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

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Tuesday, 2.38 p.m. the Collieries Commission

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 2

THE decision of the Collieries Commission to hold their meetings in camera is adversely criticised. THE REV. JAMES CLARKE AGAIN. The Rev. James Clarke renewed his application…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1895 · page 2

GOLD is reported to have been found at Woodlark Island off New Guinos. The relief fund for the families of the miners killed in the Broken Hill South Mine…

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Bywong Gold-field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 August 1895 · page 4

As at Tomingley, Peak Hill, Wyalong, Grong Grong, and Cowabee the cry is " Crushers, send us crushers, and failing crushers let us have subsidies from the prospecting vote." And to start with, I…

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Unemployed at Goulburn.—Mining Warden

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 August 1895 · page 4

IN the Assembly on Wednesday of last week on the motion for adjournment Dr. Hollis said: I desire to draw the attention of the Minister for Labour to the fact that numbers of men have been…

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A Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 August 1895 · page 5

WAS held at the Court house, Goulburn, this morning before Mr. F. R. Wilshire, mining warden, when the following cases were dealt with:—…

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The Londonderry Mine. London, Aug. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 4

Mr. Plunkett has retired from the directorate of the Londonerry mine, Coolgardie, on the ground that he is unable to tolerate the way in which Lord Fingall and himself have been treated by Colonel…

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A Mining Invention. London, Aug. 21

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 4

Two Glasgow gentlemen have patented an invention which they claim will do away with the necessity for water-power for working mining stampers, substituting instead a combination of…

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Mining. Gold - Mining Lease

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 August 1895 · page 3

THE gold-mining lease of 4 acres Inverary, applied for by B. Harris on 4th October 1894, is now ready for delivery, and it will be declared void unless the leases take delivery…

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The Seaham Colliery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 2

THE work of hermetically sealing the shafts of the burning Seaham colliery has been accomplished. It is expected that the oxygen will not be exhausted for four weeks, and that the fire may continue for…

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A Colliery on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 4

A FIRE broke out in the main workings of the Seaham colliery on Saturday, and it was still raging on Sunday. The attempts by the Newcastle brigade to put out the fire at the Seaham colliery were…

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A Nugget of Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A telegram from Rheols, in the Inglewood district, states that two miners, named Henry Evans and J. James, old residents of the district, discovered a large nugget yesterday at…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1895 · page 2

CAPTAIN'S FLAT.—Great enthusiasm is being manifested here at the new development of the yellow copper lode in the 300ft. level of the Lake George mine. On Tuesday morning…

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The Search for the Gold in the Catterthun

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 4

THE underwriters not having given up all hope of getting the £10,000 on board the Catterthun, Mr. Briggs was seen by a Sydney Herald reporter, he being the diver who went down to view the wreck…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 September 1895 · page 2

GOVERNMENT METALLUGICAL WORE.—Tenders have been called by the minister for mines for the creation of an office and laboratory in connection with the…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 September 1895 · page 2

RUMORS are afloat as to several large mining properties in the Braidwood district being likely to be taken up by English capitalists. One, the Beula River Sluicing Company's…

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Mining on the Shoalhaven

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 4

SOME particulars of work being done on the Shoalhaven are given by "Fly" in his "Notes from Bungonia."…

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The Miners in the Bungonia District.—Important Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 4

THE miners of this district are at last waking up, and I fancy there is rough weather ahead for the monopolists. A meeting of upwards of seventy miners was held at Washed Away on Monday last,…

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Terrible Accident in a Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 4

Mr. W. J. Bartlett has received news of a shocking accident which occurred in the Cowra Creek Mine on Friday or Saturday last. The mishap was caused in the same way as one reported last week…

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Gold Discovery at Murrumburrah

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 4

MURRUMBURRAH, Saturday.—Great excitement is being manifested over reeting here just now, it having become known that Adams and party had dollied 14oz. of gold from 12lb. of stone out of their…

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Land Near Goldfields

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 4

IN regard to some recent representations the minister for mines has written a minute pointing out that it is important that sufficient land for…

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