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

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Colliery Explosion. London, Jan. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 4

A disastrous colliery explosion has taken place at Taganrog, in Russia. Forty mines were killed…

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The Oceana Gold Robbery. London, Jan. 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 4

The Court of Appeal gave its decision to-day in the case of the Queensland National Bank v. the P. and O. Steamship Company. It a an action in which the bank sought to recover from the…

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Mining. Southern Mining District

Goulburn Herald · Monday 24 January 1898 · page 2

A NEVER [?] is Friday's Government G[?] givens [?] the [?] which [?] the [?]…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 4

LAKE George Mines, Limited, Captain's Flat, week ended January 17.— Manager's Report: Southern section, Keating's shaft: All machinery in working order; new safety cages are being put…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 2

PER NAtural correspondent of the Yass Courier [?] will on Saturday [?] for it [?]…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 5

BYWONG, Wednesday.—One of the working shareholders in the Cartwright and Robbins claim has had to go to the Queanbeyan Hospital, and for this and other reasons the warden granted them…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. London, Jan. 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 5

The Canadian Government has given its sanction to the construction of a land grant railway from Glenova, on the Stickeen River, to Teslin Lake. The line, which is to be completed in September…

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The Klondyke Goldfield. London, Jan. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 4

It has been discovered that the gold belt at Klondyke extends as far as the Cassiar Mountains. Rich placers have been found on the Liard River…

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The Colinton Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 4

THE Colinton gold mines have been successfully floated in the Adelaide market as a no liability company of 125,000 shares, and Mr.G. T. Frazel has been appointed…

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Yukon Goldfields. London, Feb. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1898 · page 3

Miners from the United States proceeding to Lake Bennet, in the Yukon district, refuse to pay the duties demanded by the Canadian Customs officials, alleging that the area is United States…

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Western Australian Gold Export

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 4

PERTH, Thursday.—The gold export of the colony for the month of January amounted to £93,395oz., of the value of £354,902. Of this total 11,724oz. were the proceeds of ore treated in South Australia,…

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Another Gold Rush

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 February 1898 · page 2

YASS, Wednesday.—Another gold rush has taken place to Murrumbateman, 12 miles out. All the ground has been pegged out, and good prospects have been obtained…

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Mining at Marulan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 3

MARULAN, Friday.—Mining matters around this district are beginning to look up again. The Carrington iron mines, which have been progressing slowly for a long time, are now in active working…

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Mining at Tuena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

TUENA, Thursday.—Mining matters are very dull, o\wing to the scarcity of water. Ninety-three tons of stone from the Golden Dyke mine at Tuena are lying at Junction…

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Gold Discovery at Uralla

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

URALLA, Friday. -- A rich discovery of gold was made by Crotty and party in their reef at Balala yesterday. For some time past the party has been engaged…

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Permission to Mine Under Road

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 3

Application was made on 7th instant by J. C. Bo[?]s fer permission to mine under part of the road separatiing portion No.76 from portion No. 25, Marulan, 2 a., to mine…

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Gooda Creek and Nanama Gold Fields

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 2

GOOD reports still continue to come in from Gooda Creek and Nanima. The prospectors at Gooda are still getting good stone and the reef is widening out. At the next claim,…

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The Kimo Specimens. Reduced to Gold. a Fabulous Yield. 202oz. 18Dwts. 5Gr. From 60¼Lbs. of Specimens

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 February 1898 · page 2

THE Gundagai TIMES says:--People will remember the sensation that was caused in Gundagai many months ago by the report of an enormously rich find of quartz specimens at…

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Mining. Cordillera, Mount Costigan, and Peelwood Mines

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1898 · page 2

THESE properties, which have been idle some years, have recently been taken over by the Exploration Company of London, and will be at once put into work. The principal share…

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