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Mining & the mines, 1880

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MINING Hilling Telegrams. Braidwood

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 124

White and Mac have found an 8-oz. nugget at the Little River. BRISBANE, TUESDAY. Two trial crushings from the newly-discovered…

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Mining Items. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 22

ALTHOUGH the holidays are now pretty well over work has not yet thoroughly commenced on our various goldfields, and it will be another week or so before the miners who have been keeping up the…

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Cession of Seaboard on the Gold Coast. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 126

Two chiefs of the Gold Coast have ceded the seaboard of their respective countries to the British, who have taken possession. The belief is gaining ground that the British…

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Country and Mining News. [From Our Correspondents.] Adelong. January 13

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 38

The weather since my last has been very hot, and the ground on the hills is parched and dry. We had a fine rain on Friday, whick changed the appearance of the paddocks, and was welcome to the farmers…

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Mining Summary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1880 · page 7

Since our last summary the items of mining intelligence received have been comparatively unimportant. The stone raised in Krohmann's claim has scarcely proved so rich as was anticipated, and has scarcely yielded two ounces to the…

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Mining at Little River, Near Dungog

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1880 · page 4

These diggings are showing very satisfactorily the stone raised looks remarkably well. A small quantity recently dollied out by Mr. Lloyd gave a very large return, and there are about 200 tons…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 4

GREAT COBAR COPPER M. Co.—The mining manager reports as follows:—"January 13. I beg to report progress made on the different parts of the mine during the four weeks ending 10th instant in the underground…

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The Copeland Goldfield

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 2

COPELAND NORTH, Wednesday.—Messrs. Roberts and party have discovered a reef at the junction of the two crooks. The stone shows fair gold. No. 4 South Centennial have struck…

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Latest Telegrams. Distress Amongst Miners

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1880 · page 2

[?] WCASTLE, Thursday.—A public meeting is held on Friday night, in the Protestant Hall, [?] wood, to take into consideration the best means of, relieving the distress that at present exists…

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The Woolegar Goldfields

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.-The new gold discovery known as the Woolgar goldfields is situated 50 miles south by west of Gilberton. There ace now about 200 men on the field, and some parties…

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The New Goldfield

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1880 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-The only additional news from Woolyar is, that the Gold Warden on the Hodgkinson left Georgetown at 3 o'clock yesterday, to obtain a description of the auriferous…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion. London, January 21

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1880 · page 3

A terrible explosion of fire-damp has occurred in Leycott Colliery, Staffordshire. It is known that 79 persons in the mine were killed…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Terrible Colliery Explosion. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1880 · page 5

A terrible explosion has occurred at Leycett colliery, in Staffordshire. It is known that 79 persons who were in the mine have been killed…

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Mines and Mining. The Mining Report and the Leasing System. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 22

SIR,—The report of the Minister for Mines which appeared in your issue of the 13th December last, has, no doubt, been read by a large number of your numerous readers, but I fear that the interest taken…

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Mining Telegrams. Braidwood

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 171

The Melbourne Company starts crushing a mundic claim at Major's Creek to-morrow. There is an inexhaustible supply, and other shareholders with bad appliances often get six ounces of free gold to the ton…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 172

REVOCATION OF A GOLD-FIELD RESERVE.—By a proclamation, which appears in the Government Gazette, january 19, the protion of Crown lands, of which particulars are here giver, ceases to be a gold-field reserve. thirty…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 12

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The only additional news from Woolyar is, that the Gold Warden on the Hodgkinson left Georgetown at 3 o'clock yesterday, to obtain a description of the auriferous…

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Victorian Gold Returns for 1879

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 171

" According to our usual custom (says the Australasian) soon after the commencement of each year of publishing the estimated yield of gold during the year immediately preceding, we now give the yield of gold for 1879. The estimate…

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Mining Correspondents. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 39

SIR,—Few persons not resident on a goldfield can be aware of the importance of having the resources of their respective localities made known to the public. Many capitalists seeking profitable investments for money lying…

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Mining Items. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 23

Captain Bryant, from, the Snowball copper mine, visited Tumut in the beginning of last week, and we understand inspected several places in the neighbourhood where copper lodes are believed to exist. It is…

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