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

Mining & the mines, 1904

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Rumoured Gold Find

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

Some talk was heard in Goulburn to-day of the discovery of a gold specimen by a maintenance man on the hills above Eastgrove, and in view of the report a representative of this paper called at the…

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Bendigo Gold Field. a Record Year. £322,415 in Dividends

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 January 1904 · page 2

THE healthy condition bf the mining industry in the Bendigo (V.) district is clearly shown by a few figures relating to the past year’s operation (Bays a telegram to a Melbourne paper)…

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South African Labor Trouble. Chinese for the Mines

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

London, Thursday,—In the Transvaal Legislative Assembly yesterday, Sir George Farrar’s motion to sanction the introduction of 10,000 Chinese laborers…

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Walla Mines

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

IN answer to some [?] made by us [?] to the [?] of [?] Mines [?] chappel Tribute Co. have been would up for some time and…

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South African Labor Troubles. Triumph of the Mine Owners

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 11 January 1904 · page 2

London, Friday.—A draft ordinance regulating the importation of laborers for the Transvaal mines, has been published in Pretoria…

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Satisfactory Gold Yield

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 January 1904 · page 2

It is a matter for congratulation to learn from a return furnished by the Mines Department that the gold yield for the past year shows a considerable improvement on its…

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The Year's Gold Yield

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1904 · page 3

THE gold yield for the past year shows a considerable improvement on its predecessor. There was great room for an improvement, as the yield in 1902 was adversely affected…

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Braidwood's Gold Production

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 3

Braidwood, Tuesday.—During the past year the police escort took to Tarago 9986oz. 3dwt. 8gr. of gold, in addition to fully half as much more sent privately. This represents nearly…

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Coal Wanted From Australia

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received a cable from Mr Suttor, the Government Commercial Agent in the East, intimating that there is an inquiry for a large quantity of Australian…

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Explosion of Dynamite in a Mine. London, Jan. 11

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

An explosion of dynamite occurred in the Leyesea mines, Mexico, yesterday. Twenty-three persons were killed and 54 received injuries of a severe nature…

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Gold Production

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 2

Australasia headed the list of gold producing countries in 1902, turning out £16,316,000 worth of the total world’s production of £59,176,000. The United…

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Mining at Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 4

Mr. McWilliams, formerly manager of the Half-Moon Dredge at little River, arrived in town on Tuesday morning and proceeded out to the mine, which it is intended to re-open at…

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The Mining Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 2

The Arbitration Court on Tuesday dismissed the case brought by the proprietors of the Rhondda colliery against the Colliery Employees' Federation. The case was dismissed on the…

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The Coal-miners' Strike

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

THE casE against the Coal-Miners' Federation, brought before the Arbitration Court at Newcastle on Tuesday, has been dismissed, the reason being that in ceasing to work the men…

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Colliery Disaster. Fodder for South Africa

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

It has been ascertained that the whole of the 180 men entombed in the American colilery wert killed. The rescuers found piles of [?] The War Office has invited tenders for the delivery at Durban of 2000 tons of Australian eaten bay…

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Colliery Disaster. LONDON, Jan. 27

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 4

MEN engaged in the work of rescueat. the Harwick Colliery found at the bottom of the shaft a pile of legs, arms and…

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Purchases of Coal

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 4

Russia purchased 20,000 tons of Kaiping (Chinese) coal on Saturday. She is negotiating for an additional 30,000 tons for immediate delivery at Port Arthur…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 6

The crushing mill at Major's Creek has just put through 206 tone of stone from Holmes and party's reef (the Snob's), with a return of 37oz free gold. This is the largest percentage…

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Coal Orders Cancelled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 4

Russia has cancelled the loading of several colliers at Cardiff…

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Arsenic and Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

By a singular change of circumstances, the gold-miners of Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, who for years were…

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