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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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

“White Coal.”

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 4

The Utilisation of water power in driving machines for the production of electrical energy is one of the great problem occupying the minds of engineers the…

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Gold Dredging Returns

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

Aralnen Valley, No 1 9oz for 109-hours. Jemba[?]mbene, 82oz retorted gold for 262 hours. Aralnen Central No 1 4½oz for 131hrs…

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Police Court. Monday, November 2, [Before Messrs A. Elliott, P.M. J.H. Byrne and John Kenny. Js.P.] Gold Cre-straling

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

Frederick John Seidel was charged with stealing gold ore at Fagan’s Creek. Sublinspeetor Brayne prosecuted, Mr, Fell for the defence…

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Gold Mining in Egypt and the Soudan

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 1

Hundreds of European and American tourists in pursuit of health or pleasure, now travel on the Nile, between Cairo and Assouan, every…

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Salting a Gold Mine. How to Turn a Worthless Claim Into a Bonanza

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 1

“Lots of people think,” said the grizzled Forty-niner, “that nowadays ‘ salting ’ a gold mine is a lost art. Those people were never…

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Gold Discovery Near Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 2

MR. WARDEN ELLIOTT last week visited the recent find near Bungendore, and furnished a report to the Minister. Mr. Elliott informs us (Dispatch) that the reef…

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Gold Saving

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 2

The “Nowra Leader” writes :—Mr. A. E. Warne, of Tomerong, has recently had a model of his gold saving machine constructed by a Sydney firm, and assures us…

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Terrible Mining Disaster

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 2

The Kearsage mine at Summit, Virginia, U.S.A. is on fire. Seventy-five miners are entombed and it is feared they have perished Mr. Turner, superintendent of the mine,…

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Gold in Egypt

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 November 1903 · page 4

A few weeks ago a letter was published in the World's News from a Sydney mining engineer, now resident in Upper Egypt, in which interesting particulars were given of…

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Gold Returns

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 2

The gold produced in the State last month is valued at £134,784 as compared with £82,845, corresponding month last year…

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Gold Dredging Returns

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 2

Araluen Central, No. 1, 73oz for 139hrs; No 2, 39oz for129hrs. Araluen Valley, 36oz for l26hrs. Jembaicumbene Middle Ground, 40oz…

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A Great Gold Yield

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1903 · page 2

Queen’s Gross Reef, Queensland, has just completed crushing 1290 tons of stone, for a return of 3935 ounces of gold…

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Mining at Araluen

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1903 · page 2

Cleaver and party last week had crushed at Bell’s Creek battery 21 tons of stone from their reef at Upper Araluen, which gave the very handsome return of 2oz to the ton…

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Latest Wires. Gold Dredging Returns

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1903 · page 2

Araluen Central, No. 1, 107oz 5dwts for 136hrs, No. 2,29oz 11dwts for 115hrs. Jembaicumbene, 30oz 1dwt for 123hrs. Araluen Central Coy has declared mother…

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Latest Wires. Sydney Monday. GOLD Dredging Returns

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1903 · page 2

Araluen Central No 1 91oz for 137 hrs, No 2 15oz for 89hrs. Araluen Valley No 1 34oz for 125hrs. Jembacumbene Middle Ground 29oz for…

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Mining on the Rand. the Mineral Wealth of South Africa

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 December 1903 · page 1

“The Industrial Awakening of South Africa” [?] the title of an article contributed by Mr. Neville Edwards to the current issue of the…

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Mining at Bell’s Creek

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

Mining at Bell’s Creek is reported to be assuming very promising activity. A first crushing of 13 tons from the Surprise reef returned 15 ounces of gold This mine is…

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"Hearts of Gold and other Verses."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 December 1903 · page 2

From the Bulletin Newspaper Co., Ltd., Sydney, we have received a copy of Will Ogilvie's latest work, entitled "Hearts of Gold and Other Verses." That it is a welcome addition to the volume of…

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