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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 9 of 15

The Lake George Mines, Limited

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 August 1900 · page 4

A vast amount of dissatisfaction (says the Daily Telegraph) is felt both in New South Wales and Victoria in connection with the Lake George Mines, Limited. Our Captain's Flat correspondent…

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No Coal Like It

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 2

I have been trying (writes a clergyman) to got some of my pupils into the way or writing business letters. Here is one or the results:--…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 August 1900 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD, Monday,—Word has just reached town that two miners, Messrs. Wilton and Surie, have discovered a rich [?] near Major's Creek, and that from two buckets of stone…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Friday 10 August 1900 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD, Wednesday.—Good progress is being made in removing the water from the shaft at the Day Dawn mine, the leakage through the wet weather, being heavy. The…

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Mining Court. THURSDAY. Before Mr. Warden Robertson, P.M. TRESPASS

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 2

Thomas McCarthy v. John Clements. Trespass and interference with Water Race. Mr. Gordon appeared for defendant. Thomas McCarthy deposed: I am a miner at…

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Gold Yield

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 4

THE return compiled by the Department of Mines show that the yield of gold for the month of July was 53,464oz. valued at…

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Sensational Gold Finds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 2

BINGARA, Monday.—Messrs. Power and Anderson for some time have been working Hanton's old ground, Upper Bingara, where some thousands of ounces of gold were taken out years ago. While…

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Sensational Find of Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 4

Gundagal, Saturday.—At Messrs. Robinson and Rice's mine, Long Flat, a sensational find of gold was reported to-night, several hundreds of ounces having been washed during the day. A visitor to…

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Miners and Mechanics for South Africa

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—Considerable interest was aroused among the members of the mining community at Bendigo when it became known that Messrs. W. Wilson…

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Mining in New Guinea

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 2

MR. FRANK PRYKE, who is following up the gold fields in New Guinea, in a letter to his brother in Goulburn, gives some idea of the dangers and difficulties of mining in that country. He says he…

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Mining. Sensational Gold Find

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1900 · page 2

LAST week a sensationst diecovery of gold was made at Robinson and Rice's mine, Kime, six miles west of Gundagai. Wh[?] putting in a drive between two paraltel sh[?] a rich pocket…

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The Miners for the Rand

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 August 1900 · page 4

The statement that 3000 miners were wanted for South Africa was all a mistake. Mr. J. J. Rendle, who wrote to the Bending Association on the matter, explained on Tuesday night that his letter was…

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Accident at the Carrington Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 August 1900 · page 4

A serious accident happened to a young man name Mark J. Sharp in the Carrington Mines, near Marulan, on Tuesday last. He is now lying in the Goulburn Hospital and is not expected to…

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Miners and Mechanics for South Africa

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 16 August 1900 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday, — Considerable in tarost was aroused among the members of the mining community at Bendigo when it became known that Messrs…

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Mining Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 August 1900 · page 2

A [?] accident occurred at the Carrington [?] near Marulan, on Tuesday last to a young man named Mark J. Sharp. The accident took place in the [?] level, where…

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Mining. the Recent Sensational Find

Goulburn Herald · Friday 17 August 1900 · page 2

AT Messrs. Robinson and Rice's mine. Long Flat, near Gundagai, nothing was done from Saturday last until Wednesday, when Mr. George Rice, manager and working partner,…

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Mining at Bywong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 5

Bywong, Monday.—Prospecting work is still being carried on at the various claims. The Robbins-Cartwright claim was re-christened on Thursday last "The Bonnevie Gold…

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The Recent Sensational Gold Find

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 2

Gundgai, Thursday.—In connection with the recent sensational find at Messrs. Robinson and Rice's mine, Long Flat, nothing was done from Saturday last until yesterday, when Mr…

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Threatened Coal Strike

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 2

A CONFERENCE between the Premier, the Minister for Mines and the colliery proprietors of the northern district took place on Friday in the offices of the Newcastle…

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Official Items Inspection of Mines

Goulburn Herald · Monday 20 August 1900 · page 2

A bill providing for the regulation and inspection of mines was introduced into the Assembly on Wednesday by the minister for mines. It embraces eighty-two clauses, and…

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