Mining
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 4
STAR OF PEACE G. M. Co.—At the special general meeting, held yesterday afternoon, Mr. Alfred Fairfax in the chair, it was announced that in view of the improved position of the company, resulting from recent crushings, and…
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Evening News · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 3
We (WESTERN INDEPENDENT) are glad to find that the grant of £500 for prospecting purposes at Cargo is likely to yield employment to a number of miners with fair results. Those at all acquainted…
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Evening News · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 2
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—At the Police-court, Lambton, yesterday, the 20 men brought up on remand, on the charge of intimidating workmen, were again brought before the Bench…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Vend Disturbances. [By Electric Telegraph.] Newcastle
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 3
Thomas Palmer and David Weeshardt, charged at the Lambton Police Court on Saturday with brandishing a knife and using threatening language towards men working in the South…
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Evening News · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 2
CARCOAR, Wednesday.—A young man named William Fleming was crushed to death in his claim at Forest Reefs, neat Carcoar, yesterday. Seven tons of earth fell on him. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Vend Disturbances. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 October 1879 · page 3
The whole of the Permanent Artillery force stationed here, with their luggage, have been removed to Lambton to-ay, and Colonel Roberts and the officers have taken up their quarters…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 October 1879 · page 4
STAR OF PEACE G. M. Co.—-Mining manager's report: —"Hill End. October 14—780-feet level: We are now stoping from this level, 55 feet south from the shaft. We are leaving this block of ground, as it was poor on the shaft…
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Evening News · Friday 17 October 1879 · page 2
ADELONG, Friday.-The prospecting claims at Tarcutta Ranges are on a reef many feet in thickness, showing fine gold. There is more excitement, and several new claims have been taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Vend Disturbances. [By Electric Telegraph.] Newcastle
The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 October 1879 · page 3
The case against Beveridge and Thomas at the Circuit Court at Maitland, for riot and attempting to murder E. N. Brown recently, occupied the greater portion of to-day before his Honor Judge…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 22
WE take the following extracts from a paper read by Mr. Melville Attwood, F.G.S., at a regular meeting of the California State Geological Society:— To a friend who was aware I had devoted a large…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 669
The Under-Secretary for Mines, says the Brisbane Courier, received a telegram from Warden Hill, Ravenswood, on the 11th instant, stating that a prospector named John Spent reports that there is a largreextent of auriferous country…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 668
A rich copper lode has been found at Bombowlee Creek, in the vicinity of the town. MURRDMBURRAH, SATURDAY. A good yield of gold is reported from Blind Creek,…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 668
The Hon. the Minister for Mines has favoured us with the following from a report which he has received from Mr. Lamont Young, Government Geographical Surveyor, Cootamundra:—"About 250 men on ground;…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 10
Through the energy and perseverance of Mr. W. Gill, one of the pioneors, and principal claim holders on the Copeland goldfield at the Barrington, there has heen added to the New South Wales mineral exhibits, a most…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 651
The success of most manufacturing processes depen[?]to a great extent on the economical use of the employed. It is painful to contemplate the enormous waste of fuel which often occurs, and it is not…
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Evening News · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 4
EAST MAITLAND, Friday.—The case against the miners Beveridge and Thomas, for riot and attempting to murder E. N. Brown, occupied the greater portion of yesterday, before his Honor…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 669
According to the Argus (Melbourne) a meeting of an interesting nature was held at Ararat on Wednesday, the 8th instant. The following is the telegraphed report:—A public meeting that has a most important bearing upon…
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Evening News · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 5
A petition has been pres[?]to the Hon. the Minister for Mines by Messrs. [?] M.L.A., Cook (PARKES GAZETTE),and H.J. Beyers,on behalf of the miners, bankers, and [?] people of parkes…
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Evening News · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 4
HILL END, Saturday.—A qnartz vein 3 inches thick, showing fine gold colours, has been cut at 594 feet level in Krohman'e claim. This discovery, taken in conjunction with the recent find in…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 October 1879 · page 8
THE PALMER.—A new find of gold has been struck at Thompson's gully by Mr. H. M'Lish. It is intended to work the Ida p.c. with forty additional hands. The party of miners working…
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