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Mining & the mines, 1871

651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 33

Gulgong Gold-fields. [From Our Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1871 · page 5

TRAVELLING now-a-days by "special reporters" has become so sale that an ousiders description of the road, and so forth, from Wallerawang to Gulgong might be looked upon by the critics as a hoax and not interesting to your…

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Mines and Mining. Desulphurization of Metallic Ores. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 June 1871 · page 15

SIR,—In your issue of the 3rd instant, you have drawn public attention to an invontion for effecting the desulphurization of gold and silver ores, by a method known as " Hagan's Furnace Process nor have the…

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Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1871 · page 522

IN a paragraph below it will be found that a correspondent furnishes us with some information relative to several very rich results of crushings recently obtained at Tambaroora, but of which no record has been made…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 June 1871 · page 15

WITH news of fresh rushes and extraordinary yields, there is a good budget of intelligence this week for those of our readers who are interested in mining matters. At Tambaroora, every claim almost is being…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 June 1871 · page 3

LARGE YIELD OF GOLD AT THE PERSEVERANCE REEF.—The Clarence Examiner of Tuesday states that Gray's machine has commenced crushing at the Perseverance Reef…

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Mark Brown's Wife: A Tale of the Gold-fields. Part I.—the Immigrants. Chatter Xi.—the Footsteps Recognised

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1871 · page 538

IN the early morning Tom returned from his mission to the Camp, bringing with him the deposit receipt for the gold which he had lodged safely with the Commissioner. He laughed heartily when he heard…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1871 · page 2

CANOWINDRA.—More reefs are stated by the correspondent of the Western Examiner (who writes on the 19th) to have been discovered in this neighbourhood by a man named Wilson. They are situated about four miles…

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Mining Intelligence

Empire · Friday 30 June 1871 · page 2

THE Gulgong gold escort left on the 21st for Mudgee with 3542oz ldwt 22gr, as the produce of this gold-field for the previous fortnight. The amount is 1425oz larger than the previous escort, an increase that proves…

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Mining on the Upper Clarence

Empire · Friday 30 June 1871 · page 3

IT would seen, as of the Upper Clarence River marked a clearly defined boundary line between the carboniferous sandstones on the east and the auriferous rocks upon the weat. Abundant evidence of eruptive trap…

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Later from New Zeala News From the Thames Gold-fi[?] to the 13Th JUNE.Grahamstown, Tuesday, 10.59 a.[?]

Evening News · Friday 30 June 1871 · page 2

THE Caledonian are stripping the lode, which [?] very rich. The Nonpareil have cleared up, and have fo[?] month 9041/4oz…

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Mines and Mining. Mining on the Upper Clarence. [By Our Travelling Reporter.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 18

IT would seem as if the Upper Clarence River marked a clearly defined boundary line between the carboniferous sandstones on the east and the auriferous rocks upon the west. Abundant evidence of eruptive trap…

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Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 14

OUR gold-fields news is this week somewhat mor scant than usual, but in so far as it goes it is satisfactory. Gulgong has sent down a good escort of 3542 oz.,…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 7

The only one field to which attention is mainly turned at the present time is Gulgong. A correspondent, writing to us from Mudgee, stales that numbers are leaving there for…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 18

THE Gulgong gold escort left on the 21st for Mudgee with 3542oz 1dwt 22gr, as the produce of this gold-field for the previous fortnight. The amount is 1425oz larger than the previous escort, an increase that proves…

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Hydraulic Mining. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 18

SIR,—In a popular work, under the head of "Physics or Natural Philosophy," we read:—"A short pipe or tube inserted in the orifice of a reservoir in order to increase the discharge, is called an adjutage. The form of an…

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Mark Brown's Wife: A Tale of the Gold-fields. Part I.—the Immigrants. Chapter Xiii.—secured

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 26

THE dog Tracker had followed Mark when he first started from the tent to join Tom and the troopers, but owing to his crippled and feeble condition he was coon left behind. Then the rush of the diggers which…

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Later From New Zealand. News From the Thames Gold-ftelds to the 13Th Jone. (From the Telegraphic Correspondent of the Auckland Herald.) Grahamstown, Tuesday, 10.59 a.m

Empire · Saturday 1 July 1871 · page 3

THE Caledonian are stripping the lode, which looks very rich. The Nonpareil have cleared up, and have for the month 904¼oz…

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Mining Intelligence

Evening News · Monday 3 July 1871 · page 3

THE Gulgong gold escort left on the 21st for Mudgee with 3542oz 1d wt 22gr, as the produce of this gold-field for the previous fortnight. The amount is 1425oz larger than the previous escort, an increase that proves…

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The Gold-fields of New Caledonia

Evening News · Tuesday 4 July 1871 · page 2
Also in Empire

A GENTLEMAN, who arrived in Sydney from New Caledonia, by the Havilah, on Saturday, has favoured us with the following report on the gold-fields there:—These "fields" attracted some notice for seven or eight…

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