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

Mining & the mines, 1909

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Kangiara Mines

The Burrowa News · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 6

THE first statutory meeting of the Kangiara Mines, No Liability, was held on Friday, 7th inst., at the board room of Messrs. Starkey and…

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Gold From Silver. Possible Transmutation

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 14 May 1909 · page 7

A contributor to the "Matin" reproduces in that journal the points of a remarkable conversation he recently had with Sir William Ramsay at…

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Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 May 1909 · page 4

The annual report of the Department of Mines for 1908 has been issued, and is full of matter interesting to those connected with this industry. Following are two extracts bearing…

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A Coal Item

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 May 1909 · page 2

Every ton of coal which is burned uses up 300,000 cubic feet of air and renders it unfit for breathing. Supposing that there was no danger of exhausting our coal supply, and that we had enough to last for…

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The Courrieres Mine. Causes of the Disaster

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 19 May 1909 · page 6

Writing from Paris on the night of 14th March the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" reports:-- Pending the results of the judicial and…

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South Africa. Record Gold Output. London, May 26

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 May 1909 · page 2

The Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Commerce, by 19 votes to 12, defeated a resolution in favour of the union of South Africa…

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Mystery of Gold Mine. a Prospector's Discovery. Skeletons of His Brothers

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 6

Charles McLeod, the Edmonton man who, while leading a party of prospectors through the wilds of North-Western portion of British Columbia, stumbled…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 May 1909 · page 6

With a view of developing the southern extension of the Kangiara lode, the South Kangiara Mining Company, No Liability, has been formed,…

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Mystery of Gold Mine. a Prospector's Discovery. Skeletons of His Brothers

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 6

Charles McLeod, the Edmonton man who, while leading a party of prospectors through the wilds of North-Westtwn portion of British Columbia, stumbled…

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South Kanglara Mining Company. (No Liability). a Successful Float

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 7

With a view of developing the Southern extension of the Kangiara lode, the South Kangiara Mining Company, No Liability, has been formed, with a capital of £25,000 in…

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Electioneering Gold

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 4

In America everything can be done by means of money. In England nothing can be done without money. The two things are quite different…

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Mining

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 2

Mr. W. Campbell has sold his Mount Kangiara property to an enterprising syndicate, who intend putting a large amount of money…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 6

The Yass syndicate which has taken up the Mount Bourke Mine, a few [?]riles from Yass, is well pleased with the show. A well known mining…

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Victorian Gold Yield

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 4

The Victorian gold yield for May was 58,19307. gross, or 53,854 fine, valued at £228,759. This shows a decrease of 19,775 oz. gross compared…

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Mining

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 2

Last week two rabbiters discovered some very fine samples of stone at Emu Flat. The specimens were thickly studded with gold and are…

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A Good Mining Property

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 4

Carcoar, Saturday.—One of the finest "little" properties" in this district is the Flyer's Creek mine, owned by G. and C. Hebden, of Errowanbang, and worked on…

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Never Mine the Details

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 6

A "ben trovato" story is one concerning an American millionaire who was making a rapid tour across Europe by automobile. "Where are we?" he…

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The First Canadian. Minister of Mines

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 6

The Hon. William Templeman, who is to be the first Canadian Minister of Mines, was born in Ontario of Scottish parents sixty years ago. and entered the…

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Gold Discovery Near Yass

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 June 1909 · page 4

Yass, Tuesday. A party of rabbiters have struck an exceptionally rich of at Emu Flat, assaying in small quantities over 20oz to the ton. A Yass syndicate has taken up a half-share in the…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

Last week two rabbiters discovered some very fine samples of stone at Emu Flat. The specimens were thickly studded with gold and are claimed to…

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