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Mining & the mines, 1871

651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 33

Mudgee. More Rich Gold Discoveries at Gulgong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 4

The owners of Nos. 10 and 11 South, Coming Event Load, ac Gulgong, have struck gold, the former yielding 2oz to the load. The prospecting claim at the Happy Valley Lead has also struck…

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The Richmond Beach Gold Workings

Evening News · Tuesday 9 May 1871 · page 3

THE gold-working here is similar in most respects to that already described on the Clarence coast, and extends from Evans's, or the Little River South, to within thirteen miles of Cape Byron, by which a…

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New Process for Extracting Fine Gold

Empire · Tuesday 9 May 1871 · page 4
Also in Evening News

A NEW process of extracting fine gold from ores has been invented in Victoria, and is thus described in a recent number of the Ballarat Evening Mail:— "Saccharate of Quicksilver.—The invention of Mr…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 May 1871 · page 6

GULGONG.—The Guurdian of the 6th instant gives the subjoined report:—The general feeling on the gold-field is one of confidence, and as a result energetic working is the order of the day; the excitement about the Coming Event…

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A Family Buried by a Landslip at the T[?]ames Gold-fields

Evening News · Wednesday 10 May 1871 · page 3

The heavy rain and gale of Tuesday night in some sort prepared the minds of the public for the receipt of news of accidents in the hills and gullies of the Thames gold-field ; but that a house containing a…

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The Richmond Beach Gold Workings

Empire · Wednesday 10 May 1871 · page 4

THE gold-working here is similar in most respects to that already described on the Clarence coast, and extends from Evans's, or the Little River South, to within thirteen miles of Cape Byron, by which a…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 May 1871 · page 5

AN aggregate meeting of the miners of Northumberland was held at Grifliths' Flat on Monday, when about 300 of the men were present Mr. Denby occupied the chair, and briefly opened the proceeding. He said he was sorry…

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A Family Buried by a Landslip at the Thames Gold-fields. (From the Auckland Southern Cross.)

Empire · Thursday 11 May 1871 · page 3

THE heavy rain and gale of Tuesday night in some sort prepared the minds of the public for the receipt of news of accidents in the hills and gullies of the Thames gold-field; but that a house containing a…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 May 1871 · page 4

GULGONG.—A correspondant writes on the 8th instant:— The reports from this field having been very contradictory of late, I have thought that a few lines from one totally disinterested—neither storekeeper, digger, nor newspaper…

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Mining Intelligence

Empire · Friday 12 May 1871 · page 2

WE learn from the Guardian that mining matters [?] Gulgoug are still of a favourable character. The general feeling on the goldfield is one of confidence, and as a result, energetic working is the order of the day; the…

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Mines and Mining. a Visit to Tambaroora

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 14

TAMBAROORA is among the earliest of our New South Wales goldfields, having been worked so far back as 1851, but like many other of our rich gold-fields, Tambaroora has been neglected for more attractive game in…

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Miners' Aggregate Meeting

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 337

AN aggregate meeting of the miners of Northumberland was held at Griiliths' Flat, on Monday, when about 300 of the men were present. Mr. Denby occupied the chair, and briefly spened the proceeding. He said he was sorry…

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Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 329

ACCOUNTS which have been received from Araluen detail an amount of destruction by the floods there which is scarcely conceivable to those who have not been or had explained to them the peculiar way in…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 14

WE learn from the Guardian that mining matters a Gulgong are still of a favourable character. The general feeling on the goldfield is one of confidence, and as a result, energetic working is the order of the day; the…

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Mining Intelligence

Evening News · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 3

We learn from the Guardian that mining matters at Gulgoug are still of a favourable character. The general feeling on the goldfield is one of confidence, and as a result, energetic working is the order of the day ; the…

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Dreadful Coal-pit Explosien

Evening News · Monday 15 May 1871 · page 3

A LAMENTABLE coal-pit explosion took place on February 24, in the Rhondda. Valley, Glamorganshire, a district by no means unknown in the annals of this class of catastrophe. The scene of the disaster was the…

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Terrible Colliery Explosions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1871 · page 3

A disatrous explosion occurred late on the night of Febuary 24, at the Pentre Colliery, in the Rhondda Valley, [?]hich resulted in the death of thirty eight men employed [?]in the pit. At half-past 9 the residents in the adjoining…

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Dreadful Coal-pit Explosion

Empire · Tuesday 16 May 1871 · page 3

A LAMENTABLE coal-pit explosion took place on February 24, in the Rhondda Valley, Glamorganshire, a district by no means unknown in the annals of this class of catastrophe. The scene of the disaster was the…

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Gold Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1871 · page 8

THE heavy rains which have fallen during the past month have flooded and filled in nearly all the claims in the Araluen Valley. The unfortunate miners, after bearing up against flood after flood during the last twelve months—…

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