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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

143 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 8

Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1902 · page 2

At the invitation of Mr. Austin Chapman, M.P., a visit was paid by a party to the Day Dawn gold mine at Little River on Saturday last Representatives of the local press and of a Sydney paper, the…

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Local and General News Gold Mining Leases

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

A notice dated 20th ulto appealing m the Government Gazette, “says; that rents are due on the following local gold mining leases, and unless paid within thirty days the leases…

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The Gold Yield

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

The return compiled by the Department of Mines shows that the gold yield of this State for the month of December was 18,094 crude ounces, valued, at £51,704, equal to 12,172…

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A Queer Gold Dredger

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

The Sacramento River at Middle Creek, in Shasta County, California, will soon be worked again by a queer dredger seeking the geld supposed to have been swept down the…

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Latest Intelligence Sydney, Monday. Gold Dredging

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

Araluen Central 165oz 10dwts 23grs for 110 hours. Colombo 11oz 4dwts 12grs for 91 hours, Araluen Junction 15oz, week…

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A Gold-dredging Record

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 3

THE establishment of the gold dredging industry in this State has been attended by many bitter disappointments, and much financial loss, the bulk of the public…

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Hot and Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 2

A San Francisco man's wife hus separated from her husband because she claims he threw boiling water at her. S[?]range that it should bring about a…

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Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 2

The following gold dredging returns are reported for last week :—Araluen Valley 26oz for 125 hours’ work; Turon River No. I, 21oz for 128 hours; Turon No. 2,…

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Gold Dredging Returns

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1902 · page 2

Araluen Valley Consolidated dredge for the week ended on Saturday lust won 26oz of gold for 125 horus. Toron Dredge No. 1 fur the week ended on…

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Gold Dredging Extraordinary

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 2

The “Dispatch” has broken out in a fresh place. At any rate the rather gifted statistician who occasionally makes his presence known through the columns of that…

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Stumbling Upon Gold Mines

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 2

Gold was discovered in California in 1848, and in Colorodo in 1858. The discovery was accidental in both cases, and the fact created the impression that…

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The Aralnen Central Gold Dredging Company, No Liability

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 2

The second annual meeting of the abovementioned company was held at Vickery's Chambers, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Monday last. Mr. Austin Chapman, M.H.R., presided. There was a large…

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Gold Dredging

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 4

A deputation of 20 residents of Adelong Crossing interviewed the Mining Warden on Tuesday, relative to the-filthy state of Adelong Creek; alleged by them to be due…

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A Coal Heavers Whole Some Lesson

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

Some women, says a correspondent of a London paper have an insatiable mania for carrying or leading by chain pug dogs of all degrees of [?] The…

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The, Araluen Gentral Gold Dredging Company

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

The second [?] of the above [?] Company as hold at [?] [?] sydney at noon today (Monday 10th Feburary, 1992) Mr…

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Gold Dredging

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 2

Araluen Central, 75 oz [?] for 128 hours Araluen Proprietary 20ozs 108 hours; Araluen Consolidated 10oz 100 hours Jembaicumbene 77oz 256 hours…

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Mining at Yass

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 2

Yass Saturday.— Negotiations have been completed for the purchase of a smelting plant for the WallaWalla Silver Mines which will greatly increase the existing…

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Death of a Pioneer Gold Miner

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 4

Last week there died at Merrylands Mr. George Hunt who claimed that lie discovered gold in this colony before Hargeaves did Hunt’s story was that he met…

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Miners' Free Fight

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 3

A general free fight of miners took place at Bethanga mines, Albury, on Saturday last, pay-day, and black eyes and broken noses were the result. In some cafes the…

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District Mining

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 8 March 1902 · page 2

Mr. Godkin of Melbourne, representing a wealthy mining syndicate, is here inspecting mining properties around the Queanbeyan district. Mount Blundell he has…

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