The Catterthun Gold. 5000 Sovereigns Recovered
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 2
"THE box containing 5000 sovereigns has been recovered to-day in 26½ fathoms, and four other boxes were hauled up out of the gold tank, are now in the chart-room, and only want popping in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Gold Rush in Canada. London, Aug. 17
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 August 1896 · page 2
In consequence of a number of rich crushings a great gold rush has taken place to the Kootenay district, in British Columbia, Canada. The rush is causing much excitement throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining
Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 2
Owing to numbers of rich crushings, a great gold rush has taken place to the Kootenay district, British Columbia. The rush is causing much excitement throughout Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Catterthun Gold
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 2
A WIRE received from Seal Rocks states that the four boxes of gold which were lifted out of the tank last Tuesday have been recovered by the divers. These boxes range in value from £200 to £1200, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Catterthun Gold
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 4
ON Tuesday the divers engaged at the wreck of the steamer Catterthun at Seal Rocks recovered four additional boxes of gold. The gold is to be offered at half-a-crown premium…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at Harden
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 4
HARDEN, Tuesday.—Mr. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines, is visiting the district. Gold is being found on Jugiong Creek, a continuation of Cunningham Creek. Good prospects have been obtained at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at Burraga
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 4
BURRAGA, Monday.—McVicar's, the prospector's claim at Isabella, has been inspected by the representative of a London syndicate. The owners are asking a substantial figure, as the specimens that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Shoalhaven Mining Case
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 2
MR. W. S. Caswell sat for the first time to-day (Thursday) in his new capacity as mining warden of the district. Adam Robson brought an action against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at Junction Point
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 August 1896 · page 4
TUENA, Monday.—There is a considerable revival in mining at Junction Point. There claims have been taken up north of Beeston's battery. Nobb's old claim has been secured by a Sydney syndicate,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Marshall Macmahon Mine
The Burrowa News · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 2
Among the many centres along the line of and contiguous to the Marrumbidgee watershed, in which an active revival of gold mining enterprise is now taking place,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining. a Warden's Court
Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 3
WAS held yesterday in Goulburn before Mr. Caswell, warden. William Ball senior, William Bell junior, and George Bell were summoned by Adam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Struck It Rich. Something Like a Nugget of Gold
Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 4
A PROSPECTING miner returning, wearied and disgusted, from an unsuccessful season stumbles across a boulder to rich in gold that in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Catterthun Gold
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 August 1896 · page 4
Two more boxes of gold were on Thursday recovered by the divers from the wreck of the Catterthun, Diver Briggs got one box up in the forenoon, and Diver May the other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold near Murrumburrah
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 August 1896 · page 4
THE acting warden's clerk, Mr. J. M'Iatosh has forwarded a report to the Mines Department in regard to the discovery of payable gold near Murrumburrah by Messrs. Ellis and M'Donald. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at Tuena
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 August 1896 · page 3
TUENA, Friday.—At the Warden's Court to-day three months' suspension of the labour conditions was granted on the Golden Dyke mine to enable the owners to complete the floatation in London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. a Dalton Diamond
Goulburn Herald · Monday 24 August 1896 · page 2
As there were no specimens of southern district diamonds in the mining museum, the secretary for mines and agriculture (Mr. Sydney Smith) has approved of the purchase for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney and Colonial. Sydney, Monday, 4 p.m. Mining Stampede
Goulburn Herald · Monday 24 August 1896 · page 3
OWING to a reported creep in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery three hundred miners came out in a body this morning. Great consternation prevailed amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rich Gold Discovery in Peru. London, Aug. 22
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1896 · page 4
Rich gold has been discovered in the province of Carabaya, in South-eastern Peru, on the Bolivian frontier. A nugget weighing 251b. has been unearthed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Catterthun Gold. Landing of the Specie—£7942 Recovered
The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 August 1896 · page 2
The salvage steamer Sophia Ann, having on board the specie recovered from the wreck of the Catterthun. arrived in Sydney shortly alter midnight on Friday. Considerable interest was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 2.46 p.m. Alleged Unsafety of a Mine
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 August 1896 · page 4
THERE was a sensation at Wickham, Bullock Island Colliery, this morning owing to 300 miners refusing to work, alleging that a creep had occurred and that a rumbling could be heard below. A…
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