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

Mining & the mines, 1902

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Poisoned with Coal Gas

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1902 · page 4

The Sydney coroner held an , inquest on Tuesday into the circumstances attending Use death of Sarah Neilly, who was found dead in bed at 49 Stanley-street, on Monday…

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Gold Winners

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 2

THE Cunningham Creek Pioneer Pump Dredging Company have settled down to work in earnest and promise to win a great quanity of gold. They recently…

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Gold Yield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

The return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of this State for the month of December was 18,094 crude ounces, valued at £51,704, equal to…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 4

Braidwood, Tuesday—During the past year the police .escort made 13 trips to. Tarago, carrying 12,083oz. 7dwt. 3gr. of gold, being a large increase over the previous…

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Mining in the Colony. The results not as satisfactory as might be expected

The Yass Courier · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 3

THE past year has not by any means been up to expectations in the mining centres. At the beginning of the year…

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Mining at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

BraidWood, Thursday.—Some magnificent quarts taken from the now reef at the Day Dawn mine was brought to town to-day by the manager, Mr. J. Buckley. Seams of gold…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 4

Despite working only 110 hours during the past week, the Araluen Central [?] previous gold-dredging records for the state by recovering 165oz. [?] 23gr. gold…

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The Craving for Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 1

GOLD has had an advantage which has always given it the supremacy over silver. It has made a stronger appeal to the [?]thetic part of man's nature, and…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 4

Braidwood, Saturday.—Twenty-six tons of Stone from Snob's Reef, Major's Creek, were sent via Tarago to Cockle Creek for treatment.—A public meeting has been…

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Walla Mines

The Yass Courier · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

As was mentioned in our last issue a mining reporter was sent from this office lost Monday in order to inspect the Walla Walla Mine and report upon the…

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The Coal Export Tax

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 1

Sir Michael Hicks Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, intimated in the House of Commons that the coal export tax of 1s. per ton would not be altered…

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Disaster in Bohemia. a Mine Flooded. Forty Men Drowned

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 1

A rush of water occurred in the Jupiter Mine at Bruex, Bohemia. Seventy miners escaped, but in the lower workings 40 others were imprisoned and were…

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Mining in New Guinea Interesting Interview

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 2

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

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Mining at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 6

Braidwood, Wednesday.—The Day Dawn directors have decided to erect a battery at once and proceed to the further development of the mine.—The legal manager of the, Little…

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Highway Robbery at Port Adelaide. a Mine Manager and Assistant Bailed Up. a Large Sum Taken

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 3

About 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon a most daring and successful highway robbery occurred at Port Adelaide. Mr. J. J. Greenway, manager of Block…

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Mining [?]Ws

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

Mr. Chappel, mining director and manager at walla, W[?]a reported to us on Saturday last that a new lode of argentiferous [?]re had been struck in one…

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Colliery Explosion in Mexico. One Hundred Deaths

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

An explosion has occurred in Hond's colliery, Coahuila, Mexico. One hundred persons were killed. Coahuila is a State of Northern Mexico…

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Suicide of a New South Wales Mine Owner

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

Melbourne, Friday.—An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of George Wotton Neeld, who was found with his throat cut, at his residence in Albert Park, yesterday. The deceased left a wife…

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Araluen Central Gold Dredging Company. Annual Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 4

The second annual meeting of the Araluen Central Gold Dredging Company, N.L., was held at Vickery Chambers, Pit-street, on Monday. Mr. Austin Chapman, M.P.,…

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Failure of Attack on Collieries

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

Vanniekork's commando tried to fire the Br[?]kp[?]n Collieries, but were repulsed, and lost two men killed…

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