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Mining & the mines, 1879

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondents.] Adelong. December 22

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 38

The weather during the past week has been fine, and those who had hay have it housed in good condition, and should we get some rain we shull soon have the plough at work. The wheat is ripening fast, but there is not much…

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Gympie Gold Mining

Evening News · Wednesday 31 December 1879 · page 2

ONE-MILE, Wednesday.—182[?] tons from No. 1 North Glanmire Reef has yielded 215oz of retorted gold; 285 tons from the Phcenix yielded 476oz 4dwt 12gr of smelted gold…

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Mining Summary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 December 1879 · page 7

Since the last mail left, the mining intelligence received from the gold-fields has not been of much importance. The discovery mentioned in Krohmann's claim, Hill End, has developed into a 2 feet 6-inch vein, 600 feet from the…

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