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Mining & the mines, 1869

403 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 21

Department of Public Works, Railway Branch Sydney; 15th December, 1860. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 December 1869 · page 8

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been in[?]vertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 15th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 December 1869 · page 10

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 December 1869 · page 9

THE correspondent of the Goulburn Herald writes from the Jacqua reefs on the 9th instant:— Four men at work in the alluvial diggings at Mant's…

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Electorate of Gold Fields South. (From the Gundagai Times.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1869 · page 3

AT 12 o'clock on Wednesday, December 15, about 150 persons, including all the influential residents, and among them the two candidates met. The Returning-officer opened the proceedings by reading the electoral writ, and…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch: Sydney, 15th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 December 1869 · page 6

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 December 1869 · page 3

MAJOR'S CREEK.—The correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes:—The Homeward Bound crashed about 120 tons last week, which averaged about half; an ounce. This is considered very good. The miners are sanguine of…

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Government Notices. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch[?] Sydney, 15th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 December 1869 · page 2

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch Sydney, 15th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 December 1869 · page 2

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch Sydney, 15th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 December 1869 · page 8

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decide…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 9

OUR news from the gold-fields is very meagre this week, owing to the fact that the greater part of the country papers and their correspondents are deep in the excitement of…

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Electorate of Gold Fields South

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 7

AT 12 o'clock on Wednesday, December 15, about 150 persons, including all the influential residents, and among them the two candidates met. The Returning-officer opened the proceedings by reading the electoral writ, and…

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The Sydney Gold Cup &c. by Nemo

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 2

Handicap Weight for age Difference Glences...... st lb st lb lb Tlm Whiffler...... 10 10.. 9 3.. 21 over Warror...... 10 2.. 9 6…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch: Sydney, 15th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 December 1869 · page 6

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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Department of Public Works, Railway Branch: Sydney, 15th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 December 1869 · page 8

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendiring for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 2

TRUNKEY CREEK.—The correspondent of the Bathurst Times writes on the 22nd instant:—Touching mining news, a better and fairly hopeful feeling prevails. I told you in my last letter that the stone from Wilson and…

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Government Notices, Department of Public Works, Railway Branch Sydney, 16th December, 1869. Engine Coal for Government Railways, 1870

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 8

Some difficulty having been experienced in tendering for the above under the recently issued schedule of prices, and the coal of the Lambton and other mines having been inadvertently omitted from the specification, it has been decided…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 December 1869 · page 3

REEF GOLD STRUCK NEAR DRAKE.—We (Armidale Express) have been favoured with the perusal of a letter dated Tenterfield, 13th instant, and received by a gentleman in Armidale, which states:—I am much pleased to inform…

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The Northern Gold-fields Electorate. (From the Armidale Erpress.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 December 1869 · page 5

THE nomination of candidates for the representation of the Gold-fields North took place on Wednesday, 15th instant, at Mount Welsh Gully. Mr. Ingle proposed and Mr. Dewson seconded the…

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Gold Refining by Chlorine Gas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 December 1869 · page 3

THE following paper was road by Mr. F. B. Millor, T.C S., before the last meeting of the Royal Society. Mr. Miller in the Assayer in the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint. There is no recorded instance of gold having been found…

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The Gold Panic in New York. Great Excitement. (From the New York Herald)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 December 1869 · page 3

THE great gold speculation of 1869 has culminated. At noon on Friday the fever which for the past three days has been raging in Wall-street with almost unexampled violence was subdued. It was a monetary crisis…

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