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

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Hours in Coal Mines

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 4

The departmental committee, of which Mr. Russell Rea, M.P. (Liberal), was chairman, appointed to consider the feasibility of introducing the system of an eight-hours'…

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The Old Frogmore Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 2

Yass, Friday—Nothing definite has been done in regard to restarting the old Frogmore mine, the owners not agreeing to the terms offered. If a settlement can be…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Coal Lumpers' Trouble

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 4

As some of the steamer Moana's coal was put in by non-union labour at Sydney the Newcastle Coal Trimmers' Union have given notice that they will not trim the coal if…

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Mining at Frogmore. (From our Correspondent.)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

Nothing definite has been settled regarding the starting of the old Frogmore mine, the owners not agreeing as to the [?] offered. It is the intention…

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A Record Coal Cargo

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1907 · page 4

IT is anticipated that the big cargo steamer Knight Templar, which arrived at Sydney on Sunday to load for Valparaiso, will take away from Sydney the largest shipment of…

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A Glint of Gold

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 1

Unmindful of the wintry cold, The snowdrops peep above the mould, And show an inner glint of gold To eyes that care to see…

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How Gold Is Won

Goulburn Herald · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

The methods that are being used at Poseidon, Vic., the newest Australian gold-field, and the gold-getting methods described in the Book of Genesis are practically the same…

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Binalong. Emu Flat Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 31 May 1907 · page 2

Prospecting and developing work are progressing satisfactorily, and with [?]couraging results on this field. The Mount Doegan claim, which consists of a…

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Indian Coal

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 7

An interesting report has been furnished the Minister for Agriculture with regard to the Indian coal export trade, by Mr. J. B. Sutter the New…

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Jacqua Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 4

The shaft at the Jacqua copper mine has been sunk a total depth of 31 feet from the surface. The assay of the ore at that depth gave 16gr. gold, 9dwt. silver, and 3.1 per cent. copper par…

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Alleged Mining Frauds

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 2

The hearing was resumed on Friday, before Mr. G. H. Smithers, S.M., at the Water Police Court, of the charge against Alexander Fraser, 49, a photographer, of having, between January,…

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Mining at Emu Flat

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

Satisfactory development work is being carried on at the E[?]u Flat field near Binalong. Recently the. Government Inspector of Mines visited the…

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Great Gold Robbery

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 4

Melbourne, Tuesday.—A sensational robbery was committed at the Mint between last night and this morning. 'Three bars of smelted gold, weighing 420 oz, valued at…

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Mining Warden's Court

Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

A sitting of the above was held at Goulburn yesterday before Mr. Maitland, Mining Warden. Prospecting Area at Merilla…

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Gold Made Like Steel Surgical Instruments Made at Hardened Precious Metal

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 3

A source of future great demand for told in the arts and sciences is divulged in Leslie's Weekly, in which Henry Schedd Beardsley relates how…

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Mining

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

The eastern drive of the Harden West mine, at the 100ft level, is now in 48ft from the western shaft. The reef in some places is…

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Mining at Frogmore

The Yass Courier · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

A six months’ working option to purchase has been secured from the owners of the old Frogmore copper mine and the Pride of Frogmore copper mines,…

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The Coal Lumpers

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

A coal lumper was caught at midnight in the act of throwing stones through a foreman of stevedore's window in Lower Pitt- street. The man struggled violently when being hand…

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Sale of the Merrilla Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 4

The property of the Merilla Copper Mining Company, No Liability, has been sold to Mr. J. M. Madden of Melbourne, and it is the Intention of the new purchaser to…

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Mining Explorer Incinerated

Goulburn Herald · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 4

Rebellious natives in the hinterland of Liberia, West Africa, placed Mr. Walter Wolz, a Swiss mining explorer, in a wooden cage, and there in[?]rated him…

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