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

Mining & the mines, 1900

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 1 January 1900 · page 3
Also in Yass Evening Tribune

AT Bendigo the mining engine-drivers' strike still continues. About fifty-five men have been thrown out of employment. Gundagai, Saturday.—The manager of…

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Taxing the Gold Mines. Dec. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

The Transvaal Government is increasing its taxes on the gold mines of the country. It proposes to place an impact of 30 per cent. on the output of the mines which are still being worked by the owners,…

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Telegrams. the War. American Sympathy. Tax on Mines. an Offer Declined. Reported Successful Sortie. London, Sunday. American Sympathy with the Boers

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 4

The New York and Boston City Councils have carried resolutions in favour of the Boers. TAX ON MINES…

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A Coal Famine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 4

There is a coal famine in England owing to the rolling stock being insufficient to meet manufacturing demands. Works are closing in Yorkshire…

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Gold Yield for 1899

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 4

The last statement of the year prepared by the Department of Mines showing the gold yield of New South Wales for December and during the past 12 months is very gratifying indeed, and may be…

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Mining. Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 2

THIS morning a court was held before Mr. Caswell, warden, to deal with applications from Thomas Alchin and others to enter the lands of Mr. C. K. Chisholm, Breadalbane, to…

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Insurance of Gold in War Times

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 4

A RATHER singular question has arisen out of the commandeering of gold by the Transvaal government. In their eagerness to secure business, the…

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Goulburn Mining Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 4

SOME time ago James Kershaw and others applied to Mr. W. S. Caswell, mining warden, for authority to enter upon C. K. Chisholm's land at Breadalbane to mine for gold, and the Warden refused to grant…

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Mining Court. MONDAY. Before Mr. Warden Robertson. OBJECTION

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

Mark Fo[?]er v. J. C. Rankin. Mr. Rankin stated that he had not been served with the summons but had appeared in consequence of being informed by the…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 January 1900 · page 2

HANNAN'S Hill, Kelgoorlie, obtained 7878 ozs. of gold as the result of crushing operations during December. The yield of the Great Boulder…

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Mining Near Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 5

A Braidwood correspondent telegraphed on Wednesday as follows:—The Federal Centrifugal Sluicing Company's machinery is working splendidly, the work being…

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Braidwood Proprietary Gold Dredging Company

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 1

On Monday the statutory meeting of the Braidwood (Shoalhaven River) Proprietary Gold Dredging Company was held at 70 Pitt-street, Sydney, Mr. L. Garland, chairman of the board of…

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The Goldfields Protected by Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 January 1900 · page 4

The Rand goldfields have been laid with mines to provide against attack by the British forces…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 January 1900 · page 2

At the Like George Mines, Limited, Captain's Flat, the cyanide plant has had a trial run, and it has been found that some adjustments are necessary…

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Gold Dredging. Meeting of Shareholders

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2

An extraordin[?]ry general meeting of the shareholders of the above was held at the Company’s registered office, No. 93 Pitt-street, Sydney, on Monday afternoon. Mr. J. C. Bankin, the general…

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A Mining Story

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 23 January 1900 · page 4

A YOUNG man returned home some time ago from a trip to Johannesburg for his health, and in narrating his adventures…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2

THE quantity of gold dispatched from Braid-wood wood last year by escort amounted to 4457 oz. 5dot. 15 grs, Last Friday 270 oz. 18 gr. 10 dot. were sent…

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Monday’s Mining Case

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 January 1900 · page 2

WE have received from Mr. J.C. Rankin a lengthy letter with reference to the mining case heard before the Warden on Monday and reported in another column, but are compelled to hold the…

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Woman Delve for Gold

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 25 January 1900 · page 2

A MAN who has lately returned from Klondike has remarked on the number of plucky and adventurous women who are seeking their fortunes there…

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