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Mining & the mines, 1900

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

THE mine owned by Messrs Kenny, Frewin and party, at Long Flat, adjoining Messrs Robinson and Rice, continues to improve with depth. A…

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Mining. Adelong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

The Challenger Gold Mining Company crushed, at the Reefer battery, 5 tons 18cwb, of quartz, for 15oz. 13dwt., and 14 tons 7cwt, of seconds for 20oz. lldwt…

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Cape Nome Goldfield a Victorian's Experiences

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 4

A LETTER has been received by Mr Cameron, of Donald, Victoria, from Mr. J. Warren, a well-known Victorian miner, who sailed for Klondyke gold…

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Thirst for Gold in Alaska. Typical Cases

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 4

ALASKA is full of men who have leaped to sudden fortune, and the stories of their triumphs serve (says " Ainslee's Magazine") as inspiration to all touched with the fever…

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The Queen's Gold Plate

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 2

The Queen is the owner of a great quantity of almost priceless gold plate, the accumulated treasure of successive sovereignties. This plate is stored at…

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Mining News. a Crushing From Brungle. the Mount Parnassus Boory

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 2

MESSRS. G. Givney and party this week had a parcel of 50 tons of stone from their Mount Osborne mine, Brungle treated at McKenua's battery, Coolac, for a return…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 7

The 32 river dredges in the Otago district got 1100oz. of gold in one week recently. In '98, the chief consumers of tin were:…

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Mining

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 3

A RECENT visit to a mining area at Stony Creek, held by Mr H. Anderson and a Tumut syndicate, showodus thatthe property is one of the most promising ever opened…

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Grains of Gold

The Worker · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 2

The elementary laws never apologize. —Wall Whitman. Man, seek no longer the origin of evil; thou thyself art its origin.—Rousseau…

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The Price of Coal

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 7

The decision of the colliery proprietors does not give satisfaction to miners, the are disappointed with the owners' refusal to increase the setting price of…

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A Record Gold Deposit

The Temora Star · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 2

THIS afternoon (says the Evening News of Thursday) the Bank of New South Wales deposited at the Mint 6,55,966 ounces of gold in ingots for…

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Two Tons of Gold

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 7

About two tons of gold, worth in round figures over £200,000, was to-day forwarded by the Bank of New South Wales to the Sydney Mint for Coinage. The bank receives…

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Mining. Coolac

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 2

BOOTH'S UNITED.—No. 1 level; stoping ; ore about 10 feet wide, gold visible. Assay taken in stope of carbonates 6 inches wide, showing free gold, gives 8oz…

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Two Millions of Gold in Tow

The Temora Star · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 2

One of the most novel yet responsible tasks ever deputed to me remarked a well-known detective to the writer the other day, was that of guarding two…

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Gibraltar Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 3

THE fifth annual meeting of the shareholders of company was held in London on May 3rd last, when a scheme for the reconstruction of the company…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 3

FROM the Mt. Osborne mine at Brungle, owned by Givney and party, 50 tons yielded only 9oz 13dwt. The plucky owners are not, however…

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Important Gold Dredging Case

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 2

What will probably prove to be a most important case as affecting the dredging industry will be decided at the Gundagai Warden's Court on July 2, by Warden Clarke,…

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Important Gold-dredging Case. Before the Gundagai Court. Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

What will probably prove to be a most important case as affecting the dredging industry will be decided at the local Warden's Court on July 2. by Warden…

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Mining. Cullinga, Saturday. the Other Side of the Question

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

The paragraph on mining wages, which appeared in your issue of 13th instant, has raised a nest of hornets about your correspondent's ears. The article in…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 3

Mining operations were commenced on Wednesday by Woods and King on the Melbourne Syndicate owned Caledonian Extended lease…

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