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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1897

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

Mining Matters in Parliament. Water Supply for Captain's Flat. Speech by the Local Member

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 2

WHEN the estimates were under discussion in the Legislative Assembly Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan took advantage of the opportunity to urge the Minister to give attention…

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Dredging for Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 2

Mr. W. H. J. Slee, Chief Inspector for Mines, has every hope that dredging for gold will be successfully carried on in the not very distant future. In a report submitted to the Minister for Mines he…

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Changing Silver into Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 4

Dr. Emmens, who claims to be able to make gold from silver, is still pursuing his enterprise. The New York Telegram says that the United States assay office in…

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Mining News

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 November 1897 · page 2

A correspondent writes to the effect that the Mount Bullen Mines which were discovered by Messrs. Rolfe and Oldfield have been disposed of to a rich Victorian company…

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Stampede of Miners to Escape Starvation

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 November 1897 · page 3

Seven hundred miners have left Dawson City, Yukan River district, to avoid starvation…

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The New Gold Discovery Near Cooma

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 December 1897 · page 2

On Wednesday last Messrs. G. Miller, E. O'Sullivan, Hurley, Pyers and B[?]rnes, Ms.p, waited on the Minister for Mines, to ask him not to allow more than five acres to…

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Five-Acre Blocks on The Cooma Goldfields

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 December 1897 · page 2

LAST Wednesday, Messrs Miller, O'Sullivan, Pyers, Hurley, and Barnes, Ms.P., waited upon the Minister for Mines, to ask that leases of not more than five acres each…

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Braidwood Warden's Court. Wednesday, December 8. (Before Mr. Mining Warden Maitland.) WAGES

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 2

P. MALONE v. MAYFLOWER G. M. Co-To recover £19 10s, wages. Adjourned to Monday next, 13th instant. LABOUR SUSPENSION…

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LONDON. Monday. Extensive Gold Robbery

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 December 1897 · page 2

It is reported from Transvaal that the Lydenburg coach was stuck up and robbed of £12,000 worth of gold…

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Miners' Luck

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 4

The gold in found in nuggets, grains, and dust. Some extraordinary finds have already been recorded. For instance Alexander McDonald secured a claim on the Kloudyke…

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Braidwood Warden's Court. Monday, December 13. (Before Mr. Mining Warden Maitland.) W. McCAFFREY V. the Mayflower G.M. COMPANY

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 December 1897 · page 2

This was an application calling upon the defendant company to show cause why the claim held by them on the private land of the Seymour Estate at Believue should not be abandoned owing to…

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Terrific Explosion at a Mine

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 2

CHARTERS TOWERS, Monday. -- A terrific magazine explosion occurred during the night at Mills's United mine. The engine-house was…

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