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Mining & the mines, 1895

61 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 4

Mining News

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

The prospects at Croken's Mint sluicing claim at the Shoalhaven River Are looking up. 51oz of gold having been secured for 21 days wash. A good lode is being…

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Mining at Nerriga

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1895 · page 2

Several reefs are known to exist at Mountainy in the Nerriga district, some of which have been proved ti) carry payable gold. They are situated on the…

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The Mining Difficulty at Newcastle. a Strike Averted. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 2

The people at Newcastle are jubilant over the fact that there will be no general strike of miners…

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Western Australia. Important Gold Discovery. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1895 · page 2

A discovery, said to rival the Londonderry mine, has been made by a man named Fitzgerald, a prospector, at Kurnalpi, a day’s journey north-west…

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A Flooded Mine. Ninety-two Men Entombed. Heartrending Scenes. Further Rescues Despaired Of. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1895 · page 2

A shocking colliery disaster has occurred at Hanley, in Staffordshire, England. An inrush of water occurred while a number of miners were at…

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Mining at Braidwood

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 1

The Braidwood Dispatch has it on good authority that a miner named Loftus, who discovered several large nuggets in his claim at Bob's Creek, has again been…

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The Mining Difficulty. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 2

A majority of the northern miners’ lodges have rejected the resolution of the delegated board authorising a settlement of disputes locally and…

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Mining News

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

Two lots of stone have lately been crushed at Gordon's reef, Little River, the last lot going 2oz, to the ton (says the Bi did wood Express). Another lot of…

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Gold Discovery. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 2

An alluvial discovery is reported at Toolong, on the Upper Murray…

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The Gold Discovery at Mount Catherine. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 2

Fitzgerald and some fellow prospectors reiterate the statement in regard to the new find at Mount Catherine of a huge block of golden quartz 70 feet…

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Braidwood Goldfields. Discovery of a Nugget. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 2

A seventeen ounce nugget has been found in the Braidwood district by a fossicker. Several parties are working payable…

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Sydney Harbor Collieries Company. Registered in London. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 2

The Sydney Harbor Collieries Company has been registered with a capital of £500,000, with Sir George Dibbs as chairman of the Australian board of…

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Alluvial Gold Find. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 2

Alluvial gold has been struck at Mowabia, seventeen miles from Condobolin…

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Imprisoned Miners Rescued. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 2

All the miners imprisoned in the Whitewood colliery, Yorkshire, have been rescued…

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The Eight-hour Measure for Miners. Refusal by the Minister. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 2

Sir William Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has refused to grant time to discuss the Miners’ Eight-hour Bill in the House of Commons…

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Warden's Court. the Yalwal Goldfield

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 2

Application was mado in Nowra on Wednesday last to Deputy-Warden, Nisbett by Messrs, Wm. Kennedy and James Monaghan for partial suspension of…

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Sale of a Coolgardie Mine. Purchased by a London Syndicate. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 2

Kingston’s Isabella mine, Coolgardie, has been sold to a London syndicate…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Minister for Mines at Richmond. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 2

The Minister for Mines, at the laying of the foundation stone at the Agricultural College, Richmond, said the cultural College, Richmond, said the country was expending £700,000 a…

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Colliery Explosion. 250 Miners Entombed. 180 Rescued. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1895 · page 2

By an explosion through fire damp in a colliery in Austria 250 persons were entombed Of these 180 have been rescued, leaving 70 still in the…

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The Homeward Bound Gold Mine. Warden's Decisions Set Aside

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 2

His Honor Judge Fitzhardinge held a Mining Appeal Court at the Nowra courthouse on Thursday last, when two appeals were heard in connection with the…

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