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Mining & the mines, 1873

26 stories in South Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

Mining. FERNBANK

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 2

A VISIT to Fernbank from the Shoalhaven settlements you travel for about sixty miles over a somewhat rough country before reaching the Shoalhaven River, at which spot the river bed…

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Approved Auriferous Leases. South Gold District

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1873 · page 2

Tun applications for leases of auriferous tracts enumerated below have been approved by his Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council, and leases for the same will be issued…

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Coal

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1873 · page 1

The search for this mineral is at present exciting much attention in the Colonies. Steam demands fuel, and in towns, unless coal can be cheaply had, manufactures are…

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Our Coal Mines

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1873 · page 2

INDEPENDENTLY of having two entrances from the sea—the Shoalhaven and Crookhaven Rivers suitable for vessels drawing not more than nine or ten feet of water, there is a Bay within…

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Southern Gold District

The Shoalhaven News, Ulladulla and Southern Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1873 · page 3

Robert Williams, Danjera, Yalwal, quartz, 5 acres ; rent and survey [?] £7. W. C. Wearne and 2 others, Deigan’s Reef, Mogo, quartz. 6 acres ; rent and survey, fee. £8…

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Select Poetry. Better Far Than Crowns of Gold

The Shoalhaven News, Broughton Creek, Kiama and Ulladulla Advertiser · Saturday 22 November 1873 · page 4

Better far than crowns of gold Set with jewels rare and bright— Better far than wealth untold, Is the praise that crowns the Right…

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