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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

21 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 2

A Big Goldfield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 2

Mr. H. McCalmont, the popular English Sport and owner of Isinglass, on the 9th Oct. came into his fortune of somewhere about £4,000,000. The money comes from his…

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Coal Gas a Motor for Steamboats

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 6

M. Capello, of Havre, has introduced an iron steamer for river navigation which is driven by coal gas. The gas motor directly works the a new, and the gas is contained in…

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Western Austalian Goldfield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 7

The final papers in connection with the purchase of the Londonderry mine were signed on Thursday, and the purchase money was paid over in full to the original…

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Gold

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 3

GOLD! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold, Molten, graven, hammered, and rolled: Heavy to got nnd light to hold:…

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The West Australian Goldfields

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 3

The local representative of Lord Sudeley, of the Parramatta syndicate, has returned, after prospecting Mount Catherine, which was described by the prospector as a…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 2

On Thursday the Rev. J. Milne Curran returned to Sydney from his visit of inspection to the Wyalong goldfield, bringing with-him a large quantity of samples from the…

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The Wyalong Goldfield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 April 1895 · page 2

At Pine Ridge Ferring and party have discovered a new reef 11 in in width, carrying good prospects, to the north-west of Kegan's and several other parties have…

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Gold Rush near Barrabe

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 7

A splendid find of gold has been made by two miners at Crow Mountain, near Barraba. At a depth of 12ft. a roof was struck which aurpasses in richness anything that has ever…

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Search For Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 April 1895 · page 7

A representative of the Melbourne Rothschilds is in Sydney in quest of mining proparties. Australia is a field for tho speculator in gold and precious metals has…

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Making Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 May 1895 · page 7

A wonderful substitute for gold has been discovered by the French. It consists of 94 parts of copper to six parts of antimony. The copper 19 melted and the antimony is…

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Gold [?]

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 6

Cold water applied externally to a match less tonic. Like other medical agents it is not adapted to every case. There are condition of…

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The West Australian Goldfield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 2

Mr. George Lindsay has just returned from a prospecting tour, during which his party went 100 miles beyond Lake Darlot, Speaking of Darlot, he says that there are…

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Mining Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 4

A terrible fatality occurred at tho South mine, Broken-hill on Thursday afternoon, by which eight men wore killed and two injured Tho accident was cause by the…

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Naturalist About Leaf Miners

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 6

While the glory of autumn colors gratifies our sense of the beautiful, another aspect of the leaves appeals to our interest and curiesity. The great army of Leaf-miners which…

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The old Bu[?] Mine

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 5

A considerable number of men are now being employed by the new proprietor (says the Wollongong paper), and a general clearing up is being effected preparatory to a…

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Parramatta Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 14 August 1895 · page 2

Is was reported in Parramatta on Friday, that T. Bridge and George Hawkins, two Parramatta residents, has discovered rich gold-bearing quartz at the back of the…

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The Bull Mine

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 7

Mr. George Adams intends to instal the electric light on his Bulli mine property. The jetty will be furnished with the light, also the tramline and engine-sheds. It is…

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Gold Discovery at Murrumburrah

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 7

Great excitement is being manifested over reefing fast now, it having become known that Adams and party had dollied 14 oz. of gold from 12lb. of stone, out of their reef the…

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The Gold Fever. Fortunes Made at Coolgardie

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 October 1895 · page 2

A young man well known in Adelaide left there two years ngo for Coolgardio a poor man, and to-day he is the holder of 4500 Great Boulders, and is worth close on…

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New Goldfields

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 2

A roof of phenomenal richness has boon struck on the properly of Mr. J. H. Glasson, Guyong, about ten miles from Orange, and about four milos from the well-known mines…

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