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

Mining & the mines, 1901

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The Mining Crisis

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1901 · page 2

THE directors of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, Limited, which is heavily concerned in Saturday's fall of Lake View Console shores on the Stock Exchange…

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Three Globes of Gold From a Halfpenny

Goulburn Herald · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 3

It has been calculated that a halfpenny invested at the commencement of the Christian era would at 5 per cent. compound interest amount to a mass of wealth equal to…

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The Colliery Strikes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 2

Newcastle, Friday.—The strikes of miners at the Wallsend, Stockton, Dudley, and Wickham and Bullock Island collieries still continue, and the present indications do not…

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Collapse of the Coal Arch

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1901 · page 2

THE cost arch, which formed an attraction at the Commonwealth Celebrations in Sydney, and which was erected at the entrance to the Domain collapsed about nine o'clock on…

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Damage to a Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 2

The enemy did damage at the Kleinfontein mine to the extent of £250,000. Two years' work will be required to put the mine in the same state as it was before the outbreak of…

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Destruction of Mining Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 4

Commandant Viljoen was the author of the relent burning of £50,000 worth of mining property at Boksburg. The mineowners have been informed by Lord…

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Death of a Mining Pioneer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 2

On Monday Mr. Kelso King received intelligence that Mr. James Wesley Hall had died at his residence, Oma, Toorak. Melbourne. Mr. Hall was the first general manager of the…

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Collapse of a Portion of the Coal Arch

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 4

Considerable excitement was caused about 9.30 on Saturday night by the collapse of a portion of the Commonwealth coal arch. Several people were close to the structure…

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Destruction of Mining Property. London, January 4

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 2

Commandant Viljoen was the author of the recent burning of £50,000 worth of mining property at Boksburg. The mineowners have been informod…

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Coal Versus Man

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 4

The steamship Deutschland develops power at the rate of 1 horse-Dower hour for each 1½lb of coal. consumed. While this is the topnotch economy in marine engines, some…

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True Story of a Gold Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 1

During the days of the Californian gold rush a miner named John Adams, was prospecting in the mountains. While trudging along one hot day through a gulch where the…

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The Mining Crisis. London, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 4

The losses on the Stock Exchange through the fall in the value of Lake View Consol shares, which took place a fortnight ago, and which led to many failures, exceed…

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Gold Dredging

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 January 1901 · page 4

The secretary of the Shoalhaven River Gold-dredging Company, No Liability, reports that for the week ended January 5 the dredger worked broken time on account of the holidays, winning 8…

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A Mines Train Captured

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 3

The Boers captured a train at East Balmorad, on the Delagoa Bay fine. The train contained a quantity of mining material…

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Here and There. Gold brooch lost

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 2

Ladies are asked to attend a meeting next Wednesday afternoon to assist the gentlemen with the children's fete. See advt…

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"The Welcome Nugget." the Biggest Lump of Gold Found in Australia

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 4

THERE are few Australians who have not heard of "The Welcome Nugget," and there are few museums existing in the colonies without a model of that precious find. So…

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A £1,000.000 Note Framed in Gold. the Marvels of an Old Lady Worth £50,000,000

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1901 · page 4

There are probably thousands of people in London to whom it may be news to learn that there is in the heart of the City an old lady who has already passed her second…

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Gold-dredging

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 February 1901 · page 4

The secretary of the Shoalhaven River Dredging Company reports that the dredge. worked 126 hours for the week ended February 2, winning 11oz 15dwts of gold. The…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 1

Braidwood, Wednesday.—The Jembaicumbene drege started work yesterday morning, the machinery running satisfactorily. The prospects of remunerative returns are very…

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Gold-dredging

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

The Jembalcumbone dredge having on Saturday completed the first fortnight of the engineers' trial run o a month, a washup was made and resulted in a yield of 1,02½oz. gold. This is considered…

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