The Child Found Gold
Bathurst, Friday.—As a result of a child's curiosity, a rich shoot of gold was unearthed at Trunkey Creek a few days ago. Mr. A. M'Kellar, one of the best-known local prospectors, was…
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Mining & the mines, 1913
86 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 5
Gold Cup Incident. London, June 21
Hewitt, the man who attempted to stop Tracery in the race for the Ascot Gold Cup, is reported to be in a precarious condition. It has been ascertained that Hewitt in 1911…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Oil Mining Concession. London, June 24
A White Paper has been issued giving details of an agreement made by the Crown agents in Trinidad with the Shell (Royal Dutch) syndicate. The rental is £10,000 a year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at Young
EVER since the days of Lambing Flat it has been the opinion of prominent mining magnates that the country in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →15,000 Miners Called Out
A resumption of the miners' strike, which kept the district in a state of anarchy for a year, is announced. Fifteen thousand miners have been called out,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Discoverer of Mt. McDONALD Mine Dead
An old Cowra district identity has passed away in the person of Mr. J. McDonald, whose death occurred recently at the residence of Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cable News. South African Mines. General Strike Declared. Johannesburg, July 1
The executive of the various miners' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions have unanimously resolved to declare a general strike at all mine works, to commence on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harden Gold Mine
The winding up of the Harden Gold Mining Company's operations has left a lot of valuable property idle on the sport, and this is to be submitted to auction by Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rand Riots. Irreconcilable Miners
Johannesburg, July 8.—Twelve thousand trade unionists attended the funeral of the men killed during the riots, A vast crowd thronged the route, and the cortege was finally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mining Warden's Court
At a sitting of the Mining Warden's Court, before Mr. Williams, authority to enter thirty acres in Milbang, to prospect for iron and copper, was issued to R. F. Barker for a period…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kangiara Mines. Shifting Machinery. Question of Rates
The Goodradigbee Shire Council, at their meeting on Friday, received a letter from the Secretary of Kangiara Mines, asking that an amount of £18…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ROM the Gold Coast
Francis P. Bray is a mining [?] There is nothing strange in the Mining experts are by no moans [?] Australia, and although their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A South African Mine
The daily average number of natives employed on the Premier Diamond during 1912 was 13,363, the total wages of which amounted to £551,321. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining at Jembaicumbene
Braidwood, Tuesday.—Mr. Colley, representing ting an English syndicate, has acquired a number of micacious reefs at Jembaicumbene. All are more or less goldbearing from the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Goldfield. Rival to Rand. Johannesburg, August 20
Authoritative accounts have been received of the discovery of a new goldfield near Kite, in Belgian Congo. It is asserted that the reefs there yield 70 per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not a Gole Mine
A third paper called "The Local News" started at Cowra a few weeks back and is to be devoted to nothing else but local news and small advis…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cullinga Gold Mine
The following reports have been handed to us for publication:— Report dated August 13…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tank Stands and Coal Bins
Tank stands and coal bins are generally made out of old sleepers, and of the coal bins there are generally two at each station, but at Goulburn they can make both these requisites…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bathurst Gold Find
The Minister for Mines has received from Mr. Burke, the Warden at Bathurst, a report in regard to the find of gold at Kempfield, in the Trunkey division. The Warden states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rich Gold Find
Perth (W.A.). Sunday.—A rich gold find is reported from 60 miles north of Meekatharra, and 16 miles west of Ruby Well. A prospector, named Holden, in testing an outcropping reef,…
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