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Mining & the mines, 1881

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 11

The Parkes escort left yesterday with 1745oz of gold. The escort from Charters Towers and Ravenswood, brought 16,326oz of gold to Townsville…

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Tin Mining on Vegetable Creek

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 513

About one of the most wealthy mines hitherto discovered in the history of any tin field in the colony is that of the New Year's Gift, at Rose Valley, a 20-acre mineral conditional purchase held by Mrs. Fitzgerald, and worked on…

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Country and Mining News. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Adelong. March 23

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 14

ONCE MORE IN HARNESS,—Mr Vyner, ear police [?] trate, who has been away for the benefit of his health, has returned, and took his seat on the bench the fist time for [?] mouths. The rest and charge has done him much…

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Copetand Mining News. COPELAND

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1881 · page 2

The Caledonia Gold Mining Company Limited have struck a nice reef at a depth of 315ft. This gives [?] of the permanent character of the goldfield. Messrs Benjamin and Co., mining…

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The Industries of the Colony. (By Our Special Reporter.) Xxxiii.—the Cobar Copper Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1881 · page 6

As the Cobar Coppor-Mining Company is a oombinantion of other companies, the shafts which communicate with the workings below are known by different names, and have been sunk to various levels…

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Gold-bearing Cement Lode

Evening News · Tuesday 29 March 1881 · page 3

The discovery of a lode of gold-bearing earnest at Temora was chronicled. in this journal some time since, and this morning Mr. Walter Barnett, owner of the claim in which the important find was made…

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Revival of Gold-Mining

Evening News · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 2

The sudden revival of the gold-mining industry in several of the colonies, following some years of languishing existence which threatened to end in speedy -tion, is one of the most gratifying circum-stances of the times. A few vears aco it…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 4

LONG TUNNEL G. M. Co. (Limited).—The mining manager reports as under:—"Uralla, 28th March, 1881. During the past fortnight the tunnel drive has been in hard jointy rock, requiring blasting, but has now entered…

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Adelong Mining. ADOLONG

Evening News · Thursday 31 March 1881 · page 2

Payable gold has been reported in Minahan's prospecting protection area, Tarcuftta, at a depth of 25ft; 3 tons 15 cwt crave a yield of 14oz 7dwt. Claims north and south have been taken up…

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The Cargo Goldfield Reserve

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1881 · page 4

The following petition has been forwarded to Dr. Ross, M.P., for presentation to the Minister for Lands. Great dissatisfaction exists in this district at the intention of the Government to revoke the…

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Gold-fields Recollections. No. 23

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 17

IT is by no means an easy matter for any one who was not on the spot, to realize the huge changes that a few years brought, forth in the early days of those Victorian gold-fields; for had a resident,…

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Mines and Mining. Iron Deposits, &c, of the Southern Coast District

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 22

THE manager of the Mount Plesant colliory, near Wollongong, in a letter which appeared in the ILLAWARRA MERCURY of 13th February, 1880, in speaking of the Fitzroy Iron "Works in this colony…

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Mining Mems

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 9

THE prospects of the mines at Currawang are becoming somewhat brighter. THE Sandridge Company, Kilmore, Victoria, stiil continuo to obtain large returns…

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Mining Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 22

Two loads of washdirt at Tomora yielded 22oz 15dwt cach. The Hill End monthly csoort brings 660oz of gold to Sydney.The oscort from Carcoar, 444oZ 2dwt…

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Mining Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 4

NYMAGEE COPPER-MINING COMPANY (Limited).—The mining manager reports on March 24th as follows:—"Pope's shaft is down about 200 feet. The lode still continues as last reported. I cannot tell the width, not having cut…

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Gold-foil Quartz

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 41

An ingenious swindle was perpetrated last night at San Francisco (according to the ALTA CALIFORNIA of February 11) upon the people living in O'Farrell-street, and in that vicinity, by…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 12

It is raported that the Woomargamalcad mines, near Albury, are to be opened by Sydney capitalists. Payable gold has been reported in Mihaban's…

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Mining Temora Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 9

A HALF share in the Golden Gate and a quarter share in Floye's claim were sold for £975 cash. DIGGERS were busily engaged on Wednesday prospecting with available water…

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Copper Mining at Cobar

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 534

Situated in the heart of the back country, between 90 and 100 miles south from Bourke, and about 120 miles east from "Wilcannia, Cobar and its rich copper mine are to be found, and both the town and the mine are…

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