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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

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

Lake George Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

It was intimated in Melbourne that it was intended to resume operations at the Like George Mines, Limited, Captain's Flat. The last three months smelting only gave a money…

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A Gold Digger's Job

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 November 1898 · page 2

Some men always expect the worst to happen. These men get more joy than others out of good luck. On the contrary, there are other men who look continually forward to the best happening,…

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The Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 2

About twenty men were started last week repairing, the furnaces, overhauling machinery, etc., and in view of the resumption of operations in the near future, twelve…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

WHAT is said to be a very promising-looking lode has bean discovered on Diggers' Hill, near London Bridge Homestead, parish of Urialla, county of Murray,…

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The Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 2

Matters in connecting with the local mines are looking very much brighter just now. Notices were posted on Wednesday evening hearing the signature of…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 2

Dairy Crcok is now and again mentioned but the principal claim is Messrs. Al[?]hin and Gordon's who appear to be on something substantial, as the reef is very…

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Colliery Disaster. Three Miners Entombed

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

AT the East G[?] colliery at 7 o'clock [?] Friday morning a serious accident occurred through a port on of the [?] of N[?] falling in and…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

IT is rumoured that something good will be the outcome of the recently discovered copper mine at London Bridge. A contract has been let for the sinking of a shaft on…

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The Flat Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

MESSRS. Longmuir and Pola, the original contractor, have sub et the whole of the one-breaking, trucking, and stope filling at the Lake George Mines. A few gangs of…

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The Klondyke Goldfield. Privation and Death of Goldseekers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

THE latest news from the Klondyke tells of an unusually rich quartz find at the head of Dominion Creek, from which so much coarse gold has been taken from the…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Three Men Entombed

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 2

On Friday morning another colliery disaster was reported. This time the scene of the disaster was East Greta mine, West Maitland district. Particulars show that…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Ncorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Fla Miner. Wednesday, November 23, 1898. Local and General. Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 2

A telegram to the Sydney press says:—The copper mine lately discovered at London Bridge is looking well, and a contract had been let for the sinking of a shaft on the…

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The Klondyke Gold Field

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 4

The latest news from the Klondyke tells of an unusually rich quartz find at the head of Dominion Creek, from which so much coarse gold has been taken from the placers…

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Captain's Flat Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 2

LAST Saturday No. 1 furnace belonging to the Lake Mines Company was started, and No. 2 was lit in the afternoon. The event has been anxiously looked for here…

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A Complicated Mining Case

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

The Chief Judge in Equity (Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson) has at present before him an interesting suit relating to the purchase of a mine in the Canowindra district. The plaintiff is Alfred…

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The Colliery Disaster

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 2

After a fortnight's hard work, which has never seased day or night, work that has been attended with considerable difficulty and danger, the men engaged in the rescue…

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Lake George Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 December 1898 · page 2

The miners at the Lake George Mines have been working a fortnight yesterday, and are making very good headway. [?] are now raising from 200 to 270 tons of are…

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The Mines that Failed. Lake George Mines, Captain's Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 14 December 1898 · page 3

The report presented to the shareholders at the general meeting of the Lake George Mines, Limited, held in London on the 25th October last, gives full particulars of the…

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