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

Mining & the mines, 1903

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Colliery on Fire. London, Jan. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

A fire occurred at the Uspensk Colliery, Ekaternoslak, Southern Russia. Fifty-eight of the miners perished. Eleven others who were entombed three days, and 21 for five days, were…

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Pa's Pipe and Mine

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 5
Also in Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate

Sometimes, just [?] I go up to be, My pa says to me with a sin[?] "Well, what do you say. To a half-hour's play ?…

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China. Refusal to Pay Indemnity in Gold. London, Jan. 1

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 4

A marble arch has been erected at Senanning, the spot in Pekin where Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister to China, was murdered in June, 1900. The arch, which contains…

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A Mining Sensation. Big Forgery of Great Fingal Scrip

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

ON Tuesday morning-the Adelaide brokers received cables from London agents which have caused great deal of surprise, and will doubtless lead to great deal of inconvenience and…

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The Kangiara Mine

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

From time to time mention has been made of the gold discovered some time ago on the reserve alongside the Burrowa road beyond Kangiara. Recently it appears…

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The Gold Yield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

A return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of this State for the month of December was 37,016 ounces crude, equal to 32,783 ounces fine, valued at…

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District Mining the Tangmangaroo Lode

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

It is at all times a painful thing to refer to periods of depression in any branch of industry but it would be wrong to say that the past year was by…

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Sensational Find of Gold

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday--Some weeks ago two men--Lang and Hat--pegged and leased some ground near the centre of the Southern Cross…

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Gold Rush Near Kiandra

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 2

The Under-Secretary for Mines and Agriculture has just received from Mr. Warden Galbraith, of Cooma, a report, of which the following is a copy: "I have the honour to inform you that a rush to…

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Mining Reform. Views of Leading Investors

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 4

On the matter of reform in the mining industry, Mr. Harvey Patterson, chairman of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, on Friday said,…

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The United States. the Coal Famine. London, Jan 15

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

The United States Congress has almost unanimously passed Senator Lodge's bill proposing to grant a rebate of the duty on imported coal for a period of 12 months. The Chairman of the…

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Official Correspondence. Department of Mines and Agriculture Sydney, 14th January, 1903

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

Dear Mr. Burgess.--Re your inquiries with regard to seed wheat distribution, forms of application are now being printed, and will be available to be sent out in the…

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The Kangiara Mines. Improving Prospects

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 19 January 1903 · page 2

The history of mining around this district may be said to be one of disappointment; a good show, good prospects, sometimes good returns, but nothing permanently…

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The Yorkshire Colliery. London, Jan. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

The injunction sought by a Howden miner in the Court of King's Bench to, restrain the Miners' Association from paying strike pay to the men on strike at the Denaby Main…

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Mining Accidents

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.--An alarming accident happened at the Brilliant Central Mine, Charters Towers, to-day. A page with six men was being…

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The Coal Famine. London Jan. 14

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

MUCH suffering is caused by the coal famine in the United States. Several persons have been frozen to death in the…

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Important Decision. In a Mining Action

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 3

A somewhat important mining case was heard, on Thursday, in the Goulburn District Court, before Judge Fitzhardinge, in which H[?]nry Wallace, holder of…

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South African Mines. LONDON, Sunday

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 2

The Engineer section of the Chamber of Mines at Johannesburg has informed Mr. Chamberlain that the earnings of 12,000 whites in the mines averaged £353 a year, increasing the cost of…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 2

BEFORE Mr. Caswell, mining warden. William T. Hellemann, one of the proprietors of a mineral prospecting area in the parish of Narrangaril, applied for three…

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