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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

158 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 8

The Lake George Mines

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 2

One hears so many derogatory remarks in reference to the stability of the Lake George Mines that it would be as well if these pessamists were to…

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Miners’ Send Off to Captain Remfrey

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 2

On the Wednesday evening following the prece[?]ling social, the miners of the Lake George Mines entertained Captain Remfrey in [?] Goggins Hall, when there…

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Mining at Cooma

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 2

The Boogong Co. have had a crushing of 30 tons for a yield of about 1oz. to the ton. The small rush to the Sugarloaf, near the Nine Mile, is still giving a little over…

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Gold Discoveries near Cooma

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

For some time past reports have been current as to discoveries of marvellously rich gold ore near Cooma, and much stress has been lain on the fact that the rock in…

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Mining Managers’ Reports

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

Lake George North Mining Co., Ltd., Captain’s Flat, March 12(by wins).—Resumed sinking main shaft; total 105ft; ground hard. Other prospecting is usual…

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Mining at Cooma

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 2

The Boogong Co. have had a crushing of 30 tons for a yield of about 10z. to the ton The small rush to the Sugarloaf, near the Nine Mile, is still giving a little over…

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Dreadful Colliery Accident near Newcastle

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

Yesterday a terrible colliery accident was reported to have occurred at the Dudley Pit, and later news confirmed the tidings. It appears that yesterday morning the men…

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The Colliery Disaster. Latest Particulars

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 3

The rescue parties continued their work at the Dudley Colliery throughput the night. One body was recovered, much mutilated…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

The following is the report of Mr. W. H. J. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines, on the mining industry in the Queanbeyan district, and is dated 12th Match, 1808 : --…

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Awful Colliery Explosion. 14 Men Buried Alive

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

The people of Sydney were again startled on Monday by the receipt of meagre news of another frightful colliery disaster. The first news came by a telephone message…

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Our Mining Prospects

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 3

Report by W. H. J. Slee, Esq., Chief Inspector of Mines, in the Queanbeyan District:— Queanbeyan, March 12th, 1898.—To the…

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The Dudley Mine Catastrophe

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 2

ON Monday morning, the Dudley mine was not working when the explosion took place, which was hoard at a distance of five miles, and people from the adjoining…

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The Colliery Disaster

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

The sad calamity at the Dadley Colliery, by which 15 men have lost their lives and as many homes have been rendered desolate, forms the sole topic of conversation throughout the district, and scores of…

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[?] Dudley Mine Disaster

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

[?] is now no doubt that the 14 men [?] by the explosion at the Dudley [?] near Newcastle, are all dead. There [?] diversity of opinion as to whether…

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Dreadful Colliery Accident near Newscastle

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

Yesterday a terrible colliery accident was reported to have occurred at the [?]dley Pit, and later news confirmed the tidings. It appears that yesterday morning the men…

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Mining

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

The following is the report of Mr. W. H. J. Slee, Chief Inspector of Mines, on the mining industry in the Queanbeyan district, and dated 12th March, 1898:—…

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The Dudley Mine Catastrophe

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

ON Monday morning the Dudley mine was not working when the explosion took place, which was heard at a distance of five miles, and people from the adjoining…

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The Klondike Goldfields

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

The American newspapers to hand by the Mariposa, which arrived on Wednesday from San Francisco, do not contain much additional information respecting the gold deposits at Klondike, a…

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Lake George Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 2

The management of the Lake George Mines intimated on the Melbourne Stock Exchange on Thursday morning, for the information of shareholders and the…

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Lake George Mines

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 2

The management of the Lake George Mines intimated on the Melbourne Stock Exchange on Thursday morning, for the information of shareholders and the…

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