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Mining & the mines, 1869

403 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 21

Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 March 1869 · page 10

THE JUNEE REEFS.—A Correspondent of the Mining Record writes from Cumpaning on the 20th March :—The time has now arrived when anything concerning the opening up of an…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 March 1869 · page 9

WORK appears to be going on briskly upon. most of the gold-fields of the colony, though in the West there are complaints of the continued scarcity of water which prevents the miners…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1869 · page 5

THE JUNEE REETS.—The Wagga Wagga Express says that quartz mining at Junee, notwithstanding that the dry weather is telling very unfavourably upon the development of the golden resources of the various reefs already opened,…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1869 · page 2

BURRANGONG.—The correspondent of the Mining Record writes:—"The Chance Gully reef has turned out an unqualified failure, the stone not containing sufficient gold to pay for tho crushing. At no period of its history did this…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 7

ARALUEN.—The correspondent of the Maitland Mercury writes on the 25th instant:—"Our mining prospects this week are a little brighter. The All Nations and one or two other claims…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 9

IN his weekly report upon the Araluen valley, the correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes on the 26th March:— Our mining prospects this week are a little brighter. The…

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The Hall-marking of Gold and Silver. (From the Daily News.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 6

ALL gold and silver which has undergone the process of, assaying will be found to bear certain marks, generally five in number, These are as small as possible, compatible with their instant recognition by the…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1869 · page 2

UPPER BENDOCK.—The correspondent of the Bombala Times writes:—This place is fearfully depressed of late, money being extemely scarce, and it is feared it will remain so for a while, although there is the consolation that…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 2

BOWLING-ALLEY POINT.—The correspondent of the Tamworth Examiner, writing from this part of the [?]el River, says:—The long-continued drought, which has for a length of time exercised its depressing influence over the energy…

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More Than a Million From One Mine. (Abridged from the Ballarat Star.)

Empire · Wednesday 7 April 1869 · page 3

We visited Clones a day or two age for the purpose of inspecting the works of a company whose gold receipts have, probably with one exception only, been larger than those ef any quartz mining company in the…

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Grazing Rights of Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 5

MR. Church, M.L.A., Mr. Burns, M.L.A., and [?] Rev. Dr. Lang, M.L.A., yesterday, presented to the Minister [?] for Lands two memorials, bearing respectively 133 and 85 [?]tures, from miners and other residents of the district of [?]…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 2

MINING INTELLIGENCE.—The Gundagai Times states that mining matters at Adelong are progressing steadily ; several claims having struck gold lately. Edwards Brothers, who purchased a…

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Mining Gazette

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 April 1869 · page 9

IN his weekly report from the Araluen Valley, the correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch writes on the 1st instant:— I am happy to say that our mining prospects…

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Wr. Gold Win Smith on Peel. (From Macmillan's Magazine for December.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1869 · page 6

PEEL saved, at all events, the honour of his party (in 1832) at the cost of his own long exclusion from power, and he taught them to accept loyally the new order of things, and to…

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The African Gold Fields. (From the Mount Alexander Mail, April 5.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1869 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT who lately left this district for the new African gold-fields, writes:- "Natal, December 16" 1868. "I arrived here on the 12th instant. At Mauritius three…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1869 · page 5

CARGO QUARTZ REEFS.—The Western Examiner of Saturday states:–There can now be no doubt of the payable qualities of the reefs at this place, and late yields have demonstrated the fact that a machine on the ground would…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1869 · page 5

BURRANGONG.—The correspondent of the Mining Record writes:—There is no mining news worthy of note. The Wombat rush still holds its own; but it is not rich, and does not seem to improve. As the miners must now have…

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The Natal Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1869 · page 5

THE following correspondence from the Government of Natal appeared in yesterday's Gazette:- "Colonial Secretary's Office, "Sydney, 13th April, 1869…

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The Cataract Coal Mine, Near Berrima, N.s.w

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 15 April 1869 · page 4

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Fitzroy Iron Works: Scene on the Tramway Between the Works and Coal Mine

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 15 April 1869 · page 5

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