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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 5 of 15

Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 2

THE lease of 13 a. 87 p., Elrington, county of Vincent, applied for by T. J. Roberts on 15th October 1890, under the Mining on Private Lands Act of 1894, is now ready for delivery…

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A Memento of the Mining Catastrophe at Bulli

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 4

[As being to some extent applicable to the late melancholy calamity at Newcastle, the following lines written but not published on the subject of a similar although more serious disaster some time ago at…

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Mining in the Manaro District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 4

MR. W. H. J. SLEE, F.G.S., Chief Inspector of Mines, has furnished a report to the Under-Secretary for Mines and Agriculture, respecting a recent visit to different parts of the Monaro district. Mr…

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Extensive Miners' Strike. London, April 3

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 4

Fifty thousand minors in South Wales have struck work for an increase in wages…

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Mining in the Cooma District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 2

Mr. Slee, chief inspector of mines, has made a report on a new discovery of gold, silver, and lead in a locality known as the Black Scrub, about 20 miles from the border of Victoria. He says:—…

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The Miners' Strike in South Wales. London, April 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 4

Practically all the South Wales and Monmouthshire colliers are idle. They refuse to entrust their leaders with plenary powers, and demand an advance of 20 per cent. in wages as well as a minimum wage…

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Strike of Coal Miners. 50,000 Ken Idle in South Wales

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 3

Fifty thousand coal miners in South Wales have struck work, a demand for higher wages having been refused by the colliery proprietors…

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Local & General News. Murrumbateman Gold Field

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 2

A VERY rich find was made by Messrs. Bullman and party, last week at Murrumbateman, near Watson and party's claim. They are now down 16ft. and on a reef 14in wide, showing…

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The Miners' Strike in South Wales. London, April 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 3

In connection with the miners' strike in South Wales, a conference of colliers has been held at Cardiff, at which it was decided to unanimously demand an advance of 10 per cent, in wages and a…

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Gas Without Coal. One Thousand Feet for a Shilling

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 2

AFTER recent events in Sydney the public are likely to look askance at inventions claiming to develop a high standard of illumination at a very moderate cost (says Friday week's Melbourne Age). But a…

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Mining. the Braidwood Escort

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 2

ON Friday took 363 ozs. 15 grs. as the results of the month's working…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 1

Lake George Mines, Limited, Captain's Flat, 10 days ended March 31.—Northern section, Powell's shaft: Total below No. 5 level, 96ft.; ground still hard, but better progress now being made. No. 5…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1898 · page 1

BYWONG, Wednesday.—Johnston and M'Alister's mill has been running continuously for some time. A small lot of six tons from the Lowe and Alehin claim returned over 1oz. per ton. A further large…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 15 April 1898 · page 5

AN Australian gentleman who has returned to British Columbia from Skagway, the northern gateway of the Canadian goldfields, describes Skagway as the roughest camp he was ever…

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He Went to the Rush. a Good Goldfields Yarn

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 4

MANY a good yarn is told by miners of the old digging days in Victoria, when money was thrown about like water, and when [?] a fortnight passed without some phenomenal…

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Colliery Strike in South Wales. London, April 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 April 1898 · page 4

The coal miners of South Wales recently struck for an advance of 20 per cent. in their wages, and for the establishment of a minimum wage. The colliery proprietors refused to discuss the claims of…

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Rewari for Deep Sinking. a Chance or Hanima and Gooda Creek Miners

The Yass Courier · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 2

The Minister [?] Mines has had under his consideration recently the advisability increasing the reward £1000 offered for the discovery of [?] gold-bearing quartz at a…

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The Miners' Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

The miners' strike is involving the southern industries of Great Britain in a weekly loss of £300,000. Some 200,000 persons have been thrown out of…

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A Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

CAPTAIN FLAT, Friday.—Two men were badly injured here to-day in the company's mines. E. Thompson, while looking down the main shaft, had the scalp torn from the back of his head by a…

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Tampering with the New York Sub-marine Mines. London, April 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 4

A sensation has been caused in America by the announcement that several cables connected with the sub-marine mines, laid down in New York harbour, have been cut…

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