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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1902

143 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 8

Mining Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1902 · page 2

On Friday last an accident, which might have had much more serious consequence occurred at the United Miners, Major’s Creek While T. Cook was working below…

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Araluen Proprietary Gold Dredging Company

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 2

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Araloan Proprietary Gold Dredging Company, N.L., was held on Monday at Vickery's Chamnere, Pi[?]-street, Melbourne, to consider the…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 4

A special despatch to a San Francises paper from Coral Greek, Teno., of May 19 states:— More than 200 men and boys met instant death at the Fraterville coalmine…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 2

The manager of the Day Diwn Gold Mining Company, N.L , reports good progress made with the sinking of the winze, and it is showing very nice gold aa it goes down. Now that he has started…

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Mining Items

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

We hear that a party of miners are now engaged in working the [?] plant situated on Moreing’s Flat—In our next issue we will give a description of the lately…

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Deep Sinking in Queensland Bright Outlook on the Gold Fields

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 3

Brisbane Saturday—The Premier this morning referred to the fresh development in the Victoria and Queen mine at Charters Towers and said that from all reports it…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 July 1902 · page 2

Gold-dredging operations are bightening up ju[?]ow in the district, after a somewhat quiet times [?] it owing to the shutting down of some of [?]dredges for repairs and on account of accident…

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Sensational Gold Discovery

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 2

It is stated that a reef carrying heavy gold has been discovered at Native Dog Creek, situated about 33 miles from Bathurst, by Mr. Crossley. As a result of…

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Gold and Mineral Leases

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 July 1902 · page 2

THE following return shows the Mineral Leases still in force in this district --Tumut and Adelong Division -- for the half-year ended 30th June, 1902, published in the…

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Lake George Mines

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1902 · page 2

The chairman of the Lake George Mines, addressing a meeting of shareholders in London last month, said that the representations made as to the quantity location, and…

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Big Gold Yields

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1902 · page 2

From the last “Alexandra (N.Z.) Herald to hand, we note several exceptional yields from N.Z. dredges. For the week ended July 12, the Alexandra Lead returned 366oz…

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Colliery Disaster

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 2

Vague particulars have reached Sydney of a frightful colliery disaster at Mount Ke[?]bla mine, which is the southern most coal working in the [?]lawarra district, and employing…

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Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 2

The shareholders in the Colombo Dredging Company on Monday appointed Mr. R. Ver[?] S[?]ddington, liquidator, in connection with the winding up of the company’s affairs…

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Lake George Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 2

THE chairman of the Lake George Mines, addressing a meeting of shareholders in London last month said that the representations made as to the quantity, location,…

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The Mines of the State

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 3

The annual report of the Department of Mines for 1901 was laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night. The aggregate value of the mineral products of…

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To-day's News. [By Telegraph.] Terrible Mine Explosion at Woolongong. 300 Mes Entombed, Sydney, Thursday, 5.5 P.m

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 3

A TERRIBLE explosion occurred this afternoon in Mount Kombla mine, Wollongong. Three hundred men are entombed…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 2

The manager of the Day Pawn Gold Mining Company, No Liability, Braid wood, New South Wales, reports as follows:—"I have to report that sufficient timber for flume to carry water to the battery…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney. Terrible Colliery Explosion. Thursday, 4.10 p.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 August 1902 · page 2

News has been received of a terrible colliery explosion at Mount Kembla, Dear Wolloogong. All the available doctors bare been cent for. No farther particulars are yet available…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 August 1902 · page 2

The following applications have been made to the Mining Registrar, Braidwood:— Roberts, Taylor, and Thorburn, for G.M[?] of 10 acres at Mongarlowe, the date for holding…

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Australian Colliery Disasters

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the Mount Kembla disaster is one of the most appalling in the history of the Australian mining industry, there have been at intervals catastrophies in which the…

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