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

Mining & the mines, 1894

916 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 5 of 46

Trouble at the Collieries

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2

The Government on Wednesday received word of disturbances in Newcastle, and met in the evening at the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Fosbery,…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A fatal mining accident happened at the Snowstorm Mine, Omeo, last night. Two brothers named Le Blanc, preparatory to knocking off at midnight, bored a hole and charged…

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Mining on Private Property Bill.--Slaughtering it in Committee

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1894 · page 2

As it was pretty well known that the real fight over the Mining on Private Lands Bill would take place in committee, there was an unusually large attendance of the public in the Legislative Council…

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Rich Find of Gold Near Crookwell. a Large Area Pegged Out

Goulburn Herald · Friday 16 February 1894 · page 2

NEWS reached Crookwell on Wednesday night of a rich find made at Pejar Village Reserve, about eleven miles from Crookwell, by Whittington and party. Next morning a…

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Colliery Troubles

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 4

MR. MELVILLE, M.L.A., received a telegram from Newcastle on Thursday stating that the Stockton miners who went on strike had decided to accept the terms of the directors of the company and…

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Another Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 6

AT the Mines Department, on Wednesday, a gold-saving machine was exhibited by Mr. Wicks. The object of the machine is to save the very fine gold and platform from the beach sands of the…

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Gold Discovery at Pejar

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 4

CROOKWELL, Thursday.—There was some excitement here to-day, caused by a report that a rich quartz reef had been discovered at Pejar by Whittington and party. A number of townspeople visited…

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Mining on Private Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 February 1894 · page 4

THE Council on Thursday went into committee to continue the discussion of the Mining on Private Lands Bill, but very little progress was made. Following up the success which attended the…

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The John Jerger Gold-saving Machine. a Trial to Take Place in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Monday 19 February 1894 · page 2

ON Thursday next a trial of the John Jerger Gold-saving Machine will take place in Sydney in the pretence of experts from the Department of Mines, members of Parliament,…

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Mining on Private Lands. Limited to Gold, Silver, and Lead

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 2

THE Legislative Council on Thursday resumed consideration in committee of the Mining on Private Lands Bill at clause 2, "interpretation of terms," which had been amended on the previous evening…

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The Pejar Gold Find

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 2

A CROOKWELL telegram to the Sydney Herald says.—There are not any new developments in connection with the Pejar gold find, and the prospectors are still…

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The John Jerger Gold-saving Machine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 February 1894 · page 2

THE model of the John Jerger Gold-saving Machine was taken to Sydney on Monday to be used at a public trial there on Thursday next, which will be witnessed by experts, members of Parliament,…

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The Miners' Trouble

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 3

A further detachment of police, fully armed, left this morning for Newcastle, trouble being feared at Plattsburg this afternoon…

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Reported Gold-find at Pejar

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1894 · page 2

THE report that reached here last week of a roof having been struck at Polar, which was probable to turn out something good, has not been substantiated by…

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Gold at Hill End

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 4

THE Mines Department is in receipt of a telegram from the warden at Hill End, stating that be had made an inspection of Marshall Bros,' gold mine at Specimen Gully. He reported:—"The discovery…

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The Mining on Private Lands Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 February 1894 · page 4

GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—A public meeting will be held to-morrow to protest against the Legislative Council's decision in excluding tin and antimony from the Mining on Private Lands Bill…

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The Jerger Gold-saving Machine. Trial in Sydney

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 February 1894 · page 2

A TEST of the Jerger Gold-saving Machine was held at the Diamond Drill Stores, George-street, West Sydney, yesterday afternoon, under the supervision of the Mines…

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A New Gold Mining Company. London

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 4

The Douglas Gold Mining Company, Croydon, Queensland, has been registered with a capital of £24,000…

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Shoalhaven Syndicate Mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 2

THE first Warden's Court ever held in Sydney opened its proceedings on Friday morning at the offices of the Department of Mines. Mr. F. R Wilshire, Walden for the Berrima district, in…

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Mining on Private Property Bill

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 February 1894 · page 1

IN the Legislative Council on Wednesday Dr. MacLaurin explained that the amendments in the Mining on Private Lands Bill were not ready, and he therefore could not…

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