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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

214 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 11

Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 July 1901 · page 2

The manager of the Jerricknora report on the 25th instant:—Since last report have beep operating with two nozzles on the northern face, with the object of cutting the bottom wash in the direct the…

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Thoughts of Gold

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 August 1901 · page 5

It is more than probable that most people will plead ignorance respecting the personality of Mr. Philip James Bailey, who completes his eighty-fifth birthday…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 2

An exte[?]rdiray general meeting of the share holders of the Sno[?] Teraces G.D. Company N.L., was held on Monday at Vickery's chambers Sydney, Mr. A. Chapman, M.P. in the chair. The…

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Mining on the South Coast [CONTINUED.]

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 August 1901 · page 4

But time has worn away the rocky shores of the river and in greater parts the larva seat also and the contents have been scattered partly down the…

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Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1901 · page 3

The offer by the Araluen Consolidated Company to the Shoalhaven Terraces was regarded by the directors of the latter too good to miss and it was intended by the…

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Major’s Creek Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1901 · page 2

A good deal or exploiting in connection with Major’s Creek reefs is being done by small parties at present. The results in most cases are very satisfactory and show…

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Currawong Mining Property

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 August 1901 · page 3

A resident of Mittagong, Mr T. J. Sheldon, says a contemporary, has taken up a property at Currawong, which has been abandoned for some years The property is…

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Mining on the South Coast [CONTINUED.]

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 August 1901 · page 3

It must be admitted that the industry of mining in reefs and dykes all through this district is a depressing record of disappointment, opening in every case not only with…

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Sheriff’s Sale of a Gold Mine

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 August 1901 · page 2

In the Supreme. Court matter of David and another White's Hill Gold Mining company, No Liability the sheriff sold in the Arbitration Count of the Supreme Count…

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Mining News

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 August 1901 · page 2

The Kiandra dredge cleaned up 29oz last week It is understood that the third dividend of [?] share will be declared with a few days. Ashe first dividend…

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New Zealand Mining Promoters

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 August 1901 · page 5

Says the New Zealand “ star ”The law of libel in this country is admittedly in a unsatisfactory state, but the attitude of a few member prevents its assimilation…

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The Track of the GoldSeekers. [copyright]

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 August 1901 · page 1

After a toilsome tramp along the edge of the rent a queer natural bridge was reached, and soon the delighted travellers were enjoying the unequalled…

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A Newly-discovered Fuel. Superior to Coal

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 3

A newly discovered mineral, which is of a lustrous black colour, and which as a fuel surpasses coal and all other substances heretofore known, is found…

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Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 2

The consulting engineer of the Araluen Valley Consolidated reports having visited the claim and found the dredge in first class order and working well Dredging is…

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Mining on the South Coast [CONTINUED.]

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 3

In the Tuross Valley the ground that has really been tested is about the old goldfield at Nerrigundah—the Gulph. The population that remained here since the digging…

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Mining Notes

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 August 1901 · page 2

Little River dredge last week worked 110 hours for 11oz 8dwts 6grs amalgam. The face has turned into sand. The ground has also become very shallow, and a number of…

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A Newly-discovered Fuel. Superior to Coal

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 August 1901 · page 3

A newly discovered mineral, which is of a lustrous black colour; and which as a fuel surpasses coal and all other substances heretofore known, is found…

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Eureka Mine

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 2

We learn that the Eureka mine at Major’s Creek sold yesterday under the Warden’s warrant realized £150, the purchaser being Mr. J. Heazlett…

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A New Gold Find

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1901 · page 2

A gold find is reported at Gundabooka sixty miles from Cobar in a northerly direction. It is said to be very good. A large number of prospectors have gone out…

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Mining Notes

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 2

Little River last-week yielded 6oz l6dwt 2grs for 100 hours. The manager of the Araluen Junction dredge reports: that dredging operations…

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