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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

142 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 8

Local & General. Lake George Mines

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

From the condemnatory representations made to Colonel Ryrie, as to the dilatoriness of the present owners of the Lake George Mines in working their…

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Grey and Gold. Chapter Vii. Madame's Sister

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 4

I AM not so sure," said Frore, doubtfully. "The old man has plenty of fight in him, I fancy, and"…

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Half-yeahly Gold Yield

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 2

The gold yield for the half-year was 160 S59oz. crude, equal to 133, 49oz. fine, valued at £565,581, as compared with 131,278oz. crude, equal to 111,868oz. fine,…

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Grey and Gold. Chapter Vii. Madame's Sister

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 4

BUT you have some idea, some clue, or you would not have, come to England. I have guessed aright. You have heard,…

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Strange Dream of Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 3

Two grey-haired women—Mrs. [?] and Miss Smith—both well past middle life, are about to set out for the goldfields of Nevada, where they…

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Grey and Gold. CHAPTER VIII--Continued. Too Dangerous

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 July 1906 · page 4

CAN yon give me any reason for thinking that this this man is concerned in the affair?" be asked, presently…

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Trained Gold Fish

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 1

A Philadelphia dealer in pet stock has an aquarium of trained goldfish. These fish when the man holds a small wand of red wood an inch above the surface of the…

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Mining Co-operation

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 2

Co-operation is the keynote of success all the world over. Although some contend, that “he is strongest who stands entirely alone,” they are but theorists,…

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Grey and Gold. Chapter Ix. Sadie's Quest

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

THANK you. And now will you come and be in introduced to my husband, and talk to him while I read the…

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Extraordinary Mining for Mammoths

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

It is difficult to bring home to the mind of the ordinary reader the fact that the greater part, perhaps, of the Arctic regions were at one time…

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Oravida Mine, Gundaroo

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 2

MR. J. N. Hay reports that prospecting work is steadily proceeding 'at this mine. The drive,at 55 feet level has been continued tod distance…

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Captain's Plat Mines

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 2

THE LEADER'S last reference to the scandal attaching to the long suspension of the labor conditions at Captain's Flat has stirred the…

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Grey and Gold. Chapter X —Continued Lord Margisen's Heir

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 4

SHE would come to you, but Paul cannot spare her. Even now, though he has had the best advise, he is still confined…

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"Spotted Fever" Epidemic. Among German Miners

The Age · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 4

The Dusseldorf correspondent of the London "Dally Mall" wrote on 1st May:—An epldemic of "spotted fever." or…

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Grey and Gold. Chapter Xi --Continued. Stourney Priory

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 4

NO We have nothing to fear from his presence here, but everything to hope. I have made an astounding discovery,…

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Grey and Gold CHAPTER XI--Continued

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

BUT what does it all mean. Sadie?" asked John Simmons. "Do you really mean you are all well off?"…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

Bell's Creek, which in years gone by has shelled out gold in galore, both in alluvial one reef workings down to the water level, now bids fair to come to the front again as the reefs are followed down to a…

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Original Correspondence. Bell's Creek Mines. [To the Editor of the Dispatch.]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 2

SIR,—Having read A few reports lately about the Bell's Creek reefs booming the whole thing up, any one would think it was a jeweller's shop, but the best of them are only post holes. I think it it high…

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The Day Dawn Mine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

Matters are proceeding in a satisfactory manner at the Day Dawn Mine, Mongarlowe. This month’s crushing of 40 tons yielded 37ozs. of smelted gold…

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Sensational Gold Bobbery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 2

A sensational robbery of amalgam from the battery house of the Golden Ridge mine, Boorara, took place shortly alter 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning. At the time stated three masked men…

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