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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1891

10 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

The Boro Silver Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

THE Boro silver mine is at present attracting a good deal of interest, and is expected to turn out another Broken Hill. On Wednesday morning a Warden's Court was opened at the Goulburn…

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Great Yield of Gold from Hill End

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 2

Over eleven hundred ounces of gold were despatched from Hill End yesterday—the largest quantity sent for a number of years…

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Monta Miners

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—A mass meeting of the Monta miners was held this afternoon to discuss the situation. The men remain firm, and it is anticipated that the owners will grant…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 November 1891 · page 3

For nearly 100 years a certain family of working people living in Paris have ended their lives by suicide. From rather to son, from mother to daughter, has descended a plain gold ring, and on…

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Gold Find

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.-A fresh gold [?]ode has been discovered at Mount Costigan…

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Nobody Wants That Gold Ring

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 November 1891 · page 3

For nearly 100 years a certain family of working people hving in Paris have ended their lives by suicide. From father to son, from mother to daughter, has descended a plain gold ring, and on…

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The Lambton Miners

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Friday—The trouble with the Lambton minors continues. The men refuse the manager's offer, and lie refuses to reinstate Morgan, because the latter disobeyed orders…

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Refractory Miners

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 2 December 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—Two Corrimal miners were fined at Wollongong to-day for illegally absenting themselves from work. Great indignation is expressed…

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Colliery Disaster

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 9 December 1891 · page 2

London, Monday.—A colliery disaster occurred in Poland on Saturday, in which 180 miners were killed…

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Gold Market

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 December 1891 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—Several exportations of gold have occurred. There is now better enquiry for gold shares…

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