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Mining & the mines, 1870

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Gold Mining, &c

Empire · Friday 30 December 1870 · page 3

THE receipts of gold per escort during the month of November exhibited a considerable decrease as compared with the returns of the corresponding month of 1869. The quantity received in 1870 was 12,260oz…

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Gold and Other Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1870 · page 6

IT is satisfactory to be able to say that there is considerably more than the usual amount of activity in the mining district of the West. Not only has [?]ow ground been opened in two localities, but some of the ground now…

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Great Notthern Hydraulic Gold Mining and Water Supply Company (Limited)

Evening News · Friday 30 December 1870 · page 4

THE following report by the manager has been forwarded to us for publication:—Sydney, December, 23rd, 1870. To the shareholders and others desire as of embarking…

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Mines- and Mining. The Gold-fields Commission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 14

REFERRING to some remarks in the editorial columns of last week's Town and Country Journal, a few words will not be out of place on the many reasons which, uniting in a strong combination, should…

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Gold-Field in New Caledonia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 15

THE Monitor, of New Caledonia, for the 4th December, contains an account of a newly discovered gold-field, in the distriot of Didot. A letter from Lieutenant Tonnot, commandant of the district, on the 12th Ootober,…

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Great Northern Hydraulic Gold. mining and Water Supply Company (Limited.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 15

THE following report by the manager has been forwarded to us for publication:— Sydney, December 23rd, 1870. To the shareholders and others desirous of embarking…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 15

THE Wagga Wagga Express states that things have been very quiot at Sebastopol lately. The Homeward Bound Company have finished their crushing. Their returns amounted to about 13dwt per ton. They can…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 2

Mining matters are unusually dull, and although as a preparation for the Christmas festivities on the various fields, a general "crush" and "wash up" took place, no…

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Mining Gazette. Western

Sydney Mail · Saturday 31 December 1870 · page 6

EMU CREEK.—The last mining report of the Record says:—The interesting ceremony of hoisting a flag over the prospecting claim of Messrs. Hogan, Hewitt, and party's new lend, down the creek, occurred on Wednesday last…

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