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

Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining. Klondyke

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 3

New York, March 23.—The steamship Laurada arrived at Seattle from Alaska yesterday with 150,000 dol. in gold. It is the flat shipment from Klendyke that has…

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Fatal Accident at a Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—A sad fatality happened at Block Eleven Mine last evening at 8 o'clock to two young miners named Matthew Gardner and Samuel Lawn, who…

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Mining at Cooma

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 2

COOMA, Saturday.—Mr. W. Willmott, secretary of the No 1 North Mine, Bushy Hill, Cooma, has received the returns for a parcel of 13¼ tons of seconds sent to Cockle…

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Shoalhaven River Gold-dredging Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 2

THE prospectus of the Shoalhaven River Gold-dredging Company, No Liability, has been published. The prospectus sets forth that the company is being formed to acquire…

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Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 3

THIS morning a case came before Mr. Caswell, who confirmed an arrangement by which John Parker was authorised to mine for gold for twelve months on 10 at Tirranna on…

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Miners

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

MINERS marry at an earlier age than any other class of society. Following them in due order, come artisans, laborers, clerks,…

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Mining

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 2

SPLENDID results in alluvial mining are reported from the Abercrombie River. During the past few weeks three local residents, Messrs. D. Grady…

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Mining at Tirranna

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

At the Goulburn Warden's Court yesterday, before Mr. W.S. Caswell, John Parker applied for ten acres of land at Tirranns, owned by R.C. Cooper, for the purpose of gold mining. He said…

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Mining Outrages. London, May 5

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

On charges of being concerned in the dynamite explosion which did great damage at the Wardner mine, Idaho, U.S.A., 128 of the miners who are on strike have been arrested…

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Shoalhaven River Gold Dredging Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1899 · page 4

Mr. Albert E. Chapman informs us that the Shoalhaven River Gold Dredging Company, the prospectus of which was advertised in this paper last Saturday, has bon successfully floated, fifteen…

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Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 3

This morning Mr, Caswell, warden, granted two months suspension of labot conditions to Patrick J. O'Neill for his alluvial extend claim at Dog Den Creck, Shoalhaven River…

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The Miners' Strike in Belgium. London, May 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

An advance of 5 per cent. in wages has been granted to the miners on strike in Belgium. The strikers have decided to return to work…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 2

THE famous last goldmine known as EI D[?]nte, in Texas, which produced over 2,000,000 dol. worth of ore in the early part of this century, has been re-discovered by C…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 May 1899 · page 2

BYWONG, Tuesday:—T. Alchin and party had a good find in their claim, near Horseshoe Bend, on Brooks' Creek, last week. In breaking down a portion of the hanging wall of the vein they have…

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Mining. Lake George Mines

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 3

During the month ended April 30th the Lake George Miner, Limited, Captain's Flat furnaced 6494.05 tone of crade ore, producing 278.48 tone of matte, containing 370.48oz…

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Araluen Gold Dredging Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 6

THE secretary of the Araluen Proprietary Gold Dredging Company, No Liability, reports that the company was duly registered on the 9th instant. A contract has been…

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A Chapel in a Coal-mine

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 4

FEW places of worship (says the London Leader) in the country have more interest than the Miners' Sanctuary in the Myndd Newyyd (New…

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Mining. Black Flat

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 2

THE Braidwood Dispatch says:—What promises to be a highly payable reef has been discovered by McCarthey and party at Black Flat, situated about half a mile off the…

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Goulburn Mining Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 4

AT the Warden's Court yesterday, before Mr. W. S. Caswell warrien, Walter J. Walsh, of Collector, applied for authority to enter on the private lands of James Baxter at Currawang for mining purposes…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. London, May 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 2

A fire broke out at Dawson City, the centre of the Klondyke goldfields. The flames spread with great rapidity, and the whole of the city was destroyed. The damage amounts to 4, 000,000dol…

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