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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1890

239 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 12

The Great Southern Silver-Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 July 1890 · page 4

YOUNG, Sunday.—On Saturday morning a party of gentlemen to the number of 15, interested in the new silver fields discovered on the Arramagong run, arrived by special car to…

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Alluvial Gold at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 4

GUNDAGAI, Friday.—Gold has been struck in the bore in the flat opposite Lindley's lead in Dodd's claim. It is fully anticipated that the Lindley rich lead has been hit in the deep…

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A Few Remarks on the Boro Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 4

ON my arrival on the ground in question I found four parties at work and each of them appear to be very sanguine of success. They have shafts down ranging from 100 to 130 and…

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The Mining Exhibition. LONDON, July 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 July 1890 · page 4

At a banquet which followed the opening ceremony in connection with the Mining Exhibition to-day Mr. W. Prichard Morgan, M.K. for Morthyr Tydvil, presided. He made a…

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The Mount Morgan Mine. Half-yearly Meeting

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 4

THE half-yearly meeting of the Mount Morgan Mining Company was held at Rockhampton on Tuesday. The chairman, in the course of his speech in moving the…

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Concession to the Miners in Germany. LONDON, Aug. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 4

The German Government has conceded the principle of eight hours, which was demanded by the miners' delegates, and has reinstated the dismissed strikers…

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The Mining Exhibition. LONDON, July 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 4

The Earl of Jersey was among the distinguished visitors to the Mining Exhibition to-day. Be said that the display was a perfect revelation to him of the extent of the mineral wealth of…

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Mining Matters

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 August 1890 · page 4

THE Chlorination Works at Major's Creek are now in full swing again after having been shut down for a few days for repair. The hydraulic sluicing companies at Nerriga, viz.,…

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Koh-i-Noor Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 August 1890 · page 4

AN extraordinary general meeting of the Koh-i-noor Gold and Silver Mining Company, Limited, was held on Monday, Mr. James Dickie in the chair. Resolutions for winding…

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Gold Mining in Wales. LONDON, Aug. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 3

An injunction has been served upon Mr. Pritchard Morgan, M.P., restraining him from proceeding with the working of his Welsh gold mine until certain payments have been made to…

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Boro Silver Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 4

Great reports are flying about the district with respect to the richness of the Boro Silver Mines. The prospecting claim in which Mr. P. Griffin, farmer…

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New Gold Discovery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 4

A very rich reef has this week been discovered on the Clyde, between Bembramalls Creek and Currawang, by a man named Lyoll. Two twenty acre leases have been taken out in…

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Gold in British Borneo. LONDON, Aug. 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 4

Mr. D. D. Rosewarne, warden of Goldfields and inspector of mines in South Australia, who is in charge of that colony's display in the Mining and Meta[?]orgical Exhibition at…

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Major's Creek Gold Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 August 1890 · page 4

MANAGER'S Report.—Dargue's Reef, No. 1 shaft: The contractors have driven the No. 2 level west a distance of 11½ft. this week, making 25ft. from shaft west, and in the east and 8ft.,…

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The Boro Silver Mines

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 21 August 1890 · page 2

WE recently paid a visit to the liver lands at Boro. The new discoveries, or father the fresh finds in a locality which has been prospected for some years back, are situated about…

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The Boro Silver Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 August 1890 · page 8

WE paid a visit to the silver lands at Boro on Wednesday. The new discoveries, or rather the fresh find, in a locality which has been prospected for some years back, are situated about two miles…

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Journalism in the Early Days of Australian Gold-fields

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1890 · page 4

SOME passing features of the sudden creation of Princetown have been given but one remains to be introduced. Exactly twelve days from the…

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Mining at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 August 1890 · page 2

A fresh silver find is reported between here and Nerriga. Mr. Fraser showed us a piece of the ore, from a portion which he informs us had assayed up to 2000oz. to the ton and which contained…

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The Colliery Strike in Belgium. LONDON, Aug. 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 September 1890 · page 3

The strike of coal-miners in the mining districts of Belgium against a reduction of wages still continues, but the men are displaying a great deal of excitement…

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Queanbeyan. Mining

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 4 September 1890 · page 2

MINING.—I was shown on Friday a sample of the ore raised by the prospoctors in their claim at Bywong, an assay of which I am informed yielded 2oz. of silver, a fair…

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