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

Mining & the mines, 1898

294 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 15 of 15

The Lust for Gold

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 4

Awful tales of privation are told by returning miners from Klondyke. From Haselton to Glenora the road was strewn…

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Mining. Captain's Flat

Goulburn Herald · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 2

THE Braidwood Dispatch reports that two of the [?] first were stated on Saturday and meeting committee on Monday, a [?] of main [?] and…

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Mining at Dog Trap

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 4

CROOKWELL, Tuesday.—The Ironclad mine at Dog Trap, near Crookwell (Captain Green's mine), is down now to a depth of 170ft. The reef is from 3ft. to 4ft. thick, showing good gold all the way…

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Export of Gold. London, Dec. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 6

Gold to the value of £500,000 has been exported to Germany, and £250,000 to the United States. Further withdrawals are expected. Count Thun-Hohenstein, the Austrian Premier,…

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New Bills for Mining and Agriculture

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 4

THE Minister for Mines and Agriculture (Mr. Cook) is introducing three new bills into the Legislative Assembly. These are:—"A bill to amend the Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866 and the…

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Mining. a Large Nugget

Goulburn Herald · Monday 5 December 1898 · page 3

TEMORA, Wednesday.—Sensational reports are current concerning rich finds of gold which continue to be made at Batt, O'Connor, and party's claim at Lower Temora. It is…

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The Gold Yield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 4

THE usual monthly return has been prepared by the New South Wales Department of Mines, which shows that the quantity of gold produced during the month of November was 33,492 oz., as…

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Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 3

YESTERDAY before Mr. Caswell, warden, W. G. N. Williams applied for supension of labor conditions on a gold-mining lease at Jasper's Creek, Shoalbnven. Mr. Sendell…

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Mining on Private Lands

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 December 1898 · page 4

THE Minister for Mines has been repeatedly questioned in the Legislative Assembly during the present session as to his intentions concerning the long-promised Mining on Private Lands Bill. On…

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Mining. Captain's Flat

Goulburn Herald · Monday 12 December 1898 · page 2

IT is rumoured that the mines are to get a three months' trial, and if it is satisfactory they will be worked for some time to come. They are working as cheaply as possible, and…

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Mining on Goldfields

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 December 1898 · page 4

The Colonial Secretary, in answer to Mr. Richards in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, stated that the Government Geologist and his assistants are fully employed in mapping and…

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Mining. the Braidwood Gold Escort

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 2

ON Friday took 279 [?], 17 dwts, [?], as the result of last month's work…

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Skates of Gold

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 4

SKATES made of gold are popular in Montreal. One lady. has her skates set with diamonds. Skates set with pearis and precious stones have been…

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The Greta Colliery Disaster

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 December 1898 · page 2

WEST MATTLAND, Saturday.--After five weeks of interrupted work in the East Greta Colliery the first body was recovered on Friday night at about…

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