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

Mining & the mines, 1905

219 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 11

Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 4

MR. RAMSAY, who is now in Goulburn, has succeeded in securing the practical interest of mining investors in Melbourne for the Dalton mines and for a now and promising…

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Coal Lumpers' Claims

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 December 1905 · page 4

Judgment was given by the Arbitration Court on Tuesday in the dispute between the Coal Lumpers' Union and the Steam Collier Owners and Coal Stevedoring Association, the…

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Mining Prospects

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

We learn from Mr. Ramsay that no time or expense is being spared to open up the various mining properties offered Melbourne capitalists. for inspection; but additional properties having been…

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Mining Warden's Court. Claim for Wages

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 2

A SITTING of the above Court was held of the Goulburn Court House yesterday, before Mr. Maitland, Mining Warden. Terence Charles McMahon summoned…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 2

At the Mining Warden's Court on Tuesday, before the P.M. Terence Charles McMahon summoned William Hanley, John Johns, and James Johns for £15, alleged to be due as wares. Mr. O'Brien…

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Rich Patches of Gold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 6

Trunkey Creek, Wednesday.—Mr. Hunter, from the Craig Lea, has dollied 22lb stone for 47oz gold.—Tuena, Wednesday.—A rich discovery of gold was made by O'Hara and party at…

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Curra Creek Copper Mine

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 4

SOME specimens of copper ore from the Curra Creck mine, near Tarago (N.S.W.) are on view at the Sydney Stock Exchange. The samples were taken from the 65ft. level,…

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Gold Find Near Trunkey

Goulburn Herald · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 2

THE warden at Trunkey, in a report to the Under-Secretary for Mines, states that rich stone is being obtained by Hunter and Co. from a shaft 15ft. deep, on a reef six miles…

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Testing Coal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 2

Mr. Knox, one of the commissioners who is inquiring into certain railway matters, has made it quite apparent during the sittings of the Royal Commission that he does not think…

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Mining Properties

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 2

Mr. Ramsay, who has just returned from some of the properties being opened up, reports excellent progress and most satisfactory developments. He is confident…

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Gold Find Near Trunkey

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 4

The warden at Trunkey, in a report to the Under-Secretary for Mines, states that rich stone is being obtained by Hunter and Co. from a shaft 15ft. deep, on a reef six miles…

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From Broken Hill to Parliament House. Mining Director and Miners’ President. Fight the Battle Again

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1905 · page 2

IT is said that truth is stranger than fiction, and though this might be a somewhat exaggerated term to apply to a succession of events in the political life of Australia, stall at times…

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Rich Gold at Trunkey

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 December 1905 · page 2

SINCE the warden made the report referred to in last issue Hunter and party's claim has yielded some rich stone. During the few weeks the claim has been worked the party…

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Rich Gold at Trunkey

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 December 1905 · page 4

Trunkey Creek, Monday.—Since the warden made the report referred to recently Hunter and party's claim has yielded some rich stone. During the few weeks the claim has been…

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Currakoreek Copper Mine. a Rich Deposit

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 2

A REPRESENTATIVE of this paper interviewed Mr. E. B. Barber this morning after his return from the Curra Creek Copper Mine, and obtained particulars concerning this rich…

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Trunkey Gold Find. [?]Ounces to the Pint Pot

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 2

ON Wednesday morning Hunter and party dollied a pint pot full of chippings gadded from the surface of the reef the previous day. It yielded 17 oz 16 dwt. of course gold. They…

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We Wish our Farming, Grazing, Mining, and all other Kindred Industries a Prosperous New Year. His First Christmas Tree

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 3

I dess 'ey's not a boy in town 'At's luckier 'an me, Tause mamma she jus' let me have My firstsus Trismus tree,…

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Railway Coal Contract. North Bulli Colliery’s Complaints. the Premier’s Decision. Inquiry to Be Made

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 3

A LETTER was published in the DAILY TELEGRAPH on Tuesday from Messrs Sly and Russell enclosing copy of a communication presented to the President of the Royal Commission on the railway…

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Curra Greek Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 4

This mine, formerly owned by Messrs. Johns and Hanley, but now the property of Messrs. Barber and F. O. Furner, is situated eleven miles east of Tarago and about half a mile…

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30 Miners Killed

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 December 1905 · page 3

Thirty miners have been suffocated at Santa Gertrudos, Mexico…

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