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Mining & the mines, 1881

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Mines and Mining. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1881 · page 19

At Little River, last week, 54 tons of stone yielded 184oz of gold. A gold-boaring reef has been discovered at Milburn Creek, Carcoar…

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Late Mining. Weekly Return of Gold, Copper, and Tin

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1881 · page 21

The gold received for coinage at the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week ending December 29 was 493-90 oz. The following is a return of the gold, copper, tin, &c,…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1881 · page 34

Sonic interesting information is to hand from the Pikedale gold-field, upon the accuracy of which we can reply. Our correspondent states that a parcel of 16 tons of stone from a recently discovered reef at Thane's Creek has been…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1881 · page 10

A company has been floated in Adelong to work the silver and lead mines on the Everton Estate, near Yass, the estent of the ground being 150 acres…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Adelong. December 28

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 January 1881 · page 13

THE WEATHER.—The last few days have been very opproseive. We have bad a deal of thunder and dust storms, but no rain, and water is becoming short. The thermometer has registered from 100deg to 110deg in the shade…

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Leases on the Copeland Goldfield

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1881 · page 33

An important matter connected with gold-mining, and one that needs immediate attention, is what is known as the leasing system. It is the greatest obstacle of all that stand in the way of the bona-fide…

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Gold-mining at Blayney. BLAYNEY

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1881 · page 2

The Blayney Gold-mining Company have come upon same splendid prospects at their claim at King's Plains. Good, samples of coarse and fine gold found near, the surface hare been brought…

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Mining News. TEMORA

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1881 · page 2

A rush on the lower lead has commenced, but it present there is no cause for excitement. A [?]ew claims hare been marked out to the west of Buckley's…

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Gold from Braidwood. BRAIDWOOD

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1881 · page 2

The monthly gold escort left to-day in care of Inspector Keegan. The amount of the Bank of New South Wales was 51oz lldwt 3gr, the Oriental Bank 4l5oz ldwt. From Araluen the…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1881 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday morning, at the mine of the Prince of Wales Company, Mia Mia, near Muckloford, whereby a man named Cook was killed (says the CASTLEMAINE REPRESENTATIVE)…

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Indian Coal

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 7

WHILE the gold mines of India are creating excitement at homo and some attention in India, the coal mines of this country (Bays the Bombay Gazette), of much more consequence in reality…

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Gold-fields Recollections. No. 15

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 17

I HAVE thought it possible that some readers may consider those recollections too diffuse in descriptions of officers and official routine; and, if such be the case, I may explain that this…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 10

THE Stewart's Island quartz roof, N. Z., is a myth. The supposed gold proved to be mundic. THE population of the Wantiool diggings, near Junee, is gradually increasing…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 73
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GOLD MINING.—We are informed that the exact weight of the smelted gold taken to Orange by Heffernan and party on the 24th ultimo was 262 ozs. 12 dwts. We also hear that Mr. Heffernan has determined to leave this district,…

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The Wild River Tin Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 73

The Cairns Advertiser says:—"This field must be an El Dorado as every person who has visited there alludes to it in the same strain. Late visitors inform us that Horberton is a busy place and that new lodes are being discovered daily,…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 11

The Eight-mile diggings near Albury are looking up. Sylvester's claim is washing 3½oz to the load. The load appears tronding into deep ground, and gets better as it deepens…

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Mining Items. One Mile

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 4

Three hundred and twenty-one tons of the Phoenix Company's mine yielded 196Oz lldwt of smelted gold. A trial crushing of 70 tons of the Dawn Extended Company's mine jielded 24oz…

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Mining Items. New South Wales

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 3

The monthly escort left Carcoar last week with 627oz 3dwt 17gr of gold. There is a slight commotion at the Grecian Bend lead, Temora, owing to Griffith and party having…

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Country and Mining News. ADELONG. January 4

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1881 · page 7

WEATHER.-For several weeks past the heat has been intense. Sometimes the sky becomes slightly overcast, and we buoy ourselves np with the hope we shall have a copious dwwntall, only again to see the clouds disporse…

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