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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

144 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 8

Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 2

The legal manager of the Aralaen Central Gold dreding Company, No Liability, reports that [?] factory progress is being made with the pontoon for the dredger. Several extra men have been put on…

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Araluen. Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 2

With weather conditions pointing to a flood, it was natural that considerable interest should be centred on the Aralnen dredges. Past mining operations in the Creek have…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

The directors of the Araluen Proprietary have instructed the dredgemaster to take over the' dredge when he is satisfied that everything is in perfect order, and are waiting to hear from him. Though…

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The New Goldfields of Cape Nome

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 4

Last June some lucky prospectors made the discovery that the sands on the shore of the extremity of Alaska were full of gold. The treasures of the fabled Pactolus were…

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Mining News. Reefing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

While much is being skid and written about the dredging industry in this district, very little attention appear to be paid to reefing properties, and when annie of the results obtained at Major's Creek,…

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Hall News. Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

Mining at Spring Range has been fairly brisk during the past month as the several parties on the field have taken advantage of the plentiful supply of water, the result of…

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Hall News. Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

Mining at Spring Range has been fairly brisk during the past month as the several parties on the field have taken advantage of the plentiful supply of water, the' result of…

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Important Gold-Dredging Case

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 2

Gundagai Friday.—What will probably prove to be a most important case as affecting the dredging industry will be decide at the local Warden’s Court on July 2 by Warden Clarke, when the…

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A Record Gold Deposit

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1900 · page 4

Last Thursday afternoon the Back of New South Wales deposited at tho Mint 65,559.66 of gold in ingots, for coinage. The weight, which, even in ounces, looks…

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Gold Dredging Regulations

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

Regulations are published in the Government Gazette prescribing the procedure is regard to dredging for gold. The regulations include the following:—…

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Captain's Flat Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 3

Mining affairs are as dead as a door nail. Cooper Creek, where it was reported that a rich discovery of gold had come to light has closed down, which doesn't…

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Captain's Flat Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 3

Mining affairs are as dead as a door nail. Copper Creek, where it was reported that a rich discovery of gold had come to light has closed down, which doesn't…

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A Gold Nugget Worth £9534

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 2

The largest gold nugget ever found the famous "Welcome Stranger," was unearthed by John Beason and Richard Oates at Dunolly, forty miles north of…

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Gold in a Flour Bag

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 1

When we borrowed money for our bank in olden times in northern Arkansas, I used to go to the neighbouring town and get the gold. Then I had to carry it by stage over…

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Mining at Bywong

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 2

MINING in the Bywong district in generally dull. The cold and inclement weather experienced there for some weeks now has retarded all surface work, compelling some…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 2

The legal manager of the Little River Gold Dredging Company (No Liability) reports that the engine and boiler have been delivered at the site of operations, together with a large quality of…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 2

Information from the Little River Gold Dredging Company states that the river is almost down to its normal level again, and no damage has been done by the late floods, except to prevent the…

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Gold, Gold!

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 1

Henry ILL issued the first current gold coin in England in 1247. It was of pure gold, passed for twenty pence, and was called a gold penny. The next…

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A Coal Torpedo

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 July 1900 · page 1

During the American civil war a terrible engine of destruction was devised by the Confederates. They called it a coal torpedo. A block of…

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Hall News. Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 2

There is practically nothing fresh to report in connection with mining matters at Spring Range. Sumner, Southwell and party have had a puddling machine…

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