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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

131 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 7

The Disturbance of Miners at Captain's Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 2

Mr E. W. O'Sullivan having taken up the case of the miners at Captain's Flat who have been warned oft a so-called water reserve at Captain's Flat by the Crown Land…

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The Klondyke Gold Discovery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 2

Writing on the recent rich discoveries on the Yakon River, in British Columbia, the Victoria Daily Colonist of July says:-" The power of gold to unmake as well as to make communities is well…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 2

BYWONG, Wednesday.--Whyte and party, Lone Hand, Mac's reef are raising good stone from the 80ft level, the reef being about 1ft wide, and looks like 30z to 40z…

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The Valley Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 2

There comes a gleam of hope for the town of Queanbeyan whenever the name of the Valley mine is mentioned. There are even those who say that this mine will give the…

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Mining Warden's Court

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 2

A Warden's Court was held in Braidwood on Wednesday last before Mr. Warden Maitland, when John McCane was allowed six months' suspension of labour in his alluvial claim at…

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Mining in the Bungonia District

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 2

Readers will be pleased to learn that there is every probability of mining on a large scale in the Bungouia district assuming a definite shape. "Our attention has been drawn to the fact that a large…

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A Remarkable Find of Gold

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 4

A STORY of a remarkable find of gold comes like a little idyll from St. Arnaud, Victoria. A number of young children were playing in the…

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Gold Past and Present

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

Just before the Californian discoveries—namely. in 1849—the world's annual output of geld was only about £6,000,000. Then came the American and Australian…

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The Klondyke Goldfields. GOLD & the Shadow of Famine

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 3

THE latest San Francisco papers to band by tho mail contain long and graphic accounts of the unparalled richness of the Klondyke (British…

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Discovery of Gold at Kiandra

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 2

Here we may be permitted a digression to give some startling information in regard to the discovery of that famous auriferous region, which attracted thousands of…

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Mining in the Queanbeyan District. Past and Present

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 August 1897 · page 2

A VISIT a few days ago to Primrose Valley, about two miles distant from Queanbeyan, in company with, a well-known resident, for the purpose of inspecting the mining…

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Rich Gold Yields

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 2

THE Yass Courier's representative has paid a visit of inspection to the Gooda Creek and Murrabateman reefs. At the former it was ascertained that a trial crushing of 7…

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The Major's Creek Mining Dispute

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

The case of Watson aud others v. Hassall and others commenced in the Equity Court on Tuesday last before the Chief Judge in Equity. Mr. Langan Owen and Mr. G. Wallace, instructed by…

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Mining Foe Gold and Copper

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

The earliest efforts in the immediate vicinity of the town to discover gold were made separately by Mr. James Hutchison, Who built and ran the old Severne mill)…

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Mining in the Queanbeyan District. Past and Present. the Primrose Valley Mine. [continued.]

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

Our way led over the barren ranges at the back of the Dcdsworth estate. A walk of about two miles brought us to a spur of the range where tho confluence of the two…

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Local News. 273oz. of Gold

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

PERHAPS the largest exhibit of retorted gold ever brought into Queanbeyan from a neighbouring reef was deposited at the Commercial Bank last Saturday…

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Fearful Dangers of the Klondyke Goldfield

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 4

The speceal Correspondent of the London "Daily News" in describing the dangers atsending the journey to the Klondyke goldfield says:- "The traveller commences his…

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Mining at Captain's Flat

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 September 1897 · page 2

AT the Lake George Mining Company's northern section the sinking of the main shaft is still going an, and timbering has been completed at a depth of 572ft. The…

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Mining Notes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

At the Lake George Mining Company's northern section the sinking of the main shaft is still going on, and timbering has been completed at a depth of 572[?] The four levels are producing payable ore…

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Forty Years Mining in Australia

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

I halted at the gate of a pretty brush residence, which answered to the description supplied me, and asked of the lady whom I found enthusiastically gardening, "Does Mr. T. J. Thomas live…

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