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

Mining & the mines, 1906

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The Mining Disaster. London, March 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 2

Socialists at Courrieres, after the funeral of the victims, made violent speeches, denouncing the mineowners amid cries of "down with the capitalists," "murderers."…

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Great Mining Venture

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

A party of gentlemen representing some of the important mines in Australasia are at present in this state with big schemes in preparation. They…

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Gold Miners Chivalry

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 4

Eighteen months ago a deserted infant was found by the roadside at Cloughton, a village outside Scarborough (Eng.). The child was taken…

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The Colliery Disaster in France

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 4

London Monday.—The disaster has caused a profound impression in Paris. The Government is organising public relief for the widows and orphans…

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Mining Development

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

MR. C. G. RAMSAY returned to Goulburn yesterday and reports re Jerrara Creek Mining Syndicate that he has received the following telegram from Melbourne, vz.:—…

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Great Mining Venture. Solving a Broken-hill Problem. Big Optional Deal. (From Daily Telegraph of Saturday)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 2

THERE have gathered to Sydney within the past few days a number of gentlemen from London and Melbourne representing some of the largest mining companies in Australia. With what…

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Mining at Tuena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 2

Tuena, Wednesday.—G. Cooper and party on the Abercrombie River are still making good wages. They won 5oz of gold last week, and J. Cook and party 40z, and…

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Coal Oil Johnny

The Burrowa News · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 1

JUST as the year went out (says "Harper's Weekly.") the papers reported that Coal Oil Johnny was dying on a farm in Pennsylvania, in posses…

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Mining Development

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

WE are indebted to Mr. C. G. Ramsay for the following:— "The Jerrara Creek Mining Syndicate's directors, at their meeting on Wednesday…

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More Gold at Nanima. Rich Alluvial Find

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 2

In our last issue we referred to the resources of the Yass district, and in doing so stated that the mines at Nanima and Gooda Creek returned 80…

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Songs That Are Gold Mines

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

Talk about gold mines, said a leading music publisher; why, I can assure you there are scores of gold mines floated on a capital running into six figures…

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Brindabella Mines. More Court Work

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 2

Before the Warden’s Court at Queanbeyan on Wednesday last, a case was entered upon in which William Reid, of Brindabella, proceeded upon an…

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Mining at Tuena

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 3

Tuena, Wednesday.—G. Cooper and party, on the Abercrombie River, last week won 5oz gold; J. Cook and party, 2½oz; F. Hogan and party, 6½oz. There are only a couple of other…

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Proposed Dredging for Gold

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 2

FOR some time past a number of local gentlemen have been turning their attention to the possibilities of successfully conducting dredging operations…

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The French Mine Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 3

A live horse has been found in the second pit of the Courierries mine in France, in addition to the bodies of several miners, who had been dead only a day…

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The Courrieres Mine Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 4

Thirteen more miners have been rescued from the Courrieres mine, where the great disaster occurred on March 10. They lived by eating the bodies of their dead comrades…

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Miners Malingering

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

The annual report of the Minora Accident Reli[?]f Fund says sometimes the fund is imposed upon. The increased frequency with which mi[?]ars…

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Mining

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

A syndicate called the Gundaroo Gold Mining Syndicate has been formed with a view of working what promises to be a rich reef. The claim is secured…

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Entombed Miners. Subsist by Cannibalism. London, March 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

Thirteen more miners from the Courrieres mine, where a great explosion occurred on March 10, leading to the death of over 1000 men, have been rescued. They ate the bodies of dead comrades for food, and…

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Mining at Gundaroo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 2

A syndicate called the Oravida Mining Co. (No Liability) is being formed with a view of testing a mineral property about six miles from Gundaroo. Two men are at present employed sinking and…

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