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Riverina · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 7

The following parcels of stone were treated at Heusler's battery, Springdale:—Blowering party, Kangaroo Dick claim, 5½ tons crushed for 2oz. 18dwt. ; O'Brien and party,…

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A Mining Want

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 2

The suggestion contained in a letter from a correspondent which appeared in our last issue, that the erection of a…

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In the Coils of Klondyke. Being a Drama of Love, Revenge, and Adventure in the Icebound Goldfields of the Yukon

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 4

The scene opens on a cold November morning at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. The prison clock strikes eight. The gates move back. Two young men come out together…

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Accidents in Diamond Mines

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 4

ACCIDENTS occur oven at diamond mines. In July 1888 some two hundred and twenty lives were lost in a [?]re which broke out and in the p[?]ic resulting the[?]om. Water is…

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Mining. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 2

Cornett and Engelen last week put through a parcel of 67tons lOcwt at the Reefer battery. Adelong, from the Proprietary mine, Coolac, the return being 72oz 16dwt. Since the…

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Mining in Temora

The Temora Star · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 2

THE placer workings of the Temora goldfield have a total, length of about 3½ miles. It is a line of zig-zag leads, none of which extend far from the…

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Mining. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 11

The contractor for the boring on the Gundagai river flat in search of an auriferous deposit is making good progress. The deepest ground found so far is 95feet. It is…

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A Handsome Gold Trinket Found

The Temora Star · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

MR. J. E. G. Manning, who has been in town for Some days making arrangements for the purchase of rabbits for export for england, brought a…

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Mining the Mistleto Bough Line of Reef

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

THERE no mistake about Collingridge Bros. gold mine ; it is simply wonderful. A shafe down not quits 80ft now gives a body of gold-bearing…

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In the Coils of Klondyke. Being a Drama of Love, Revenge, and Adventure in the Icebound Goldfields of the Yukon. CHAPTER XIII.—Continued. the Diamond Bracelet

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

AND now it looked as if the contradictory elements in his character were about to burst their bonds. He could no longer deny that he was rich, and, the restraint removed, he was as…

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A Trip to Germanton. Some Representative Graziers and Farmers. Magnificent Agricultural and Fruit Growing Land. Abundance of Grass and Water. Mining Possibilities. Timber Country. Need of Railway Communication. a Re-union

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 May 1899 · page 4

For some considerable time past attention has been drawn to the vivid contrast provided by the country in and around Germanton, Tumberumba…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 2

We have had a mining expert here looking at some of the properties during the past few days, and hopes are entertained that some capital will be…

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Mining. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 4

Seven bores, to tap the alluvial wash at Gundagai Flat, are being put down by the Government, the deepest bore being 92ft., the wash averaging from 4ft to 5ft. thick…

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Shocking Mining Accidents Two Men Suffocated

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 4

A TERRIBLE calamity occurred at the Prentice United mine, Rutherglen, on Sunday night. On Saturday night the air-shaft, where a fire had been burning for the last…

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Mining Fatalities. Two Men Suffocated. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 3

A serious accident is reported from the Prentice Mine, Rutherglen. Two miners named Trevor Nixon (27) and Alfred Madden (40), went down the…

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The Gundagai Goldfield. Observations on the Spot. the Progress of Work

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 2

As development prooseds on the Mistletoe Bough line of lode the more apparent becomes the value of the various claims Two 20 acre blocks have recently been…

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Mining. Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 2

The latest crushings at Victoria battery, Scrub Yards, were five tons of stone from West Temora, and a similar quantity from Specimen hill, both of which yielded about…

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In the Coils of Klondyke. Being a Drama of Love, Revenge, and Adventure in the Leebound Goldfields of the Yukon. CHAPTER XIV.—Continued. Glynt's Midnight Visitor

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 7

"I knows where you ought ter be found," said the man doggedly; "but I'm blest if it ain't like looking for a dog in a fair to find yer. I'm sick o' being told by Wisbey that you're…

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Gold Robbery at Sea

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 2

A PRIVATE telegram has been received in Sydney. stating that on the arrival of the steamer Alameda at San Francisco, a box containing 5000 sove. was discovered to be…

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Mining. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1899 · page 7

Up to the present 400oz. of gold have been won from the Mistletoe Bough mine…

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