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Mining & the mines, 1871

651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 33

Mining

Empire · Friday 3 November 1871 · page 4

Considerable activity has prevailed in mining matters during the month, consequent on the discovery of several new and payable filds. Of course they have not yet been developed, but the returns already secured…

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The Inverell Tin Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 November 1871 · page 3

A WRITER, of " Stray Notes," in the Inverell Courier thus speaks of, the newly-discovered mine:—The Elmore mine is the nearest to Inverell, and is situated upon the right bank of the M'Intyre. The proprietors, Messrs. Brown,…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 November 1871 · page 3

FROM Brown's Creek, a correspondent of the Carcoar Chronicle writes: Nothing very exciting is going on in mining matters at present. The Brown's Creek Quartz Crushing and Gold Mining Co. are giving their machinery—…

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Mines and Mining. The Denison. [From Our Travelling Reporter.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 15

FROM the Hulfe Gottes Gelana Mine, on the Isis, to the Denison Gold-field on the Hunter, is an up and down, rough, and wild passage (track there is none) of some twenty miles across the ranges which divide the two…

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Mining. Gold, and How it is Got. No. II

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 1129

HAVING disposed of the process of tomming, as detailed in our last, Mr. Peter Wright next deals with the sluice. He says:—" The sluice followed the tom closely in time, and…

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The Inverell Tin Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 1131

A WRITER of "Stray Notes " in the Inverell Courier thus speaks of the newly-discovered mine:—The Elmore mine is the nearest to Inverell, and is situated upon the right bank of the M'lntyre. The proprietors, Messrs. Brown,…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 15

The usual fortnightly escort left Gulgong on Thursday, conveying 4464ozs 15dwts 7grs of gold. This amount, though very much less than the previous escort is, says the local paper, yet higher than…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 2

The mining reports for the past week are of a most encouraging character—specially so—so far as the Western fields are concerned. At Gulgong, the Guardian states, there is a more…

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The Mining Regulations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 12

The Gulgong Guardian has been exposing by illustration the evils of the present system of Gold Fields management, it says:— If a complete frontage code. that fully…

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Fearful Colliery Explosion. (From the Daily News, September 7) Wigan, Wednesday afternoon

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 November 1871 · page 23

About 11 o'clock this morning a colliery explosion; the full effect of which it is impossible to state the time of writing, occurred at Messrs. Pearson an Knowles's Moss Pits, situated on Brynn Moss, in…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 November 1871 · page 2

FROM Tumut, the Gundagai Times of Saturday, has the following:—During the week 14 tons 10 ewt. of auriferous quartz, from Messrs. Haydon and Fitzgerald's claim at Luc-ma-lac, were crushed at Adelong, yielding 37 oz…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 November 1871 · page 3

HILL END.—The Times in its report of Saturday states that Krobmenn and Co.'s cake of gold this week, crushed at Pullen's, real[?]d 1625 oz. Although this is a very handsome return, we understand that the claimholders have…

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Mining Intelligence

Empire · Thursday 9 November 1871 · page 3

THOUGH at Gulgong there are no new finds of any moment to record, there is, says the local paper, a perceptible improvement in the prospects of existing leads to report, resulting in a more buoyant feeling amongst…

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Mining Intelligence

Evening News · Friday 10 November 1871 · page 3
Also in Empire

A very nice little bit of gold was brought into Wagga Wagga, says the Express, from North Junee, and safely deposited in the Bank of New South Wales. Wallet and Co. had a splendid cake weighing…

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Mines and Mining. Dr. Beer's Patent Gold Amalgamator and Concentrator

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 15

SOME interest has been created by the exhibition at Greville's Commerciel Rooms of a gold amalgamator and concentrator, invented and patented by Dr. Frederick Beer, The principle of the invention is based on…

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Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 1162

THE Gulgong Guardian is rather more severe upon the members of the commission recently appointed to report upon the Gulgong gold-field than the circumstances of the case, as they at present stand, in any…

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Mining Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 2

GULGONG.—The Guardian states of this field:—Though there are no finds of any moment to re cord, there is a perceptible improvement in the prospects of existing leads to report, resulting in…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 15

THOUGH at Gulgong there are no new finds of any moment to record, there is, says the local paper, a perceptible improvement in the prospects of existing leads to rnport, resulting in a more buoyant feeling amongst…

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Bidder's Coal Breaking Machinery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 November 1871 · page 15

SOME twelve months ago Mr. Elliot, M.P., directed the attention of Mr. S. P. Bidder to the subject of constructing a mnchine to take the place of gunpowder in breaking the coal in the seam, and that…

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