The Tararua Gold Robbery
In explanation of the telegram (which appeared in Friday's Echo) relating to the discovery of an ingot of gold among the personal effects of the man Hinton, who was second steward…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1883
5 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Fatal Mining Accident
A SAD accident by which a miner named Robert Walker lost his life while endeavouring to save that of his mate, occurred to-day, at No. 2 Black Horse Mine, at Egerton. The men had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Piano in the Mining Camp
IT was Christmas Eve in a Californian mining town in 1858, and Goskin, according to his custom, had decorated his gambling-house…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Land Court of Inquiry. Important Mining Cases
A COURT of inquiry sat at the Court House, Queanbeyan on Tuesday ,and Wednesday last to hear two important cases arising out of the anomalies of the Crown Lands Act and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Molonglo Mining Dispute
IN our last issue we gave a summary of a not uncommon mining dispute, one phase of which had been dealt with by a commissioner whose principal duty is to inquire into the titles of…
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