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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 8 of 16

The Dead in the War of Gold

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 4

GRIM the cheerless western trumping To the land of gold! Marked with copies silence keeping, In the dreamless death-calm sleeping,…

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The Scene of the New Gold Rush

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 1

THE scene of the new gold rush in British Columbia lies between the Rocky Mountains and the Racifle Ocean. It is bounded on the…

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The British Columbian Goldfield. the Mad Rush to Klondyke. the Transport of Provisions

The Yass Courier · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

LONDON, Monday Night.--From British Columbia it is reported that the mad rush to the Klondyke goldfield in the Yukon River district continues…

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The Disturbance of Miners at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 4

SOME time ago the Crown Lands Bailiff at Captain's Flat notified to a number of miners that they had built their houses upon a water reserve, and ordered them to leave. The miners at once…

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Mining. Mineral Leases

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 August 1897 · page 2

THE leases for the undermentioned applications are now ready for delivery:—E. A. Ashcroft, three of 40 a. each, one of 6Oa., and one of 69 a., Boro and Mulwaree, applied…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 3

BURRAGA, Tuesday.—McVicar and party cleaned up yesterday from their new three-head battery Twelve tons of stone treated realised 20 oz. retorted gold. The battery is…

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Mining in the Bungonia District

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 3

FOR many years past the Shoalhaven, and particularly that part of the river within the Bungonia district, has played a prominent part in mining matters in this district, and…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 August 1897 · page 2

Mr. Oaswell, mining warden, dealt with a case to-day in which Frederick Win. Randle was complained against by John Sweeny and George Willoughby for having trespassed on a goldmining…

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Mining in the Bungonia District. Proposed Large Undertaking

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 August 1897 · page 4

READERS will be pleased to learn that there is every probability of mining on a large scale in the Bungonia district assuming a definite shape. Our attention has been drawn to the fact that a large…

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British Columbia Goldfields. London, Aug. 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 August 1897 · page 4

The Canadian authorities have reduced the size of the mining claims on the Klondyke Goldfields, British Columbia, from 500ft. to 100ft…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. London, Aug. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 August 1897 · page 2

The United States Government has issued a warning to miners and others proceeding to Klondyke goldfields in British Columbia, pointing out the difficulties and privations to be encountered…

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Mining. a Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 2

WAS held yesterday before Mr. Caswell, warden, when the following case was heard:—Frederick William Randle was summoned by John Sweeney and George Willoughby for…

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The Yukon Goldfields. London, Aug. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 3

Inspector Strickland, of the North-west Territories police force, who has returned from the Upper Yukon goldfields, declares that, in the opinion of Californian, Australian, and South African miners…

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The Yukon Goldfields. London, Aug. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 6

The warning issued by the United States Government to miners and others proceeding to the Yukon and Klondyke goldfields is of a most grave character. Violent storms have destroyed the trails in the…

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Mining. the Day Dawn Mine

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 August 1897 · page 3

THE abridged prospectus of the Day Dawn Gold-Mining Syndicate, No Liability, has appeared. The capital of the company is £6000 in 1200 £5 shares, 300 of which are…

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Gold in the Yass District

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 2

IT has been proved beyond doubt that there is any amount of gold in the Yass district, and that it only wants energy and a little capital to get it. At Goody Creek the rich reef still…

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Mining at Captain's Flat

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 4

CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Saturday.-The Lake Georgo mine shut down the furnaces on Saturday last, preparatory to starting smelting operations with the hot air blast, and on Friday morning No. 1 and 4…

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The Mining Fatality at Gundagai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 2

GUNDAGAI, Monday. —At the Courthouse to-day an inquest was hold by the Coroner (Mr. M. S. Machen) touching the death of Andrew Johnson, manager of the Prince of Wales mine, who was…

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The Proposed Mining Undertaking at Bungonia. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 2

SIR,-As a resident of the Bangonia district, and one who has been engaged in mining therein during the past four years, kindly grant me the privilege of space in your paper to refute and criticise…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. Marvellous Returns

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 2

THE latest San Francisco papers to hand by the mail steamer Moana contain long and graphic accounts of the unparalleled richness of the Klondyke (British Columbia) goldfields. The "Call[?]"under…

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