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

Mining & the mines, 1906

332 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 8 of 17

Oravida Mine, Gundaroo

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 2

REPORTS from the above mine are very satisfactory. Prospecting operations are being vigorously pushed forward, but will take a few weeks more before definite results can…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 4

MR. C. G. RAMSAY informs us that upon his return from Sydney last Friday, he secured the purchase of a wolfram and shulite property near Frogmore, containing three parallel…

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Oravida Mine, Gundaroo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 2

Reports from the above mine are very satisfactory. Prospecting operations are being vigorously pushed forward, but will take a few weeks more before definite results can be…

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Mines Creep at Broken Hill

Goulburn Herald · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 2

WORK at the Central Mine was again badly upset by a movement on Wednesday morning between 500 and 600 feet on Block 10 boundary. As a precautionary measure the…

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Romance of a Silver Mine

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

THERE is a silver mine near Sarhad, in Afghan territory, which has a curious history. Three men were sent from the country to Cabul, the residence of the…

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Gold Stealing on an Extensive Scale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 2

Kalgoorlie, Friday.—The Attorney-General has requested the resident magistrate of Kalgoorlie to make a report on the statements made by Mr. Scantlebury, editor of the…

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Whop Liverpool was Sold for £450. Goldfields Worth Millions Bought for £303

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 4

IT is an astonishing fact, end one which might conceivably act as a stimulus in the real properly market, that some of the richest cities, where every inch of land has…

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Oravida Mine, Gundaroo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 June 1906 · page 2

The manager reports:—An inspector from Mines Department visited this mine on June 5. He expressed a very favourable opinion of it and will recommend aid from…

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Woman in Mines

Goulburn Herald · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 3

At the International Congress of Miners a resolution was adopted recommending that legislation should be enacted to abolish the employment of women in the mining industry…

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Miners' Minimum Wage. London, June 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

The International Congress of Miners, which is sitting in London, has passed a resolution in favour of a minimum wage…

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Oravida Mine, Gundaroo

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 2

The manager reports :—An inspector from Mines Department, visited this mine on June 5. He expressed a very favourable opinion of it and will…

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The Mount Rose Mine

Goulburn Herald · Monday 11 June 1906 · page 2

MR. C. G. RAMSAY sends us the following opinion of Mr. R. H. Williams, C.E.F.G.S. Asso. M.I.C.E., &c., and Past President of the Mining Institute of Cornwall, England,…

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The Luck of Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 June 1906 · page 2

Mudgee, Monday.—At Scabby Hill, near Appletree Flat, Rochester, Sergeant, and party have obtained 50oz of coarse alluvial gold. Three buckets of dirt yielded 11oz. of coarse…

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The Luck of Mining. Mudgee

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 4

At Scabby Hill, near Appletree Flat, Rochester, Sergeant, and Party have obtained 50oz of coarse alluvial gold. Three buckets of dirt yielded…

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Oravida Mine, Gundaroo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 2

Mr. J. Norman Hay has obtained aid from tile prospecting vote to sink a shaft on above mine a further distance of 100 feet…

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Rich Stone Cut in Day Dawn Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

Braidwood, Monday.—Whilst miners were driving at the 350ft. level eastward of the Day Dawn mine a 6ft. reef thickly studded with gold was struck. It is believed to be a…

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Mining

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 4

WHILST miners were driving at the 350ft level eastward of the Day Dawn mine a Oft reef thickly studded with gold was struck. It is believed to be a continuation of the original…

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Mining Developments

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 June 1906 · page 2

MR. C. G. Ramsay telegraphs from Harden that the N.P.G, Mining Syndicate, Nos. 1 and 2, applied for authority to enter 20a. private land, 6 miles from Harden, containing pyritous…

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Overcome by Fumes From Coal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1906 · page 2

Cooma, Wednesday.—A narrow escape from death by suffocation occurred at Boloco a few days ago. Mrs. Thomas Cogan and Miss O'Brien, governess, were…

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Mine Own

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 1

I need not token-flowers to all How display dear thou art, Still on mine sar think accents wall, Thy virtues in my heart;…

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