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

Mining & the mines, 1912

205 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 11

In the Armchair. the Gold Ladye

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 5

Her turns in the church register was Ehmore Balley, but the "Gold Ladye" was such a fitting title that her really true name was quite discarded in favour of the…

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Fouled a Mine. Constantinople, May 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 May 1912 · page 4

A tugboat which was being used in connection with the inspection of buoys in the Dardanelles yesterday fouled a mine. An explosion followed, and the tugboat sank almost immediately Four…

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Harden Gold Mine Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

Report for the week ending 3rd May:-- No. 4 Level West.--The winze has been sunk a further 14.5 feet…

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News Items. Coal Strike Sequel

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 4

A cable from London states :— Tom Mann has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for inciting soldiers to ran tiny during the recent…

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Coal Boards. London, May 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 4

The independent chairman of the North Staffordshire Board has given an award with which the men are satisfied. The minimum wages he has fixed range from 5/ to 6/2 per day for men,…

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Mining

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 2

The south drive (No. 2 level) of the Kangiara Mine was last week advanced to 104ft. showing 12in of 10.4 per cent…

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Mining at Breadalbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 6

At the Bradalbane mine of the N.S.W. M[?] and Smelting Company the winze below the 2[?] level in No.1 west drive is down 31ft. in oxidis[?] ore of low grade, but with improving values of…

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Historic Goldfield. Reef Discovered at Hargraves

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 May 1912 · page 4

A report has been received from the mining register at Hargraves respecting a discovery made by Mr. James Green, sen., at Clare's Gully about one mile in a north-west direction from the…

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Harden Gold Mine Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 2

Report for the week ending 17th May : -- No. 5. Level.--Rise No. 1 West has been put un a further 14ft 6in…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Colliery Manager's Estate

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 1

The estate of the late Mr. Thomas Carter, colliery manager, is valued for probate at £23,154. THREATENED STRIKE. The butchers' shop employees intend to launch…

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No More Mining

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 23 May 1912 · page 2

SIR William Ramsay states that he has made arrangements to carry out this summer his experiment for abolishing and converting the coal…

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Harden Gold Mine Ltd

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Monday 27 May 1912 · page 2

Report for the week ending 24th May:-- No. 5. Level.--Rise No. 1 West has been extended a further 6ft…

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Phenomenal Gold Yield

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 2

Mr. C. F. M’Lean, owner of the Malles Hen Mine, near Ardlethan, has treated 51 tone of ore at Neeld’s battery for 1069oz. smelted gold, valued at over…

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A Ton of Coal

The Burrowa News · Friday 7 June 1912 · page 6

From one ton of ordinary gas coal may be produced 1500 pounds of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water and 140 pounds of coal car. By distillation…

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Fight for a Mine. Americans v. BRITISH. San Francisco, June 8

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 4

A fight took place for the possession of a radium claim near, Monroe Lake. Nebrit Island. A syndicate of English capitalists secured the claim, and the Standard Oil Company's…

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Revival in Mining

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 4

Mr. Aeneas McDonald, manager of the Carlton gold mine, has purchased an up-to-date plant for the mines at Junction Point, which hitherto have been considered to be worked out. All the…

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South Wales Miners. London, June 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 June 1912 · page 3

Lord St. Aldwyn, chairman of the South Wales District Board, has decided that the minimum wage shall not operate after a man has reached the age of 63. He has increased the…

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"God's Coal."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 1

The coal does not belong to the owners or miners, it is God's coal, which He has stored up through long ages for His children of to-day. The owners represent those who have sunk, and,…

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Scientific Notes. the Romance of Coal-tar

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

There are few mote remarkable things in the history of chemistry than the progress which has been made in the utilisation of waste products, and…

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Explosion in a Mine. Trinidad (Colorado), June 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

An explosion occurred in the Hastings mine, owned by the Victor American Fuel Company, which resulted in 13 people being entombed. It is believed they are all dead. A rescue party was…

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