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

Mining & the mines, 1898

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Mining. Captain's Flat

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 2

IT is stated that the furnaces have been running well since the arrival of the new manager from Tasmania, who had considerable experience of similar furnaces at Mount Lyell,…

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Collapse in Western Australian Mining Shares. London, April 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1898 · page 4

A great collapse has taken place in shares of Western Australian mines, in which Mr. Horatio Bottomley is interested. It is estimated that the value of the shares has…

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Latest News [By Telegraph.] War! War ! War! Capture of a Coal Vessel. Sydney

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 2

A SPANISH gunboat captured the American ship Saranac, with 1640 tons of coal off Manilla. The vessel came from Newcastle…

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The Golden Klondyke. an Enormous Rush of Gold Seekers Going In. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

IN the rush towards the golden field of the Klendyke, there are thousands who are ill-fitted to stand the strain of hardship and exposure, which are inseparable from that trip. Illness, disease, and…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 3

THE London market for Western Australian mining shares is in a state of chaos. Several failures have taken place, and more are expected to follow…

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Gold-paved Streets

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 May 1898 · page 3

FARMERS and people in rural districts who have never visited the metropolis have some very queer ideal of what a large city really is The yellow metal is not to be picked up in the…

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No Coal

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 2

It is now admitted in Madrid that Spain is seriously handicapped owing to the difficulty in obtaining supplies of coal at or near the scene of anticipated naval operations…

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Mining at Tuena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 4

TUENA, Friday.—There is a considerable improvement in mining matters. Several alluvial claims on the creek are turning out a lot of gold, some of the men making as much as £50 per week…

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Mining at Cooma

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 1

COOMA, Thursday.—The Talbingo copper mine at Kiandra is being worked with full hands. The tributer, Mr. J. Nielson, reports stoping from No. 1 shaft. At the Charcoal reef, work has been pushed…

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Discovery of Gold-bearing Stone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Sunday.—Considerable interest has been manifested in the recent discovery of gold-bearing stone near Mr. Riley's residence, half-a-mile north of West Wyalong surveyed township…

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The Western Australian Mining Market. London, April 29

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 4

The market for Western Australian mining shares is in a state of chaos. It is estimated that the differences in the value of shares since the collapse set in amount to £175,000…

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Telegraphic. the War. Austria Provides Men and Money. Blood Is Thicker Than Water. Austria's Attitude May Lead to Further Complications. Money Cannot Purchase Coal for Spain. Sydney, Sunday 3 p.m

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 2

Cuban insurgents acting in conjunction with American troops, attacked Mayonilla. Severe fighting. Insurgents victorious. Considerable loss either side Flagship New New…

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The Golden Klondike. an Enormous Rush of Gold Seekers Going In. Sound Advice From an Inhabitant

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 2

In the rush towards the golden fields of the Klondike, there are thousands who are ill-fitted to stand the strain of hardship of exposure, which are inseparable from that trip. Illness,…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 2

BYWONG, Tuesday.—Johnson and M'Alister's mill has been running full time. Just finished crushing 60 tons of low grade stuff from the Lowe and Alchin claim. Small lots to follow from other…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 5

NEWS has been resolved from the [?] of a [?] the [?] getting [?] per day…

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Gold-payed Streets

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

FARMERS and people in rural districts who have never visited the metropolis have some very queer ideas of what a large city really is. The yellow metal is not to he picked up in the streets; and, in…

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Discovery of Coal in Ireland. London, May 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

An excellent coalfield has been discovered in the county of Antrim, in the north of Ireland. It is estimated that 2,500,000 tons of coal are available…

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New Guinea News. Gold Discovery.—cannibalism. Samarai, March 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

THE cutter Rock Lily foundered in Goodenough Bay in the middle of April. The centreboard opened out, and the vessel sank in two minutes. Captain Oates and his son saved themselves in the…

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Mining. the Braidwood Escort

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 3

LEFT on Friday with 421 CES 2 dwts. 1gr., a alight advance on last month…

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The Western Australian Mining Market. London, May 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 4

Mr. Horatio Bottomley, who recently issued a circular announcing that, owing to the inability of some firms to comply with the scheme of arrangement, it would be necessary to reconstruct the West…

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