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Mining & the mines, 1888

27 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Grains of Gold

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1888 · page 4

No and yes often cause long dispute. Many things lawful are not expedient. God has often a great share in a little house. Hurt not your conscience with any known…

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Mining

Moruya Examiner · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 3

Some little time ago an old miner, John Charlton, was put in charge of about 20 acres of land, now known as the Golden Gully, at Ironbarks, by some gentleman…

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The Australian Mining Exchange

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 4

ON Monday, 27th February, the business of this Exchange was taken over by a Limited Company, the capital of which is 100,000, in £1 shares, 50,000 bring allowed to the public and…

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Grains of Gold

Moruya Examiner · Friday 16 March 1888 · page 3

A THING is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently learned. A loose, neglectful master makes a hired man of precisely the same kind…

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Mining Booms and Mining

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 4

MR. F. A. H. T. Ranft, M.E., writes to the Herald of Tuesday, 17th inst., as follows: Sir,—Over the initials "G. B. H." there appears a letter in your issue of Saturday…

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Annual Report of the Mines Department. the Mineral Resources of the Colony

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 April 1888 · page 4

THE annual report of the Department of Mines for the year 1887 was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly, on Thursday the 12th April. The report commences by a reference to…

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Important Mining Case

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 3

A COMMUNICATION has been addressed to the Hon. the Minister for Mines (Mr. Francis Abigail) relating to on important mining case, which being the first of the kind which had…

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Grains of Gold

Moruya Examiner · Friday 18 May 1888 · page 3

IN expectation of a better, we can with patience embrace this life. Trust in nothing but Providence and your own efforts. Never separate the two…

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Yalwal Gold Fields. Warden's Court. Friday, May 25, 1888. (Before Mr. L. W. A. Macarthur, J.P., Wardon.) PAULL v. MACLEAN

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 30 May 1888 · page 2

ON Friday last, the 25th instant, a Warden's Court was held at Yalwal before Mr. L. W. A. Macarthur, J.P., Warden for the Nowra Division of the Southern Gold-mining District…

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Original Story. For Lack of Gold. CHAPTER 1.— MARGERY

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 2

It was the bright, beautiful springtime. Redolent with a thousand scents and sounds of the coming summer, the tender. green blades of gross waved pleasantly in the soft,…

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Original Story. For Lack of Gold. Chapter Iv. —Sunshine and Rain

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 2

Margery awoke next morning with the sunshine of a bright Sunday morning all around her ; an indescribable feeling of strangeness and unreality lay like a heavy weight on her…

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Odds and Ends. The Ruby Mines of Barmah

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

Sir J. Gorst has informed Mr. Hanbary in Parliament that, according to the best information possessed by the Secretary of State, King Theebaw’s revenue from the ruby…

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Original Story. For Lack of Gold. Chapter Vii.—true or False

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 2

Though Horace remained in town, he felt a feverish impatience to return to the little town of W——. It was hot, and the roads were dusty, which did not improve his…

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The North Wales Gold Mines

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 4

Mr. Pritchard Morg in arrived Dulgelly on Saturday after [?] interview with the Chancellor of the Ex[?]quer and other members of Government in reference to the further…

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Yalwal Gold Fields. Warden's Court. Saturday, June 30, 1888. (Before Mr. L. W. A. Macarthur, J.P., Warden.) PAULL. v. MACLEAN

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 2

This was an enquiry as to the alleged non-fulfilment of certain clauses of lease. The case was called on last Wednesday, and after hearing arguments of Messrs. Richards and Marriott, who…

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Electric Light to Mining

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1888 · page 4

MANY attempts (wrote a London correspondent) have been made from time to time to introduce electric lighting into coal mines for the purpose of avoiding the dreadful explosious…

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Gold and Silver Reef

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 29 August 1888 · page 4

DURING the last four months, Mr. George Croft of Bulli, has been directing has attention to fresh fields and pastures new in the way of pastime, having, as usual with him, a keen eye…

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The Great Coal Strike

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1888 · page 2

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The Newcastle Colliery Strike. (From the Herald’s correspond[?] Newcastle

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1888 · page 3

THE worst feature of the strike is now to be recorded. The [?] were compara[?] the negotiations, which had a [?] amount of promise…

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Gold-fish Breeding

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 2

To breed gold-fish in any numbers your pond ought not to be less than 8 feet wide and 2[?] feet deep, with a smaller tank 2 feet deep near the centre, for the fish to go in…

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