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Mining & the mines, 1894

119 stories in South Coast's papers · page 5 of 6

Wyalong Goldfield. Some of the Best Claims Jumped. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1894 · page 2

Paul Forster has jumped several of the best claims at Wyalong, on the ground that the holders have not applied for survey within, the time specified by the…

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The Goldfields of Western Australia. the Wealth of Nations Rush. Coolgardie

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1894 · page 3

It is thought prrobable that there will be a serious disturbance at the Wealth of Nations Minu. To-day Mr. Dunn met the members of his…

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The Wealth of Nations Mine. More Good Stone. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1894 · page 2

Some quartz specimens obtained from the greatest depth in the Wealth of [?] West Australia, had to be split asunder with picks, being held,…

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Fire in a Colliery in America. Horrible Suffering. 100 Miners Entombed. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 2

A colliery took fire at Seattle, Washington, America. One hundred miners are entombed, and it is feared all are dead. Thirty seven horribly burned corpses have…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Coolgardie Goldfield. Half a to of Gold. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 2

An effort which left Coolgardie on Friday took nearly half a ton of gold…

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Another Gold Find in West Australia. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 August 1894 · page 2

A rich reef has been discovered in the Mount Margaret district, West Australia…

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Mining

Moruya Examiner · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 3

A correspondent writes from Big Hill, Bateman’s Bay :— There are here at present about 40 men on what is admitted to he one of the best shows on the South Coast…

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West Australian Goldfields. Another Find. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1894 · page 2

Another rich discovery has been made at Coolgardie, nine miles from Mount Margaret…

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Mining News. Bateman’s Bay

Moruya Examiner · Friday 7 September 1894 · page 2

Mr. Joubert, one of the prospectors on the Bateman’s Bay goldfields gives the following interesting particulars of its development. The field is in hilly country, about three miles…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From Our Telegraphic Correspondent.) in the Assemble. Coal Mines Bill Passed. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1894 · page 2

The Coal Mines Bill was read a third time. A few unimportant measures were also dealt with. Notice was given of thee introduction of…

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Alluvial Gold Near Young. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 September 1894 · page 2

Fossickers in the Rockley district are all making tucker. More alluvial gold has been sold than during the last ten years…

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Mining at Wagonga. (To the Editor)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1894 · page 2

DEAR SIR, — I have read your paper of the 11th instant, and I find in your general news column that” a tried of stone from the Bodalla reefs proves them…

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Gold Extraction at the Waihi Mine (N.Z)

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 4

THE method adopted by the Waihi Gold-mining Company, Limited, for the extraction of gold and silver, is the Cassell Company’s cyanide process. The…

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Discoverers of Gold at Marble Bar

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 22 September 1894 · page 4

A STORY about one of the lucky discoverers of gold at Marble Bar, in West Australia, is told in the Newcastle Herald, which says: “Mr. Alex. M‘Phie, one of…

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Wealth of Nations Mine. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1894 · page 2

The Wealth of Nations mine at Coolgardie, at 12 feet, has been found to be nearly as rich as on the surface…

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A Good Gold Yield. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 28 September 1894 · page 2

A crushing at the Wonga Wonga claim, Dungog district, yielded 153 ounces of retorted gold to ninety tone of stone…

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Western Australian Goldfields. Extraordinary Find at Ninety Mile. Fresh Water Struck at Coolgardie. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1894 · page 2

Another extraordinary find is reported from Ninety Mile, West Australia. Fresh water hat been struck at Coolgardie…

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Bateman’s Bay Gold Fields

Moruya Examiner · Friday 5 October 1894 · page 4

The Bateman’s Bay correspondent to the Daily Telegraph thus speaks of the mining at Big Hill:—“The Geld is growing better than ever, and improving every day…

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Good Gold Yield. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 2

A cake of 1849 ounces of gold has been extracted from 441 tons of quartz, raised almost with the town boundary of Parkes…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Wealth of Nations Mine. Purchased by Colonel North. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 2

Colonel North, the Nitrate King, has purchased the Wealth of Nations mine, Western Australia, the price being one hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds…

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