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Mining & the mines, 1871

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Regulations—gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 August 1871 · page 5

THE following new regulations relative to the frontage system, made in pursuance of the Gold Fields Act of 1866, were published in last Friday's Government Gazette:— Regulations repealed…

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Telegrams, This Day. GULGONG. Tuesday, 1 p.m. New Gold-fields' Regulation. Important Movement at Gulgong

Evening News · Tuesday 29 August 1871 · page 2

Great excitement prevails here against the new frontage regulations. Under the regulation No. 27, two Mudgee attorneys registered twenty-three claims, and another person registered thirty-one…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1871 · page 4

EMU CREEK.—A new and somewhat promising reef (says the Mining Record of Saturday) has been found in the Welcome Hill. It has been named the Band of Hope. Both the prospecting claim and No. 1 south have the reef…

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Regulations—gold-fields

Empire · Wednesday 30 August 1871 · page 3

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to approve of the following new regulations, made in pursuance of the Gold-Fields Act of 1866…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1871 · page 2

EMU CREEK.—A new and somewhat promising reef (says the Mining Record of Saturday) has been found in the Welcame Hill. It has been named the Band of Hope. Both the prospecting claim and No. 1 south have the reef,…

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Mining Intelligence

Empire · Thursday 31 August 1871 · page 2

The past week at Gulgong has been a quiet one in mining circles, there being no discoveries of importance to chronicle; but work, says the local organ, is being carried on energetically on all the declared…

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Regulations—Gold-Fields

Evening News · Friday 1 September 1871 · page 3

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been placed to approve of the following new regulations, made in pursuance of the Gold-Fields Act of 1866…

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Mining Intelligence

Evening News · Friday 1 September 1871 · page 4

The past week at Gulgong has been a quiet one in mining circles, there being no discoveries of importance to chronicle; but work, says the local organ, is being carried on energetically on all the declared…

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Mines and Mining. Regulations—Gold-Fields

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 14

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has been pleased to approve of the following new regulations, made in pursuance of the Gold-Fields Act of 1866…

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Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 846

THE chief event of the week has been the issue of regulations from the Lands Department, for the purpose of better carrying out the frontage system upon deep leads. They have already been taken advantage…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 2

The Minister for Lands has issued now Gold Fields Regulations. Like most other attempts of his, at mining legislation, Mr. Wilson has failed to produce anything at all useful or…

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Regulations—gold Fields

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 847

THE following new regulations relative to the frontage system, mede in pur[?]uance of the Gold Fields Act of 1566, were published in last Friday's Government Gazette:— Regulations repealed…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 15

A NEW and somewhat promising reef has been found in the Welcome Hill, at Grenfell, reports the local paper. It has been named the Band of Hope. Both the prospecting claim and No. 1 South have the reef. The…

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The Rocky River Gold-Field. (From Our Travelling Reporter.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 15

THE Rocky River Gold-field is on the Rocky River, a tributary of the Gwydir and must not be confounded with the Northern Rocky, or Timbarra, a tributary of the Clarence. It is one of the oldest and has also been…

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Mark Brown's Wife: A Tale of the Gold-fields. Part Iii.—the Wages of Sin. Chapter Iv.—found Out

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 September 1871 · page 857

"I've nearly come to the end of my yarn, mates," continued Tom Drewe. "Them's the only three times as I see her—for I was sent to the hospital with something wrong with my head, and I didn't get over it…

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The Rocky River Gold-field

Evening News · Monday 4 September 1871 · page 3

THE Rocky River Gold-field is on the Rooky River, a tributary of the Gwydir and must not be confounded with the Northern Rocky, or Timbarra, a tributary of the Clarence. It is one of the oldest and has also been…

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The Rocky River Gold-field. (Front the Travelling Reporter to the Town and Country Journal.)

Empire · Monday 4 September 1871 · page 3

THE Rooky Rivor Gold-field is on the Rooky River, a tributary of the Gwydir and must not be confournded with the Northern Rocky, or Timbarra, a tributary of the Clarence. It is one of the oldest and has also been…

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Origin of Gold Nuggets and Dust. (From the British Trade Journal, July 1.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 September 1871 · page 6

Gold being so much softer than quartz, its particles, after being subjected to the same degree of attrition, ought to be vastly smaller; although of greater toughness than quartz, and possessed of ductility and…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1871 · page 6

FOR some time post the attention of the public of New South Wales has been principally directed to the almost neighbouring gold-fields of Gulgong and Tambaroora. These two fields are of an entirely different character,—the one…

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Mining

Empire · Wednesday 6 September 1871 · page 4

Judging from the accounts which have been received from the various gold-fields during the month, it would appear that the vast mineral wealth of this colony is only now becoming known; for, as each field is more…

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