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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

214 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 11

Mining Notes

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2

The dredging yields for the past week were—Colombo, 15oz; Ar[?] Central 31oz 18d [?] for 126 hours; Shoalhaven River, 28oz 17dwt for 130 hours. The future…

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Gold Dredging in Brazil

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 2

A few days ago we had a very pleasant and interesting chat with Mr. J. H. Wall, a gentleman with whom some of our renders will be acquainted, he having been a resident…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

The Jerricknora Centrifugal Sluicing Company's plant is approaching completion. The air pomp and condenser have been placed in position on the barge. The main sluice and pump hole are being…

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The World’s Coal Resources

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 1

The duration of the coal resources of various countries has been calculated by a German statist In a century or two he estimates exhaustion will overtake Durham…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2

The Half Moon dredging property, which is only by the New Zealand Mine's Trust Ltd., it now in full work, the contractor for the erection of the plant, Mr. W. A. Kershaw, of Victoria, having…

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Mining Notes

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 2

In consequence of [?]nforcessn difficulties having arisen, the directors off the Araluen) Proprietary and the Araluen Valley Consolidated have decided to abandon the proposed…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 2

The manager of the Jembaicumbene Dredging Company, No Liability, reports that during the fortnight ended on the 27th instant the dredge worked for 220 hours and washed up for 89oz of…

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Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 2

Under a winding-up order recently made against the Lake George Mines Limited writes the London correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” a meeting of the…

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Lake George Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 2

UNDER a winding-up order recently made against the Lake George Mines, Limited (writes the London correspondent of the Daily Telegraph), a meeting of the creditors…

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Hidden Gold in the Transvaal

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

We hear of nothing but [?] gold yet according to Captain Young husband, whose new book on South Africa: Messrs. [?] publish, there is some still in the…

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Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

The following gold mining leaves all liable to be cancelled unless the rent is paid before 29th inst. G. L. 13 application 65 Queanbeyan, F. Pennell, parish Bywong G. L.47…

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Mining Notes

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1901 · page 2

Queanbeyan, Wednesday,—Mining since the last rainfall is progressing satisfactorily in the [?] of Spring Range, about 15 miles north of Queanbeyan. This locality is…

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Australian Coal. a Mountain of Wealth Near Sydney

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 May 1901 · page 1

Thirty-five miles from Sydney is a picturesquely-situated township whose history is closely identified with that of the coal-mining…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 May 1901 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Chapman, the legal manager of the Araluen Central Gold dredging Company No Liability reports that since lust report the Araluen Central Dredger has commenced active operations,…

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A Romance of Coal

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 May 1901 · page 1

Joseph Davies, who began life as a sawyer and carpenter, and whose honesty and industry carried him on to wealth as a railway contractor, sank all his money…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 2

The Shoalhaven River dredger won 8oz 9dwt last week. The Little River dredgemaster advhises the secretary that be is now dredging 15 feet from water…

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Mystery of a Gold Watch. Just, but Hard

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 May 1901 · page 1

At the Bloomsbury county court, before Judge Bacon, a Mrs. Eldridge brought an action against Mr. Arthur Hall, a watchmaker, carrying on business in Camden…

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A Mad Rush for Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 4

The correspondent of the Daily Express writes from Victoria (B.C):— Some extraordinary scenes occurred in the Klondike district on February 26, when the…

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Our Latest Local Gold Dredge. the Araluen Central

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1901 · page 2

The Araluen district is known to be the foremost one in this State as respects dredging for gold. Our readers have already read in the columns of this journal about the large amount of gold recently…

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Superstitions of Miners

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 May 1901 · page 5

In Sardina is said to be a silver mine of marvellous wealth, but all who enter its depths die by the bite of the Po[?] the little and death-spider which [?] its rocks…

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