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

Mining & the mines, 1901

188 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 10

Pursued by the Law. Published by Special Arrangement. Copyright. Chapter I. "Hast Thou Found Me, O Mine Enemy!"

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 6

THUD! THUD! thud! Clung! Thud! thud! thud! Clang…

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Mining

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 November 1901 · page 2

A great deal of trouble has been caused to the various miners in the district by the late rains. Nanima reports very fair progress while Maher and Norten of…

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The Craving for Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 November 1901 · page 1

GOLD has had ad advantage which has alwaysgiven it the supre[?] oversilver. It has made a stronger appeal to the [?]thetic part of man's nature, and…

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A Colliery Disaster. Newcastle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 November 1901 · page 2

A disastrous explosion, resulting in the death of two men and injuries to five others, occurred at about 8 o'clock this morning at the Burwood Colliery, situated between Charlestown and Dudley,…

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Explosion of Fire Damp at the Burwood Colliery. Two Men Killed. Five Others Injured

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—An explosion of fire damp, attended with fatal results to one man and serious injury to another, happened this morning at the Burwood…

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Lives Risked for Money. What won't men do for gold?

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 4

Many a man will protect his money at the risk of his life. Thousands decline to protect their lives because it would require a sacrifice of a little of their money. This…

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Amongst the Gold

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 2

The memorandum for Registration of the Cunningham Creek Pioneer Pump Dredging Company (no liability) was advertised in our business columns last…

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The Rand Gold Yield. London, Nov. 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 4

The output of the Rand goldfield for the month of October was 33,393 ounces…

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The Sydney Collieries

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 November 1901 · page 4

AFTER working for over four years, the Sydney Harbor Collieries Co. has at last struck the seam of coal. For many years it was supposed that coal existed under Sydney;…

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Mining in New Guinea. Interesting Interview

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 November 1901 · page 1

Mr. B. C. Kyngdon has just returned to his home in Bowral, after an [?]nce of two years on the mining holds of New Guines. On [?] interviewed at Bowral,…

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Cable News. a Mining Catastrophe. London, Nov. 22

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 November 1901 · page 2

A fire at the mouth of the Smuggler and Union mine of Telluride, in Colorado, filled a tunnel with smoke and sulphur gas. Many miners were in the workings at the time. A number escaped, but…

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A Mining Catastrophe

Werriwa Times and Goulburn District News · Monday 25 November 1901 · page 1

London, Nov. 23.—A fire at the month of the Smuggler and Union mine of Telluride, in Colorado, filled a tunnel with smoke and sulphur gas…

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A New Mining Field

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 November 1901 · page 3

Adelong, Friday. -- Messrs. Purcell and Ferguson yesterday finished at the Reefer battery a first crushing from their mine at Wondalga. The result was very…

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[?]Alting a Mine

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 November 1901 · page 1

THE disclosures made in recent case heard at Brisbane of the modus operandi of the mine-salter are amusing and the same time instructive. A…

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Horses Worth Their Weight In Gold

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 4

THERE is something strangely fascinating, even to the unmercenary man, in an animal which can earn for its owner twice the annual salary of a Lord Chancellor in a…

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The Mining Industry. Annual Report of the Department

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 3

WE have been favored with the annual report of the Department of Minea for the year 1900—a most interesting and useful publication as, in addition to the complete…

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Captain's Flat Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Marks, chairman of the Lake George Mines Company, accompained by Mr. A. T. Brown, mining expert, paid a visit to the Flat last week. Mr. Brown, in company…

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Lake George Mines

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 5 December 1901 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Marks, chairman of the Lake George Mines Company, accompanied by Mr. A. T. Brown, mining expert, paid a visit to Captain’s Flat. The latter…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 3

YESTERDAY before Mr. Caswell, Mining Warden, J. P. O'Neill, as agent for Joseph Collins, applied for nine months' suspension of labor conditions on prospecting area at…

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Mining. the Southern Districts

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 3

THE following extracts are taken from the annual report of the Mines Department for the year 1900:— Goulburn Division—The past year has…

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