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

Mining & the mines, 1900

288 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 15

The Sensational Gold Find at Gundagai

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 2

FOLLOWING on the recent sensational find of gold at Messrs. Robinson and Rice’s mine, Long Fiat, near Gundagai, on Wednesday Mr. George Rice, manager…

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Colliery Dispute

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 21 August 1900 · page 2

A CONFERENCE between tho Premier (Sir William Lyne) the Minister for Mines (Mr. J. L. Fegan), and the colliery proprietors of the northern…

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Mining. Gold Dredging Near Braidwood

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 August 1900 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM CUTTEN, dredging engineer, in inspecting various dredging properties in the district, and is greatly impressed with the locality for dredging. Good progress in being…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 24 August 1900 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—Blanchard and party, miners at Broad Gully, Little River, have found a nugget of gold weighing 17oz. 17dwt. Fossickers have boon doing very…

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Serious Colliery Strike

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 August 1900 · page 4

A great strike has taken place at Taffvale, in South Wales, owing to the refusal of one of the companies to reinstate a signalman who had been dismissed and whose quarrel…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 27 August 1900 · page 3

Suspension of labour conditions has been granted to the Lake George Mines, Captain's Flat, on severn of its gold loanes. Suspension was refused for one of the leases known as…

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Sale of Gooda Creek Gold Mine

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 2

A Sydney syndicate has purchased the Gooda Creek Gold Mine, near Murrumbateman, at a high figure. The manager took charge yesterday. We…

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Nanama Mine

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 2

This mine is also under offer to a syndicate and will probably be sold in a week or two…

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Red Hill Mine

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 2

The mine at Red Hill is in lite market and there is every probability of a syndicate purchasing the property very shortly…

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Coal Wanted.—War Preparations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 August 1900 · page 2

The British Admiralty has ordered 100,000 tons of Cardiff coal and is paying the highest price for it. Russia is negotiating for a million tons of American coal…

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Mining. Dredging Machinery

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 29 August 1900 · page 2

Very large quantities of [?] machinery are passing through Goulburn [?] Braidwood [?] and [?] The [?] of present in roote…

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Fire at the Berrima Colliery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 August 1900 · page 4

Bowral, Tuesday.—A fire has broken out in the Berrima colliery, situated about four miles from Berrima. The origin of the fire is mysterious, as the mines have not been working for some years…

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The Mines Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 August 1900 · page 2

ACCORDING to the report of the Department of Mines for 1899 the mineral industries of New South Wales are steadily advancing in value and…

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Mining at Tuena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 4

Tuena, August 27.—Mining matters have been very dull here lately. Since the Garnet and Oliver's mines shut down but little work has been done at the various reefs. Near the…

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The Transvaal War. the British Still Advancing. Gold at Delagoa Bay. Reported Death of De Wet. Release of Prisoners. London, Aug. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 2

President Kruger and all the Transvaal officials have reached Nelspruit, on the Delagoa line, 66 miles east of Machadodorp. It is reported at Delagoa Bay that the British…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1900 · page 3

BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.—Good progress continues to be made with the various dredges under construction. Since fine weather not in teams have been able to deliver machinery…

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Demand for Coal

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 September 1900 · page 2

The French steamship lines are reducing the number of voyager and ore lying up portions of their fleete owing to the dearness of coal…

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The Coal Question

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 4

Owing to the high prices which are ruling for coal, French steamship companies are reducing the number of voyages made by each of their boats, and, in some instances,…

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Gold from Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 September 1900 · page 4

Mr. C. M. Shaw, manager of the local branch of the Bank of Australasia, yesterday morning conveyed to Sydney 703 oz. of gold purchased locally by the bank. The gold was mostly obtained from…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1900 · page 2

THE boiler and other machinery parsed through Braidwood on Monday for the Jembaicumbene Dredging Company. The pontoon was successfully lowered a few days…

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