora Star · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 2

A PARCEL. of stone. (about 20 tons) is arriving by train in instalments from Curry and party, Lower Temora, and is to be treated a Heansler's battery…

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The, Coal Weighing Difficulty. Early Settlement Anticipated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

The conterence of representatives of the northern collieries opened on Tuesday, which considered matters affecting the weighing of coal, was concluded this…

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Gold in West Australia. New Discovery Near Marble Bar. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

The Under-Secretary for Mines received a telegram from the mining registrar at Marble Bar to-day, stating that two brothers, Angus and William M'Phee, had brought into town a…

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Life in and Around Coolac. Mining Mems

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 1

On Wednesday last Mr. Miller, the Chairman of Directors of Booth's United G.M. Co., paid a visit of inspection. He is satisfied with the progress…

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Telluride of Gold

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

In November last the Government Geologist reported the discovery by Mr Blakemore, the general manager of the Prince of Wales Mine at…

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Mining. Scrubyards

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 3

OUR mining is going on in the usual way, and although at present we have nothing very startling, we are still making a living. Hall's reward are cleaning, up about 30…

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Late Telegrams. SYDNEY, Friday. Gold Yield

The Temora Star · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 3

The gold yield for New South Wales for the month of January was 41,375 ounces. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE…

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