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

Mining & the mines, 1899

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A Mine on Fire. London, June 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 June 1899 · page 4

The fire in the coal mine near Halifax, Nova Scotia, in which a terrible explosion occurred, is burning fiercely, though the workings were flooded. It is feared that 160 entombed miners have…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion. 160 Miners Enbembed

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 3

A terrible colliery explosion has taken place at Halifax, Nova Scotia. One bundred and sixty miners are entombed…

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Mining at Tirranna

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 2

A Warden's Court was held to-day, before Mr. W. S. Caswell, P. M. John Parker, who is working on private land at Tirranna searching for gold, applied for 14 days' suspension of labour. He said he…

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Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 June 1899 · page 3

ON Saturday before Mr. Caswell, warden, John Parker, who is working on private land at Tirranna searching for gold, applied for fourteen days suspension of labor. He stated e…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 2

Camden, Saturday —Eight leases have recently been applied for on Galvin's Creek, Upper Burragorang, on Mr. L. Mearoe's 100 [?] o.p., Mr. C. L. Suttor' d o.p., Mr. John E…

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Mining at Carcoar and on the Abercrombie

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 4

CARCOAR, Tuesday.—Links's iron mine near Carcoar is apparently an inexhaustible lode. It is 300ft. wide, and is being worked on an open face, which is excavated to a depth of 30ft.; 200 tone are being…

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Mining. the Gold Escort

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

THE GOLD ESCORT LEFT Braidwe, don Friday with 508 oae. 1 gr., the most satisfaotory amount sent for a considerable time…

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Gold in South Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1899 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—There is considerable excitement in Adelaide mining circles and towns in the north concerning the discovery of rich telluride at Benbonyathe, 400 miles north of Adelaide. All…

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New South Wales Gold Yield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 July 1899 · page 4

THE Mines Department has compiled the usual monthly gold return, which shows that the yield for June was 40,6760oz. as compared with 14,641oz. during the…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 3

In connection with the Lithgow Colliery dispute, which affects seven collieries, Mr. Hoguo, in his official capacity as minister for labour, has felt called upon to take…

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Mining Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 4

A MINER working on the Shoalhaven River on the other side of Bungonia met with a serious accident to the hip and back on Monday. He was putting in a cutting in the face of a terrace, and…

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The Gold Yield of Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 4

The gold yield of the various Australian colonies continues to increase. For the first half of the year the return was approximately as follows:—…

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Ancient Gold Mines

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 10 July 1899 · page 3

The Economist’s special mining commissioner, after tackling the Transvaal, India, Australia, New Zealand, and British Columbia, has now found his way to…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 10 July 1899 · page 3

A GOOD deal of interest is being excited at Lithgow by the proposal for a conferences between the owners and the miners. The miners have nominated Captain Bracey for…

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Another Gold Robbery

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 10 July 1899 · page 2

NEWS of the loss of a box of gold, worth £4000, from the steamer Konigin Regentic, during the voyage between Southampton and Genoa, has been…

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Coal in Queensland

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 4

ROCKHAMPTON, Saturday.—Mr. R. Dunstan, of the Geological Surveyor's Department, leaves to-day for Brisbane. It is reported that he has made a remarkable discovery of coal on the Dawson River…

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The Gold Discovery in South Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

Adelaide, Monday. —The office of the Minister for Mines this morning was besieged by mining men and others anxious to see specimens of tellurides brought from Worturpa by Mr. Gee, warden…

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The Mining Disaster in South Africa. London, July 10

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

Further particulars of the mining disaster at the New Jagersfontein diamond mine, South Africa, state that 700,000 loads of reef fell, entombing 26 men…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 3

THE New South Wales gold yield for June was 40,676oz; for the first six months of this year the yield shows a compatative increase of 31,360 oz…

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The Gold Discovery in South Australia

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday —The office of the Minister for Mines this morning was besieged by mining men and others anxious to see specimens of tellurides brought…

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