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Mining & the mines, 1881

9 stories in South Coast's papers

Yalwal Gold Field

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 10 March 1881 · page 4

SINCE my last, the only matter that has caused any stir on the field has been She erection of the Yalwal Gold Mining Company’s battery, which is now completed and -working. It was…

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Mount Browne Gold-fields

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 9 June 1881 · page 2

A GENTLEMAN who receives private communication from a relative at the abovenamed goldfield deeming the current press reports to be exaggerating the richness of the diggings…

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Yalwal Gold-Fields. Yalwal Works and the Pinnacle Co

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1881 · page 2

AT Yalwal, mining matters avo in active progress. The good results of systematic work are now becoming more and more apparent. Instead of the old, costly, and ineffective process of…

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The Albert Gold-field

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1881 · page 3

WILCANNIA, Friday.—230 ounces of gold reached here from the diggins during the week through various channels through no rich find has been made. All at work seem satisfied with their…

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The [?]burn Creek Copper Mining Company

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 18 August 1881 · page 2

THE extraordinary disclosed made by the publicity given to the report of a meeting held at Blayney for the purpose of having the balance sheet read and the receiving a…

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MISCELLANEOUS. Mining on the Upper Shoalhaven

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 1 September 1881 · page 4

IN the Homeward Bound claim at Little River they are sinking on the reef, the shaft being now drained and the water kept down. There is some talk of putting down…

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Science. Assaying. the Assaying of Gold and Silver Ores

The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1881 · page 2

A TON of rocks containing one thirty thousandth its weight of gold, or one fifteen hundredth its weight of silver, can in many instances be worked profitably;…

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Complimentary [?] Mr. John Emmort. Gold Collation and Presentation

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 10 December 1881 · page 2

THE part the above gentleman has played in connection with the establishment of a Mechanic’s Institute in Moruya it has been for some time decided to suitably recognise,…

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Rich Finds of Gold

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 24 December 1881 · page 2

MR. Warden Brown, writing to the [?] Department in the 14th instant speaks very favourably of the ground in the vicinity of the Hanging Rock, He reports that a…

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