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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1888

52 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Micalago. the Late Fire.—a Droughty Season.—mining Notes.—some of the Good Things

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 3

AN inquiry as to the cause of the late fire which destroyed Mr. George Tompsitt's hayshed, and about 75 tons of hay on the night of the 21st inst., was held…

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Micalago. the Late Fire.— a Droughty Season. — Mining Notes.—some of the Good Things

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 3

Au inquiry as to the cause of the late fire which destroyed Mr. George Tompsitt’s hayshed, and about 75 tons of hay on the night of the 21st inst., was held…

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Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 May 1888 · page 2

Two mineral leases consisting of 40 acres and 20 acres, situated at Major's Creek, parish of Elrington, county of St. Vincent, were on Friday applied for at…

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Queanbeyan Items. Extraordinary Discoveries in the Jingera. A Silver, Bismuth, and Tellurium Mine. Formation of a Syndicate to Work it

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 May 1888 · page 2

MR. E. W. O'SULLIVAN, M.P., representing a Sydney syndicate, arrived in Queanbeyan by the mail train on Friday last, and proceeded to Captain's Flat the…

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Original Story. For Lack of Gold. Chapter I.—margery

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 26 May 1888 · page 1

It was the bright, beautiful springtime. Redolent with a thousand scents and sounds of the coming summer, the tender green blades of grass waves pleasantly in the soft,…

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Queanbeyan Items. Mining Intelligence

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 May 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

ELSEWHERE will be found the prospectus of the Mlicalago Gold Mining Company, now being formed for the purpose of purchasing and working two blocks of…

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Mining Intelligence

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

RICH discoveries of gold are alleged to have been made during the past week in the vicinity of Ingalara, conflicting rumours concerning which have reached…

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Original Story. For Lack of Gold. Chapter Iv.—sunshine and Rain

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 2 June 1888 · page 2

Margery a woke next morning with the sun-shine of a bright Sunday morning all around her; an indescribable feeling of strangeness and unreality lay like a heavy weight on her…

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Micalago. the Gold Discoveries at Ingalara.—the Ground All Taken Up.—a Rush Not Warranted.—the New Postoffice—a High Handed Proceeding.—robbery From a Tent.—the Farmer's Difficulties

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 2

THE all absorbing topic of the week has been the recent find of gold at Ingalara Creek, some eight miles from here. Recently a man employed on the railway…

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Mining at Ingalara

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

IT takes very little to make the Queanbeyan folk "edge-on" when the gold fever periodically makes its appearance in our midst and it now seems tolerably certain…

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Odds and Ends. The Ruby Mines of Burmah

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 1

Sir J. Gorst has informed Mr. Hanbury in Parliament that, according to the best information possessed by the Secretary of State, King Theebaw's revenue from the ruby…

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Original Story. For Lack of Gold. Chapter Vii.—true or False

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 1

Though Horace remained in town, he felt a feverish impatience to return to the little town of W—. It was hot, and the roads were dusty, which did not improve his…

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Mining Intelligence

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 June 1888 · page 2
Also in The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser

ACCORDING to the Express the excitement over the Ingalara rush (Colinton) " has now cooled down a bit, and two or three experienced miners who have thoroughly…

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Mining [?]Leases at Captain’s Flat

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 2

MR. E. W. O’SULLIVAN, M.P., is in receipt of the following communication from the Department of Mines, dated Sydney, 15th June, 1888—“Sir,…

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Mining Notes

The Bungendore Mirror and Lake George Advertiser · Wednesday 11 July 1888 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

It is notified in the Gazette that the undermentioned application for mineral lease has been refused—Captain’s Flat No 26, A. M. Forrester, area of 50 acres,…

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