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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

142 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 8

Mining Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

The “Daily Mail” correspondent at Johannesburg reports that the rope attached to the cage in the Simmir East mine broke, and the cage, containing 30…

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Mining Applications

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

A mineral lean of 40 acres has been applied for at Bore by Robert Sands, Sydney, by his agent, J. T. Poole, for the purpose of mining for sliver and lead…

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Local & General. Day Dawn Mine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

On Wednesday last Messrs. Nichelsen and Moore Placed in the City Bank a nice cake of gold weighing 27oz. 15d wts. as a result of a crushing from 20 tons…

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Passing Notes. Gold

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

There is a charm and fascination about the magic word “gold” which enforces attention. Just now all the countries in the world seem to be scrambling…

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Studying Torquoise Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 3

The Goddess of Turquoise and the turquoise mines in old Arabia are the things Professor Petrie, the archaeologist, has been studying. As a…

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Day Dawn Mine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

Those interested in the Day Dawn Mine, Mongarlowe, will be pleased to learn that on Thursday last very rich stone, said to be studded with gold, has…

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Captain's Flat Mines

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

For nearly three years the Captain's Flat mines have lain idle, and a black cloud of stagnation has hung over the little township. One by…

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Getting Electricity Direct From Coal

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 3

Probably two hundred and fifty, thousand scientists of the world have struggled with the problem of producing electricity direct from heat…

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From a Living Tome. Miraculous Escape of Entombed Miners. Lived Three Weeks on Oats and Horseflesh

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 3

Thirteen miners were brought up alive from No. 2 of the Courrieres Mines, where they had been entombed for three weeks, says a Reuter…

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Dreadful Mining Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL accident occurred at the Waihi mine, Wellington (N.Z.) on Tuesday. Two miners named Gray and Boxall, were engaged…

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Mining in the District

The Age · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 2

MOST encouraging reports are still coming to hand with regard to the recently discovered gold-bearing reef or lode on the land of Mr. G. Reid at…

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Books Bound in Gold. Luxuries of Former Sovereigns

The Age · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 4

At the Libraries' Association at Bradford on September 6th Mr Cyril Davenport, V.D., F.S.A., of the British Museum, gave a lecture on bookbinding in…

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Local & General. Mining

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1906 · page 2

Berghouse and Nolan brought into the City Bank last week 17oz. smelted gold, from a crushing of six tons at Hogan’s battery, Little River. The same bank…

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Short Story Vengeance Is Mine

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 1

'So that is your final answer, May?' The girl bit her underlip, and answered with effort: 'I'm afraid your must take it as that.'…

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Mining

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 2

It is notified in last week’s “Government Gazette” that the application of F. Moore for a gold mining lease, area 8 acres in the parish of Budawang, has…

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Captain's Flat Mines

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 4 December 1906 · page 2

Consequent on the Decision of the Warden here on 23rd. just., the proprietors of the above mine, have put on five men at the mines affected by the decision and it is…

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A New Mining Concern

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 2

The Araluen Steam Shovel G.M.-Co., with a capital of £l2,00 in 24,000 shares of 10s each, has been floated to work Dogan and Co.’s ground. Araluen. The…

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Stolen Gold Recovered. a Child As Detective

The Age · Friday 14 December 1906 · page 3

From Berlin, on 27th September, the special correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The authors of the great 'Mint robbery…

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"Richest Gold Mine." Discovery by a Cook. Eight-mile Reef

The Age · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 3

From Winnipeg, early in October, the correspondent of the "Express" wrote:— The great discovery of gold on the Peace River, in Athabasca, of which I…

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(Original.) Steve Reddy's Wish, and How It Was Realised. How a Change of Luck Came to an Old Gold-digger In the Good Old Times. COPYRIGHT

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 3

It was one of those old-fashioned winter nights, when, for weeks at a stretch, snow and rain followed each other…

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