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Mining & the mines, 1879

9 stories in South Coast's papers

Yalwal Goldfields

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1879 · page 2

THE readers of the Telegraph, that is a number of them at least, have, as you are aware, Mr. Editor, been making frequent inquiries regarding the origin and progress of the industry, the…

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Yalwal Gold-fields. II

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1879 · page 2

SINCE writing my last rather hurried communication, which appeared in your last issue, I have, through the good offices of a friend, ascertained the following additional particulars…

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Mining

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1879 · page 4

THERE has been a revival of interest in gold-mining at Hill End, owing to the discovery of some rich stone in the Star of Peace claim, which still holds the premier position in this…

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Yalwal Gold-fields. Iii. the Batteries

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1879 · page 2

At Yalwal no less than five quartz crushing machines are erected, and the greater portion of the plant for a sixth—the Pinnacle Company's—is already on the ground…

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Shoalhaven Court of Requests. Nowra, Tuesday, August 19. (BEFORE their Worships, Z.G. Bice, H.G. Morton, and B. Brown, Esqs.) Mining Labour

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 21 August 1879 · page 2

Louis Rampa v. James Monaghan. Work and labour—£2. This action arose from an alleged breach of agreement on the part of defendant, who…

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The Lambton Colliery

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 August 1879 · page 3

representatives at Sandhurst, Victoria, are endeavouring to engage 150 men, and they offer good wages. The Lithgow Colliery…

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Australian Gold-fields.—Deep Leads

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 September 1879 · page 4

WE clip the following article from the 'Sydney Mail,' being No. X of the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods' contributions on "The Wonders of Nature in Australia":—…

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Lighting Mines by Electricity

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1879 · page 4

IN a recent article contributed to the Australasian by Mr. Proctor, one of the leading scientists of the day, he says:—Among the most important uses to which electric…

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Yalwal Gold-fields. to the Editor of the Telegraph

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 25 December 1879 · page 2

SIR,—Will you allow me in the columns of your valuable paper to contradict the published statements of the "Special Reporter" to the Terrara paper. Such a rumbling statement is the…

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