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Mining & the mines, 1871

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The Gold Fields

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 7

The reports from the Gold Fields continue to be encouraging and satisfactory. Tins is so, more especially as far as it refers to the Western, mines. Gulgong, though not an El Dorado nor…

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The Appin Gold-Fields' Puzzle. Nineteen Hidden Animals (Backwards)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 21

One fine morning in the year 186—, the streets of Appin contained crowds who were in a state of great excitement, caused by a report that a gold-field had been discovered near the…

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Mining Boards. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 15

SIR,—Having received (from different mining districts) letters, requesting to me agitate in favour of mining boards, I take this opportunity of replying through the medium of your journal, First. I have to state that,…

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Quartz Mining on Bendigo. Garden Gully Reef

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 13

Tn the year 1852 many a footsore new chum, whom the fame of the Bendigo diggings lured to try his fortune on that celebrated poor man's gold-field, was told by…

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Visit to the Phœnix Copper Mines at Currawang

Empire · Tuesday 28 November 1871 · page 4

GLOWING accounts from gold-fields naturally take precedence, and often divert public attention from mining operations of a l[?] pre[?] character, though yielding safe and profitable returns…

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The Wigan Colliery Explosion

Evening News · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 3

It is computed that there are now 50,000 gallons of water entering Messrs. Pearson and Knewlea's [?] Pits, near Wigan, each hour, the quantity having been increased by the addition of several…

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Mining

Empire · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 3

The past month has been one of great notivity in Mining matters, but no fresh f[?]ds have been reported. Good returns have been received from the principal fields, while the undeveloped fields in very…

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Report of the Gold-fields' Commission

Empire · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 2

The long-looked-for report of the Royal Commission, appointed on the 6th June, 1870, to inquire into the working of the present Gold-fields' Actand Regulations, and into the best means of securing a…

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Gold and Other Minning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 10

DURING the past month, our mining news is of more than usual interest, showing unmistakably that our resources under this head are surely, though, gradually developing themselves. We have in previous…

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Visit to the Phoenix Copper Mines at Currawang

Evening News · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 4

GLOWING accounts from gold-fields naturally take precedence, and often divert public attention from mining operation of a less pretentious character, though yielding safe and profitable returns…

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Mines and Mining. The Treatment of Auriferous Pyrites

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

GOLD-mining for want of sufficient capital and experienced men in the treatment of sulphurous ores, containing gold, is far in the rear compared with Victoria. Most Victorian quartz companies have to contend with…

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The Wigan Colliery Explosion

Empire · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 3

It is computed that there are now 50,000 gallons of water entering Messrs. Pearson and Knowles's Moss Pits, near Wigan, each hour, the quantity having been increased by the addition of several…

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Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 1262

THE escort from the "Western gold-fields for the present fortnight is the largest that has been received from any gold-fields district for some years past, the amount being 15,419 oz. The bulk of this comes from…

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Mining News

The Irish Citizen · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 5

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Mining Items

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

THE gold escort left Gulgong on Thursday last with 7740 ozs. 8 dwts. 12 grs. as the produce of the goldfield for the past fortnight, which is, says the Guardian, 1802ozs. larger than the previous escort. The yield…

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Gulgong Mining Report

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

The gold escort left on Thursday last with 7740 ozb. 8 dwts. 12 grs. as the produce of the gold field for the past fortnight, which is 1802 ozs. larger than the previous escort. The yield…

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The New England Tin Mines. OBAN

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

To a gentlemen who has recently returned from a visit to these mines, the Armidale Telegraph is indebted for the following information:—Messrs. Greaves and Drummond are on the ground surveying claims, and…

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Report of the Gold fields' Commission

Evening News · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 2

The long-looked-for report of the Royal Commission, appointed on the 6th June, 1870, to inquire into the working of the present Gold-fields' Act and Regulations, and into the best means of securing a…

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Report of the Gold fiields' Commission

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 5

The long-looked-for report of the Royal Commission, appointed on the 6th June, 1870, to inquire into tho working of the present Gold-fields' Act and Regulations, and into the best means of securing a…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 December 1871 · page 2

GULGONG.—In its mining report of Saturday, the Guaratan states that the gold escort left on Thursday last with 7740 oz. 8 dwts. 12 grs, as the produce of the gold-field for the past fortnight, which is 1802 oz. larger than the…

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