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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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

Mining at Yass

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

Yass, Tuesday.—Late last night Messrs. Parker and F. Bolton, of Sydney, and Melbourne, and Mr. Grayson, of Broken Hill and Kalgoorlie, purchased four working…

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Gigantic Mining Scheme

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 4

Brisbane, Saturday.—Some considerable excitement has been created on the northern gold-fields by the rumor of fresh developments in respect to the Cloncurry fields,…

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Latest Wires. Sydney Thursday. Sensational Gold Yield

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 April 1903 · page 2

A most sensational gold find has been made at Gundagai at the Back Hut reef in a claim owned by Elliott Brothers. Thirteen tons of [?] yielded 490 ounces of…

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Great Gold Yield

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 2

Gundagai, Friday.—Gold from Elliott and Groth’s claim at Bark Hut, brought into town yesterday afternoon, and weighed at the Bank of N.S.W., gave 501oz 8dwt 19gr…

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Rich Gold Find

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 2

Peth, Wednesday.—News of a rich find of gold in the north-west Coolgardie district was communicated to-day to the Minister for Mines by the warden, Mr. Troy, who…

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Gold and Electricity in Rhodesia

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1903 · page 4

In 1889 the British South African Company was authorised to construct a line of railway from Kimberley to Vryburg. From that date the work of railway construction…

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Cotter Creek Copper Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 2

Mr William Rolfe of Bredbo, who has been for a number of years babbling in mining, is about to again open the mine at Bredbo known as "Cotter Creek Mine."…

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The Aritunga Goldfield

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 April 1903 · page 2

The "Reg[?] [?]pecial correspondent at Winnecke's Depot telegraphed on Saturday as follows:—"Another good discovery has been made near the raid to the depot, close to the Quartzite…

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Mining Item

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM ROLFE wishes us to state that operations are being negotiated for the re-opening of the Cotter Creek Mine by a Melbourne syndicate. Also that the mine…

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Excellent Gold Yield

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

Our Araluen correspondent writes to say that Cleaver and party’s crushing of five tons of stone from Blatchford’s old Reef, Upper Araluen, gave the highly satisfactory return…

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Latest Wires London, Wednesday Gold Rush in Transvaal

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 April 1903 · page 2

A great gold rush has occurred in South Transvaal, where a large number of claims have been marked out. Many thousands of persons, of all ages and both sexes, have…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

At the Warden's Court, Braidwood, on Wednesday, before Mr. Warden Elliott, the following applications for suspension of labour for six months granted: Samuel Croker on his registered claims in…

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Arltunga Goldfields

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 April 1903 · page 2

A telegram from the manager of Winneeke's Junction has been received as follow:—" There is a well-defined lode, hiring a bold outcrop the whole length of the property, averaging about…

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Mining

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

IT is said that the Cotter Copper Mine, recently worked by Mr. W. H. Trewenack, and an adjoining lease, formerly worked by Mr. Denvers Power, are to be restarted…

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Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

We learn that for some time negotiations have been carried on for commencing reefing on a rather extensive scale at Bell’s Creek by Melbourne capitalists…

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Free Miners Rights

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 3

IN answer to a statement that free miners rights had been suspended, the under-secretary states that there has been no suspension of the issue of free miners rights,…

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Strange Discovery of Stolen Gold Plates

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 3

A SENSATIONAL experience, which led to the discovery of supposed stolen property, befel a little girl, Louisa Fuetril, at Kalgoorlie on Thursday…

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Newcastle Coal Trade

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

An Important development to connection with the coal trade of the Newcastle district, and one which may possibly result in serious trouble, has taken place. It has transpired that with but four…

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Gold Dredging Returns

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 May 1903 · page 2

Araluen Central No. 1, 57oz 17dwt for 134 hours work. Araluen Central No. 2, 41oz 5dwt for 112 hours. Jembaicumbers 58oz for 220 hours…

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Mining

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

A wire from nelligan states that McLeod and party, at Brimbratnalla, had the first cleaning up of their cyanide plant last week. 140 tons of [?] yielding 156oz retorted…

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