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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

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Shoalhaven River Mining. Remarkable Gold Discovery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 4

Mr. Adam Barlow and patty, who have been washing the sand from the bed of the Shoalhaven River about Charleyong— the river being very low…

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Reported Gold Find Near Temora

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 5

With reference to the reported new gold find in the Temora district, the Under Secretary for Mines is in receipt of a communication from an officer…

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A New Goldfield. Important Find NEAll TEMORA

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 4

A very important find has been made, which opens up an entirely New gold—held at Yarran Jerry, county Bourse, on a conditional purchase…

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Stumbled Upon Gold Mines

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 3

Gold was discovered in California in 1848, and in Colorado in 1858. The discovery was accidental in both cases, and the fact created the impression that mines were…

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Gold in West Australia. the Largest Nugget Yet Unearthed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 3

THe Under—Secretary for Mines received a telegram from the mining register at Marble Bir on Tuesday, stating that two brothers, Angus and…

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Mining Accident

The Mittagong Express · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 2

Perth, Friday —The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram stating that George Charter and Alfred Otterey were killed yesterday [?] the Ballarat mine,…

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Burragorang Silver Mines

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 2

AT the Peak Silver Mines, Burragorang, work has been resumed in earnest, and it is proposed to send away 50 tons of are weekly to the smelling works at Dapto. Meesrs. Sant and Co., at No 5, are now…

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Transvaal Gold Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 2

The magnitude of the Transvaal gold—mining industry was emphasised by the figures presented at the annual gathering of the South African…

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Original Novel. [All Rights Reserved] Marian Gonisby. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. Hoe Gonisby Made His Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 4

FORTUNE—HUNTING is one of the keen businesses in Australian life. Perhaps the term fortune—hunting may with more force be applied to a generation that is passing…

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Rowral Police Court. a Lady’s Gold Ring

The Mittagong Express · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

At the Bowral Police Court on Monday, before Mr. W. Alcorn, J.P., Frederick Batiste, remanded from, the 4th inst. to allow the police to obtain…

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Silver—Mines at Burragorang

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 5

Warden Gibson, sent by the department of mines to inspect the Burragorang silver mines, has furnished a report. which states that one of the…

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Silver Mines at Burragorang

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 3

WARDEN G[?]SON, sent by the department of mines to inspect the Burragorang silver mines, has furnished a report, which states that one of the persons working under authority to enter has obtained 3420…

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Siler Mines at Burragoraug. Result of Operations

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 1

Warden Gibson, who was sent by the Department of Mines to inspect the Barragorang silver mine, has furnished a report to Mr. Cook…

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A Wonderful Mine

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 3

There is a deep mine in Sweden (says the author of the "Rob Roy in the Baltic") very celebrated for its ore, which is said to be the bent in the world, and is all brought to England…

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In the Land of Gold

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 3

In "The Land of gold; the narrative of a journey through the West Australian Goldfields," Mr. Julius M. Price gives some graphic sketches of seenes and incidents of Australian…

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Striking a Gold Mine

The Mittagong Express · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 4

Mrs. Harrison got [?] to Good Property. [?] Rich and Unexpectedly Creates a [?] The [?] of a man who sinks a…

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She Gets a Gold Bangle

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 4

THE committee of the Church of the Holy Augels of Coopernook, only recently opened, has determined to present a gold bangle to the first lady who is married in the New Church. That committee is endowed with appreciation of the sublime and…

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Three Inches of Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 4

A special dispatch of the San Francisco Call from Denver(Col.), January 29, says:—"The recent strike of the Isabella at Cripple Creek, has rendered…

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A Miner’s Suicide

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 4

A Newcastle telegram reports that John Jenkins, aged about 53, a miner, who resided at Merewether, committed suicide at Newcastle shortly before I…

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Gold in New Caledonia. Reported Discoveries

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

About a week ago rumours and reports as to startling "finds" of goldbearing stone in New Caledonia were circulated through Sydney; but very…

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