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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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[?] with [?] Mining at Cooma

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

[?] to [?] a public [?] of [?] of cooma and [?] was [?] the [?] yesterday [?] for the purpose of expressing…

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The Gold Robbery. Recovery of the Treasure

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 3

The bars of gold bullion which were stoles from the German mail steamer Kaiser William der [?] have been fortunately recovered…

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W. Jno. Baker's Cutlery Trophy Championship Prize, and 10 awarded the Gold Medal, the First Prizes Royal

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 5

The cutlery exhibit of Mr. W. Jno. Baker, in the main pavilion, well deserved the awards as enumerated above, these being the latest to a list of some 15 first prizes. The…

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The Yambulla Gold Field

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

The new find at Squirrel Flat is now exciting some attention. Several fresh claims have been pegged out and prospecting is being vigorously proceeded with…

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Threatened coal strike

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 2

The threat of the coalminers to strike is strongly resented in the House of Commons. The miners threatened to strike if the export…

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The One Woman on St. Anthony's [Complete Story.] a Goldfields' Story [Copyright.]

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 10

FOR TEN months not a female has…

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The African Gold Coast

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 4

"A lady who has returned "from the Gold Coast tells the 'Sunday Times' that the coast is by no means so bad as it has…

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The Yambulla Gold Field

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 3

Since the recent rains the batteries have been all crushing again. Power and party cleaned up at Gough's battery last Monday, the result being 63…

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Gold Dredging Leases Granted. Kiandra Applications

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1901 · page 2

The Minister for Mines has decided to grant the under [?]tioned gold dredging lease applicationsL— Kiandra No 8, F Bennett…

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Romance of a Gold Mine

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 9

Near Come, a mining town in Colorado, is a mountain lake—a small but deep body of water, clear and cold, which seems to be in the centre of an ancient volcano. Several…

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Yambulla Gold Field

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1901 · page 3

Crushing returns from this field continue to be satisfactory although two batteries, viz., the Yambulla Coys, and Haugh's Federal, had to suspend…

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Yambulla Gold Field

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 3

The first crushing from the Prospectors Claim at Squirrel Flat was put through at the Federal battery last week, 23 tons giving a yield of 34ozs smelted gold…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 29 June 1901 · page 3

THE Delegate River correspondent to the "S. H. Mail" writes:—Mining matters are looking up here. South B[?] has struck it very…

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Mining

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 6 July 1901 · page 4

MINING matters on Mount Dromedary have been rather quiet for the past few months, but things are now beginning to improve. The Dromedary company is…

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Coal-cutting by Mac Hintry

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1901 · page 4

With the increasing price of coal has come a general interest in methods for cheapenirg the cost of mining, and hence…

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Yambulla Goldfield

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 2

All the batteries have been kept pretty well going since the late rains. The Yambulla Coy. sent away nearly 300 ozs. the result of last month's run with their…

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Yambulla Goldfield

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1901 · page 2

Another instance of the vacillancy of our glorious climate. A cold "snap" was experienced during the beginning of the week, followed by tropical heat which…

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Yambulla Goldfield

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 2

A crushing in which a Considerable amount of interest was taken was completed here on Thursday, when Delaney and party crushed 100 tons at…

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