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

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Barrier Trouble Railway Line Blown Up. Mine Officials Jostled

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

Broken Hill, Monday.—To-day has been a day of excitement. Early in the morning an outrage was committed. The points leading to the mines…

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Romance in Real Life the Foundling's Mother. and the Gold Digger

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

A young woman without money or home abandoned her child on the high road between Scarborough and Whitby in the hope that some…

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Barrier Riots. Frenzied, Yelling Crowds Numerous Conflicts With the Police. Mob Rule Decisively Defeated. Police Keep 3000 Miners at Bay. Socialist Flag Captured. Law and Order Restored

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2

On Saturday night we received a wire that a riot had taken place at Broken Hill and that Tom Mann and thirty others had been arrested…

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Murderer's Letter. Let Her Be Mine in Death. If Not in Life

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 4

Remarkable details of the courtship of Beatrice Fielding and John Fritchley, and of the tragedy which ended their lives on 14th December, were told to the…

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Colliery Explosion. London, Jan. 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

An explosion occurred yesterday in the Lick branch coal mine. Switchback, Virginia. Fifty miners were killed, and it is feared that another 100 are doomed, as the mine is afire…

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Coolgardie Goldfields. Story of the Discovery

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 6

Few mining districts have such a romantic history as Coolgardle (says the "Engineering Magazine"). The leading mining centre, Coolgardle, from which…

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[Reuter's.] Mining Catastrophe in South Africa. 160 Lives Lost. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

Reuter's Johannesburg correspondent reports that Knight's dam burst and flooded the Witwatersrand Mine, drowning ten whites and 150 natives…

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Coolgardie Goldfields. Story of the Discovery

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 6

Few mining districts have such a romantic history as Coolgardie (says the "Engineering Magazine"). The leading mining centre, Coolgardie, from which…

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Mining in the Braidwood District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 4

The Tewksbury Company are completing all arrangements for opening their dredging leases at Charleyong and Warri, the two localities in which operations are to be…

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The King's Gold Claim. Can Now Be Jumped

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 3

Had King Edward but fulfilled the regulations in force in the Yukon territory, he might now be the owner of a considerable quantity of virgin gold from…

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Mobbing a Prince. an Army of Miners. "There Are 300 Dead!"

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 2

The arrival of Prince Eitel Fritz (the Kaiser's second son) on Friday evening, November 20, at the scene of tho mine disaster at Radbod (in the village of…

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The Kyloe Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 3

The operations bf the Kyloe copper mine last week show that the lode in the north drive at No. 3 level, for the last 17ft. driven, averaged 3ft. 6in.. and the face now shows 3ft. of 15 per…

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Kangiara Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

Yass, Monday.—The Kangiara mine's No. 1 veinlus been driven on 130ft. The lead of copper are [?]ft wide, worth 5.50wt gold, 215oz silver, and 4.77 per cout. coppex and 33 per cent, lead. The…

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Mining in Yass District

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 4

Yass, Saturday. —At Emu [?], near Goondah, the silver and copper mines give great promise. The reef is supposed to be a continuation of the Kangiara lode. Strong syndicates have…

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Needed, Low Grade mining in New South Wales

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 February 1909 · page 2

A writer in the Queanbeyan Observer says :—There are scores of gold reefs in New South Wales tried and proved to be as good milling ore and quite as…

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Colliery Explosion. London, Feb. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

An explosion occurred yesterday in the West Stanley Colliery, Durham. One hundred and forty miners are entombed. A tongue of flame destroyed the shafting, so there is no egress. Rappings…

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Kyloe Copper Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

Assays of the ore raised during last week at the Kyloe copper mine at Adaminaby show that in the north drive at No. 3 level 22 tons, of an average assay of 10.1 per cent.., and 17 tons of 7.2 per coat.,…

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The Colliery Disaster. Many Lives Lost. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 February 1909 · page 2

Of the 147 miners, entombed in the West Stanley pit, Durham, 37 have been rescued. It is feared the remainder have perished. The majority of the survivors were saved by…

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Mining. Needed Low Grade Mining in New South Wales

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 6

A writer in the "Queanbeyan Observer" says:-There are acores of gold reefs in New South Wales, tried and proved to be as good milling ore…

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Wheat Growing in N.s.w. “ a Gold Mine Yet to Be Exploited

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 February 1909 · page 2

“ In wheat growing in New South Wales there’s a gold mine.” The [?] was the manager of a very big agricultural property in the Young district (says the SYDNEY STOCK JOURNAL), and…

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