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Mining & the mines, 1881

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Mining Swindle at Ballarat

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1881 · page 4

The Ballarat Courier states that the utmost excitement prevailed at the Corner, Ballarat, on December 21, consequent on a base attempt at fraud by moans of a " bogus " telegram, addressed…

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Bobbery of Gold From a Museum

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1881 · page 4

Much consternation was occasioned on Thursday, says the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, when the persons in charge of the Technological Museum attached to the National Gallery, Swanston-street,…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1881 · page 6

The Junction Gold-mining roof, having completed their 28th head of stampers, are now on finishing the remaining twelve head. The battery is expected to be crashing about 2000 loads a month, which will be worked from an open…

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Stock Banch, Department of Mines, Sydney, November 18, 1881. Notice to Owners of Stock. Pastures and Stock Protection Act, 1880

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1881 · page 3

ATTENTION is here by called to Regulation 41, under the abovenamed Act, by which every owner of Horses. Cattle or Sheep (whatever the number may be) is required to deliver or forward to the Inspector of Stock for his district, between the 1st…

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Mining Intelligence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 December 1881 · page 5

The Manager of the Lady Maria G. M. Co., Boll's Creek, under date of 21th, reports as follows:—"The contract was finished last Saturday, and I continned until the 21st with day labour, on which date I left for Sydney. Since…

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Mining Summary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 December 1881 · page 8

Considerable interest has been manifested during the last fortnight in the progress of the Mount M'Donald goldfield, in the Carcoar district, and the reports received from reliable sources from time to time indicate that the…

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Gympie Mining. GYMPIE

Evening News · Friday 30 December 1881 · page 2

The latest sales reported are:—Caledonian United, 5s; Golden Crowns, 35s; North Hilton, 5s 6d. Sixty tons from No. 2 North Lady Mary yielded…

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Mining Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1881 · page 5

Twenty-two mineral selections of 10 acres each, on M'Caughey'e Singorambah run, were taken up to-day; also two square miles of the same run. That which may be regarded as Christmas news to miner…

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Temora Goldfield

Evening News · Friday 30 December 1881 · page 3

The Hon. J. Watson introduced a deputation to the Minister for Mines to-day from Temora, the members of which were—Messrs. Geroge Lucas, W. E. Murray, H. Parker, J. Russell, J. Penman, W…

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Mining

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 8

30,796 tone of coal were exported from New-castle last week. WE learn from Adelaide that the Blinman and other mines in the Far North have rocommonced…

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Mining Telegrams. Adelong

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 1108

Patrick Walsh's mining lease. Upper Adelong, is the best in the locality. Several crushings have taken place from the claim, retuning 50z. to the ton. There are 100 tons at grass, which are expected to go 30z. to the ton…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 1109

Specimens of stone from the Balmoral Company's claim, Mount M'Donald, 30 miles from Carcoar, have been shown to us. The stone was taken from a reef in the claim at a depth of 35 feet, and appears to be highly auriferous, and…

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Late Mining

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 1117

The Manager of the Lady Maria G. M. Co., Bell's Creek, under date of 24th, reports as follows:—"The contract was finished last Saturday, and I continued until the 21st with day labour, on which date I left for Sydney. Since…

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Gold Discoveries near Rockley

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 1108

The following is the report of the Warden on the rumoured gold discovery near Rockley:—Warden Smith, of the rush at Sewell's Creek, five miles east of Rockley, reports that he considers the red flag has been hoisted…

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Mining in New Caledonia

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 22

IN your issue of November 20, a correspondent from Noumea, after drawing attention to the sucess of the New Caledonian Chrome and Cobalt Company at Plum, expresses surprise that works for the…

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Country and Mining News

Evening News · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 6
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CORRESPONDENTS will oblige by sending Mining News on separate pages of their communications in order to have some classed in our Mining pages. Correspondents will further oblige by [?] their signatures to…

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The Miner. The Early Gold Discoveries

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 22

ON perusing some of the late issues of your interesting paper, I have noticed a report of a lecture livered by the Rev.B. 3. Beccher,'B.A,,on the early gold disoovories in the Bathurst district of New…

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Latest Mining Telegrams. GYMPIE

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 11

The latest sales reported are:—Caledonian United, 5s; Golden Crowns, 35s; North Hilton, 5s 6s6d. Sixty tons from No. 2 North Lady Mary yielded…

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Mining Items. New S'juth Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 December 1881 · page 22

OABCOAR.—A telegram states that Rowe and party had brought to Carcoar a cake of gold weighing 105oz 8dwb, being the result of a crushning of 82 tons from their olaim, situated at Gally Swamp. This claim…

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