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Mining & the mines, 1880

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Mining Items. New South Wales

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

Gold has been discovered on Mr. W. Glasson's land at Blayney. Thirty tons of copper, from the Cobar mines, reached the railway station Wallington this week…

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Late Mining. Copeland. July 19

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 173

There is no mining news of special importance to note this week. A crushing from The Lady Belmore mine is going through Thomas' machine; and the Mountain Maid Gold Mining Company's crushing is still going on at the…

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Tin Mining at Tent Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 185

At Rose Valley mining matters are quiet, the dry weather interfering in the working of most claims. I believe Foss and Co.'s is the only claim that has struck anything new, in the bottom of a shaft they sank recently they came on…

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Country and Mining News (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury. July 20

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 38

MANIPULATING THE IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS.—An example of the way in which our immigration system is sometimes abused was brought under my notice a few days ago, though the circumstances detailed occurred not quite…

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The Temora Goldfield

Evening News · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 5

THE main features of the Temora goldfield have already been described by telegraph, so little remain to be done further than to amplify what has already been published. It has already been stated that…

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The New Goldfield at Temora. [By Electric Telegraph.] Cootamundrs

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 5

The Temora rush continues unabated. This morning's train from Sydney brought a large crowd of diggers and others to swell the throng at the coach office waiting transit to the field. Only…

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Rusk to Temora Goldfield

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

In view of the prospective importance of the Temora goldfield, as indicated by the latest accounts from the field, we have doomed it right to despatch to the scene of operations a special reporter, who left…

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The Temora Goldfield Rush. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Special Reporter.) Temora

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

TEMORA, goldfield presents a scene of great activity. It is situated 38 miles north-west of Cootamundra, from which town communication is maintained by Cobb and Co.'s and Slayter's…

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The Novelist. the Miner's Right. a Tale of the Australian Goldfields, by Rolf Boldrewood. Chapter Xxv (Continued)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 July 1880 · page 30

Raising her tear-stamed face, and essaying at first vainly to speak, like a child who attempts to do so after abandonment to passionate grief, she again addressed me—…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 4

Long [?] GOLD MINING COMPANY (Limited.)— The mining manager reports on July 17:—"Operations recently have been confined to working sfrom No. 1 air-shaft. We have now a clear face of 107 feet showing payable gold,…

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Gympie Mining

Evening News · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 2

GYMPIE, ONE-MILE, Saturday.—Three hundred and fifty tons of stone from the Ph[?]nix Company's mine have given a yield of 730oz 12gr of smelted gold; 228 tons of stone…

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The Temora Gold-field. (By Our Own Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 July 1880 · page 3

The intelligence that a large and apparently very rich gold-field exists at Temora is attracting to the spot miners and adventurers from all the colonies, and no-thing now can stop the gradually increasing current…

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Gold Mining at Parkes

Evening News · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 2

PARKES, Tuesday.—The Temora rush is causing a stir amongst the diggers here. A large number have already left, and others are making preparations to do so. Jones and party…

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Mining News

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 3

The following is a return of tin ore received at Newcastle and Morpeth for the week ending july 17, 1880:--Taimvorth, 17 tons llcwt iqr; ditto, 12 tons 15cwt Iqr. Total, 30 tons liewt 2qr…

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Latest Telegrams. Exodus or Miners

Evening News · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—There is a continued exodus of miners from the district to Temora. About 14 practical hands from Tighe's Hill left Newcastle last night, and more are to follow…

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The Temora Gold-field. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 5

During the past day or two nothing in the shape of mining discoveries has occurred worth reporting from Temora. There are now fully thirty claima on payable gold, but want of water is the drawback, and extensive…

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The Temora Goldfield

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 July 1880 · page 3

Temora, the new goldfield, lies nearly 10 miles north-west of Cootamundra, a well-built and prosperous township on the Southern line, 253 miles from Sydney. There is only a bush track to…

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Bulli Coal Mining Company

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

The 87th half-yearly meeting of the directors of the Bulli Coal Mining Company was held at their offices, Bridge-street, yesterday, when the following report was submitted:--[?]'1. The steamers Woonona,…

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Splendid Yield of Gold

Evening News · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

COPELAND, Tuesday.—The crushing of the Mountain Maid, last evening, retained 1016oz of gold for 238 tons of stone, and about 30 tons more of the same stone has yet to go through the mill…

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The Temora Goldfield. Latest News. Cootamundra

Evening News · Wednesday 28 July 1880 · page 2

IT is a mistake giving the name of "Watsonford." to Temora. That was the name given it "officially," to quote "Pinafore." but the name is repudiated even by the Hon. James Watson himself, who is [?]…

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