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

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Mining Swindle. the “Big Hole” Fraud. Fraser Sentenced to Five Years

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 2

AT the Quarter Sessions on Wednesday morning, Alexander Fraser, who on Friday had pleaded guilty to two charges of false pretences, came up for sentence. In one of the indictments it was…

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Harden Gold Mine

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

According to official advices, the No 2 level east of the Harden mine will be extended with all speed during July. Rise No. 1…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Coal Lumpers' Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 4

At the Coal Lumpers' Conference to-day Mr. Macey said that one of the largest and most unanimous meetings of the Coal Lumpers' Union ever held had decided that…

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Canadian Gold Rush

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 2

A great rush is taking place to the Canadian goldfield at Lake Larder…

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All for Gold a Story of Alaska. By Alfred Bradford Ellisworth

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 3

Business men closed their offices, clerks gave up their positions, parents, wives, sweethearts, were, in a measure, secondary considerations. Klondike…

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All for Gold. a Story of Alaska. By Alfred Bradford Ellisworth

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 5

Business men closed their offices, clerks gave up their positions, parents, wives, sweethearts, were, in a measure, secondary considerations. Klondike…

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Mining at Frogmore

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 2

Frogmore, Wednesday,—At the Frogmore copper mine the main shaft has been timbered to the water level. Popper legs are completed and preparations made for…

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A Hero of the Nile. a Thrilling Romance. Chapter the Gold Scarabaeus

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 4

Sunset on the mysterious Nile. The splash of the busy shadoof was no longer in evidence, and the monotonous squeak of the sakiyeh water…

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Merrilla Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 6

Returns from a parcel of 20 tons, containing six samples from different parts of the Merril a Copper Mine, sent to Blayney smelting works by the previous owners, gave an average of £7 6s 9d per ton,…

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The Coal-lumpers Dispute

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 July 1907 · page 3

The coal-lumpers, dispute was amicable settlet on Saturday. when it was decided to resume work. Concession were made on both rides, The union agreed to the…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 2

The Lucky Hit proprietors (Messrs. Mc Cabe and Gillett), Merrilla, have received from 10 tons of ore sent to Waratah a nett return of £59 6s 2d. Another consignment…

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The Merrilla Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 4

Carters started yesterday conveying from the Goulburn railway station to the Merrilla Copper Mine the bricks and material for the temporary furnace to be erected at…

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A Hero of the Nile. a Thrilling Romance. Chapter L the Gold Scarabaeus

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 July 1907 · page 4

‘There was one that attracted me above all others, and for some time I’ve been trying my level best to gain admission. You see, they had…

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Colliery Explosion in Japan

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 4

A fearful explosion occurred in a colliery at Toyo-oka, Japan. It is feared that 471 people have been killed…

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Manufacture of Coal Bricks

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 2

A new departure in the coal industry has been started by the East Greta Coal company, who have erected a plant for the manufacturing of coal bricks out of the waste coal…

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Coal-lumpers' Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 4

The terms of settlement of the coal-lumping difficulty, so that they may be embodied in the form of an agreement, were further considered on Tuesday by the…

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Coal-lumpers' Agreement

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 2

The award of the Arbitration Court, between the Sydney Coal-lumpers'. Union and the Sydney Steam Collier-owners and Coal Stevedores' Association, made in December,…

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Harden Central Gold Mining Company

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 2

The first ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Harden Central Gold Mining Company No Liability was held in Young on Monday 22nd inst. Mr Donald Mackenzie…

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Merrilla Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

Mr. Madden has just returned from the Merrilla copper field, which he visited with Mr. O. F. Colvin, of Melbourne, metallurgist. The latter remains there to…

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Rand Miners' Demand. London, July 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

Questioned last night as to the demand of the strikers on the Rand that the Chinese should he repatriated by February next, or 3000 white miners should be furnished with funds to en…

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