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

Mining & the mines, 1896

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The Miners' Strike

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 April 1896 · page 3

The Newcastle miners' strike commenced this morning. There are only about eight small collieries working…

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Gold Discovery at Frogmore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 April 1896 · page 4

THE Burrowa Times has a long account of a reported discovery of gold at Frogmore. The discoverer of the reported find is Mr. Isaac Mobbs, a practical miner of wide and…

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The Miners' Strike

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 5

The Cardiff colliery resumed work this morning under the terms of the 1888 agreement. There are only about seventy hands all told in this pit…

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Weejasper Gold Field

The Yass Courier · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 2

A correspondent of the 'Gundagai Times' says : --The boom continues to rise. Maher and Thomas Frost have exhibited in Gundagai some rich quartz specimens, which were discovered on…

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Mining. Lease Approved

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 2

THE Issue of a lease of 12 ac. 28p., part of portions 52 and 100, Bywong, to J. McAlicler. has been approved. It is compnted that upwards of 1000 head…

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Mining News

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 5

BURRAGA, Wednesday.—A large meeting of miners and others was held in Wyylan's-hall to-day, for the purpose of suggesting localities for prospecting and submitting same to the Minister for…

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Araluen Gold-field

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 May 1896 · page 4

Mr. Wade of the water conservation and Irrigation department l "at Aralaen preparing an estimate of cost of the draining of that gold-field…

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Mining. Leases Approved

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 May 1896 · page 4

THE application of J. Armstrong lodged on 23rd August 1895 for a gold-mining lease for fifteen years of 8 nurse, Icverary, has been approved…

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The Colliery Explosion. London, May 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1896 · page 4

Forty of the miners entombed at the Micklefield Colliery, Yorkshire, consequent upon the disastrous explosion in the workings, have been rescued. There is no hope of saving the remainder of the…

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Crisis in the Coal Trade

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1896 · page 2

Newcastle, Monday.—Important developments has taken place in the coal strike. The Pacific miners, who hitherto have been outside the pale of the Miners' Association, took a step to-night which…

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Searching for the Gold on Board the Steamer Catterthun

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 May 1896 · page 2

ON Monday night the steamer Sophia Ann left the New Manly Company's wharf for Seal Rocks to search for the gold lust in the steamer Catterthun. There went by the vessel Captain John Hall (who…

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Newcastle Coal Strike

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1896 · page 3

At a meeting of the delegate board of the Miners' Association held at Newcastle to-day, amongst the business to be transected was the consideration of a latter from the New…

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The Newcastle Coal Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 May 1896 · page 4

IN regard to the Newcastle coal strike, the Minors' Association maintains a firm attitude in its demand for the full prices paid under the 1888 agreement, and has endeavoured to persuade all…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 May 1896 · page 2

THE quantity of gold exported from Perth, W.A., during April was 16,772 oz., being 5887 oz. in excess of the export for March, but a doorcane of 2353 oz. an compared with…

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Sale of Collieries. London, May 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 2

The Earl of Durham has sold 14 of his collieries for £1,000,000. These collieries have a daily output of 12,000 tons…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 May 1896 · page 2

THE steamer Arawatts, which last night attired at Sydney from Queensland ports, brought a large shipment of gold consigned to various banks. There were twenty-three…

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The Cattherthun Gold

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1896 · page 3

The ten thousand pounds in Bold lost with the Catterthan has been found, and oil that remains to be done is to wait for fine weather to hoist it on board the salving steamer…

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The Catterthun Gold

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1896 · page 2

The following message was yesterday received from Seal Rocks:—"The steamer Sophis Aun is apparently securely moored over the Calllerthus. To-day the weather was very…

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Bungendore-Byong Gold-mining Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 May 1896 · page 4

BUNGENDORE, Monday.—The cases in connection with the Bungendore-Bywong Gold-mining Company, Limited, over which there has been much dispute and litigation,…

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The Catterthun Gold Search

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 May 1896 · page 2

ON Wednesday a wire from Seal Rocks cleared up the apparent doubt as to the message of the previous day wherein the word "found" was made out in the signals from the salvage steamer…

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