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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

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Sale of the Currawang Copper Mine

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 August 1896 · page 2

AN item of news which will be pleasant reading is that the Currawang Copper Mine has changed hands, having been purchased by a Sydney syndicate, who intend to…

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The Bungendore - Bywong Gold Mining Company

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 August 1896 · page 2

IN the Equity Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Manning, Mr. Leverrier, instructed by Mr. Aspinall, appeared in support of a petition by Mr. Edmund Edward…

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The Captain's Flat Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of the Lake George United Mining and Smelting Company, No Liability, was held at the company's office on Monday evening, and…

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The Gold at Last

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 19 August 1896 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—A box containing 5000 sovereigns has been recovered from the wreck Catterthun, at a depth of 26½ fathoms. Four other boxes have been hauled out of the…

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Rich Find of Gold

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 August 1896 · page 2

Fabulously rich gold has been struck at Norseman, West Australia…

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Mining Stampede

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 August 1896 · page 2

Owing to a reported creep in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery three hundred miners came out in a body on Monday morning. Great consternation prevailed amongst…

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Captain's Flat Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 September 1896 · page 2

THE following article on mining at Captain's Flat by the mining reporter of the Daily Telegraph will be read with interest by our readers: --…

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The Captain's Flat Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 9 September 1896 · page 2

The Daily Telegraph special mining reporter, in his series of articles on the mines of the colony, on Saturday dealt with the Captain's Flat mines from which the…

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Gold Prospecting

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 2

SOME prospectors have been testing alluvial ground somewhere in the neigbourhood of Queanbeyan, with the result that an encouraging amount of "colour" was…

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A New Gold Saver

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 September 1896 · page 2

That the mining industry should deserve some attention now is not to be wondered at. Many attempts have been made to produce a machine that will save the gold known to…

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Local and General. a Mining Revival

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 19 September 1896 · page 2

There is every prospect of an immediate mining revival in the Queanbeyan district, in more quarters than one. Captain's Flat is about to boom and Bywong is beginning to…

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The Queanbeyan Age.WITH Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Wednesday, September 23, 1896. Local and General. Fighting for the Miners

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 September 1896 · page 2

The following letter has been received by Mr E. W. O'Sullivan:—"Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the working miners held at Hillman's Tank…

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The Hall Gold Rush

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 2

The first intimation that the public had of the discovery of this now goldfield was on Thursday week, when it was reported that a rich find had taken place, and a prospecting…

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Mining at the Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 October 1896 · page 2

Mr Copeland, M.P., who with Mr Chapman, M.P., was at Captain's Flat on Wednesday on a visit, has taken up a lease adjoining the Lake George Mining Company's…

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Mining at Hall

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 23 October 1896 · page 2

THE mining boom at Hall, [?] seems to be spreading. Several notices are posted at the Court House, Queanbeyan, of intention to apply for gold-mining leases…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 2

THE name of the Lake George United Mining and Smelting Company, no liability, is now the Lake George Mines, Limited. The sale of the property to the new…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1896 · page 2

THE first half-yearly-meeting of the Lowe and Alchin Gold-mining and Quartz-milling Company, No Liability, Bywong, was held at the Forbes Hotel, York-street, on…

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Concerning Mining Companies. How the Public Are to Be Victimised

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 November 1896 · page 2

SOME time ago the country press published a report of a speech made in the Legislative Assembly by the member for the district, when he moved the adjournment of the…

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West Australian Goldfields

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 November 1896 · page 2

A large gold-bearing lode formation was struck on Thursday in the Kanuitepai, one of the properties belonging to the Forth Proprietary-Syndicate, adjoining the…

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Mining at Hall

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 November 1896 · page 2

THE recently-discovered gold and copper mine at Hall, which is situated about a quarter of a mile from the Crickcters' Arms Hotel, is again att acting considerable…

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