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

Mining & the mines, 1897

314 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 12 of 16

Mining. Gold From Goulburn District

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 September 1897 · page 3

GOLD FROM GOULBURN DISTRICT. MR. G. M. SHAW, manager of the Bank of Australasia, Goulburn, went to Sydney this morning in charge of 700 ounces of gold-dust,…

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Captain's Flat Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 4

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Thursday:—At the northern section of the Lake George Mines, the various stops and levels are opening up splendidly ,producing large bodies of copper and silver sulphides in payable quantities. The north and south…

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Gold from the Goulburn District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 4

MR. C. M. SHAW, manager of the local branch of the Bank of Australasia, went to Sydney yesterday morning, taking with him 700oz. of gold obtained in this district…

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The West Australian Gold Fields. Rich Find at Coolgardie. Two Dishes Worth £10,000

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 2

COOLGARDIE, Friday.--A rich find is reported from Widgemoola, where four prospectors have struck a leader which varies from 18in. to 2ft. About two tons of stones have been…

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Mining at Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 September 1897 · page 2

COOMA, Wednesday.—Mr. Sloe, Government inspector of mints, arrived here this morning, and visited the Middle Flat gold-field to-day. Notwithstanding the wet weather good numbers of…

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Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 September 1897 · page 3

A WARDEN'S court was held yesterday afternoon before Mr. W. Caswell, warden. George Broadhead and Francis Noble objected to the granting of an application lodged…

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Important Mining Undertaking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

GUNDAGAI, Friday.—The claim known as Booth's Reward, at Coolac, 10 miles from here, has been formed into a strong company called Booth's United Gold Mines. It was the intention of the…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 4

BYWONG, Wednesday.—The Lowe and Alchin Central Company are working at the 60ft. level in their new shaft driving to the south on small leader, which prospects a…

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Mining. Rush for Mineral Land at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 September 1897 · page 2

THE rush for mineral laud is causing great excitement at Captain's Flat. The land to the north and south, and along the line of the Kohinoor, Vanderbilt, and Copper Creek…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 September 1897 · page 4

BYWONG, Monday.—Johnston, M'Alister, and Co. are re-starting driving to catch the reef at the 120ft. level. They have only been idle a fortnight, and prospects seem reassuring. The Lowe and…

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Mining in the Bungonia District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 September 1897 · page 4

A Marulan telegram to the Daily Telegraph says:—Mining matters are booming around the district at present Several parties at Bungonia report that they are on payable dirt. Messrs…

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Lake George Mines, Limited

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 4

THE hon. secretary of the Sydney Stock Exchange has received the following communication from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., the Melbourne agents of the company, dated Melbourne, September…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 2

THE gold yield of the colony of Queensland for the month of September amounted to 65,984 oz. During the month of September Western…

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Nanima Gold-field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1897 · page 2

A MINER Who has visited the Nanima Golds.field asks us to caution men from going there. He says that the reports which have been published are exaggerated, and that there are only two good claims…

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Mining Operations at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 October 1897 · page 1

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Monday.—Mining speculators continue to visit here daily. Both the Lake George Proprietary shafts are in full awing, and the developments on the now find are very encouraging, and…

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Mining. Warden's Court. the Mining Leases at Bungonia

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 October 1897 · page 3

A WARDEN'S court was held yesterday before Mr. W. S. Caswell, warden. George Broadhead and Francis Noble, miners, objected to the application lodged by…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 6

MR. W. S. CASWELL held a Warden's Court at Goulburn on Thursday. OBJECTIONS TO GOLD-MINING LEASES. On the 23rd September last an application by…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. London, Oct. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

A gold-mining expert who was sent to the Klondyke goldfields by the Rothschilds reports that the statements as to the stupendous wealth of the fields on the Yukon are in no way exaggerated…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 October 1897 · page 2

One of the most promising properties at present being developed at Major's Creek is that which hears the name of the "Rise and Shine" reel. A trial crushing of four tons,…

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Sydney Harbour Collieries Company. London, Oct. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 October 1897 · page 2

At a meeting of the Sydney Harbour Collieries Company, Limited, yesterday Mr. E. T. Ingham, one of the directors, who presided, said it was hoped that by Christmas two years coal would have…

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