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Mining & the mines, 1871

651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 33

MUDGEE. Tuesday, 11.30 a.m. the Gulgong Gold-fie[?]ds

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 3

Numbers 6 and 10 have struck rich gold. No. 8 washed thirty-four louds and got sixty-seven ounces. The existing disputes cannot be settled without…

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Our Government. "And Rahab said unto Elijah, "'Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?'" "And he answered," "'I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord,'" (1 Kings, XXI. 20) (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 February 1871 · page 3

SIR,--At the general election of last year, one of the successful candidates said, " if the country has prospered so well with bad government, what may it not do with good?" The…

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Trunkey Creek Quartz Mining Company (Limited)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1871 · page 3

THE adjourned half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of the abovenamed company was held yesterday. Mr. A. H. C. Macafee, the chairman of the company, presided. The following report was read by the secretary,…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1871 · page 6

ARALUEN.—The mining interests are staled by the Braidwood Monitor's correspondent to be not much improved, in consequence of continued wet weather. He says: I do not hear of any claims being filled in, but it…

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Gold and Other Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1871 · page 6

THE principal mining event of the month has been the discovery of what is expected to be a good payable goldfield at Currajong, in the Billabong district, and about twenty-five miles from Forbes. The locality has long been…

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Mining

Empire · Friday 24 February 1871 · page 3

The news from the Mittagong diggings still continues very encouraging, though the alluvial workings have been entirely deserted. On the reef there are, however, three claims, the prospectors, and Nos. 1 and 2…

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Mining

Empire · Friday 24 February 1871 · page 5

The news from the Mittagong diggings still continues very encouraging, though the alluvial workings have been entirely deserted. On the reef there are, however, three claims, the prospectors, and Nos. 1 and 2…

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Mines and Mining. Mining Reform Scheme

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

A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the members of the Ballarat Mining Board, has been held in the Alfred Hall, Ballarat. The stated object of the meeting was to adopt resolutions embodying the matters of mining…

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Mining Items

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

THH decrease in the yield of the gold-fields of this colony is not so large as anticipated. The total quantity received per Government escort amounted to 198,664oz, valued at L763,655 10s 3d, as…

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The Diamond and Gold-fields at the Cape of Good Hope

Evening News · Saturday 25 February 1871 · page 4

WE have the Cape Argus of the 19th November, which contains a description of the latest finds on the fields, so far as they are known. It is observed, however, that the diggers, from a variety of causes, are every…

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Mining Gazette. Escort Returns

Sydney Mail · Saturday 25 February 1871 · page 14

THE Western and Southern escorts have brought down the following quantities of gold. Western : Sofala, 142 oz. 19 dwts.; Bathurst, 292 oz. 2 dwts. 7 grs.; Carcoar, 1025 oz. 16…

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The Diamond and Gold fields at the Cape of Good Hope

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

WE have the Cape Argus of the 19th November, which contains a description of the latest finds on the fields, so far as they are known. It is observed, however, that the diggers, from a variety of causes, are every…

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Mining Reform Scheme

Evening News · Monday 27 February 1871 · page 4
Also in Empire

A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the members of the Ballarat Mining Board, has been held in the Alfred Hall, Ballarat. The stated object of the meeting was to adopt resolutions embodying the matters of mining…

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The Gold Fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1871 · page 3

ARALUEN.—Upper Araluen (says the correspondent of the Braidwood Dispatch of Saturday) is reaping quite a little fortune now, ground-sluicing being carried on vigorously. I hear many can take their dish and knock out from £3 to…

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Telegrams, This Day Gold Discovery Near Ten Terfield

Evening News · Tuesday 28 February 1871 · page 2

The following telegram received yesterday from G. W. V. Addison, Esq., P.M., Tenterfield, by the Hon. the Minister for Lands, Sydney, has been kindly communicated to us for publication:-…

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Fatal Colliery Accident at Barnsley

Evening News · Wednesday 1 March 1871 · page 3

ON December 3 an accident of a fatal character took place at the Agnes Main Colliery, belonging to Mr. W. Day. It appears that a man named Henry Fletcher, about thirty years of age, with his hurrier…

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Telegraphic Intelligence Gold Discovery Near Tenterfield

Empire · Wednesday 1 March 1871 · page 2

The following telegram received on Monday from G. W. F. Addison, Esq., P.M., Tenterfield, by the Hon. the Minister for Lands, Sydney, has been kindly communicated to as for publication:—…

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The Gold-fields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1871 · page 6

GULGONG.—The latest report from Gulgong, in the Western Post, is to the following effect:—There is nothing new in the way of fresh discoveries to report this week; so we can only report the progress of existing leads…

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The Mulloon Copper Mines

Evening News · Thursday 2 March 1871 · page 2

As I believe the minds of the speculative and commercial community of Sydney are at present directed partly towards the development of the mineral wealth and resources of the country of which it is the capital…

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