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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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

The New Mining Bill

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 3

THE Amending Mining Bill—(says the Gundagai INDEPENDENT) is about the worst chicken which the reform hen…

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A Novel Persuader, Moving pictures Used by Mining Promoter to Help to Sell-Stock

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 6

Just as the Phonograph beginning as an entertaining toy, has become an important factor in business, the moving picture is now being adapted to…

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A Tale of the Gold Diggings

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 2

Mr. J. E. Preston Muddock, author and traveller, sends to the "Dally Graphic" (London), a curious incident in his life bordering on the supernatural, which, he says, he has no belief in, though he admits there are more things in heaven and…

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Mining

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 2

An application has been lodged with the Warden by Robert Sands, Sydney, for 2 mineral leases 60ac. and 40ac. respectively, at Boro, for the purpose of…

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Imitation Gold

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 1

Very often the painter is called upon to imitate gold ornaments when painting ornamental ironwork or shop fronts, iron palings, etc, partly, of course, to secure…

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Wonderful Coal Cutting Machine

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 1

A new coal-outting machine is creating much interest among miners. It weighs 150 pounds, is worked by compressed air, and is said to be wonderfully successful in…

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After Dinner a Mining Experience

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 4

You have heard of the conflicting evidence for and against an after-dinner nap. Some say: “Take It; that is, if you get the chance.” Others say: “Avoid…

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Gold Lease

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 2

A gold lease of one acre, parish Budawang, co. St. Vincent, has been granted to Nichelson…

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The Rose of Touloume. a Story of Coincidences (Original.) Or, Christmas Happenings on a Gold-field. an Australian Story

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 6

THE house yonder? Aye, it be party place, sure; and party be they as lives there. Be thee gwine up along, now ?…

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The Toll of the Mines. a Year’s Grim Record

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 5

Official figures show that 877, [?] persons were employed in the mines of the United Kingdom last year, and that 689,967, of this total worked…

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We Wish our Farming, Grazing, Mining, and all other Kindred Industries a Prosperous New Year. His First Christmas Tree

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 3

I doss 'ey's not a boy in town At's luckier an me. Tause mamma she jus' let me have My firstsus Triamus tree,…

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Curra Creek Copper Mine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 7

This mine, formerly owned by Messrs. Johns and Hanley, but now the property of Messrs. Barber and F. O. burner, is situated eleven miles east of…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 2

The tributors in the Day Dawn reef at Mongarlowe, after a long and patient prospecting exploration of the mine since unwatering It, have struck a very promising [?] at the 200 feet level in which…

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