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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

161 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 9

Mining Leases

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 2

Notices in “Government Gazette” of 24th inst. intimate that rent is due on mining lease in the name of P. Coffey. and one in the name of the Day Dawn…

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Local & General. Gold Escort

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 2

The escort, which left on Friday, took 543oz. of gold, of which the City Bank contributed 364oz…

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Gold Feet

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 1

Keep your head cool and your feet warm is a prescription we are all familiar with, and one we fully subscribe to; but if the feet are cold, the head is generously hot, and…

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Inferior Coal

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 3

The Iridescent colors in what is called “peacock coal” are due to the presence, of a film of iron oxide, It usually means the loss of a part of the volatile…

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Mining

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

A wire form Goulburn says:—A Melbourne syndicate has decided to have the old Currawang copper mine, last worked 27 years ago, pumped out…

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Day Dawn Mine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

Messrs. James Lawson J. A. Gegg, and Mr. Austin Chapman, who are interested in the Day Dawn, paid a visit to the mine on Tuesday last. At present it is…

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Mining

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

Araluen us quite busy just now with all the plants in full swing. Both Valley dredges are at work and the two Centrals are putting in good time, with very…

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Gold Field Reserves

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

A memorial, largely signed by miners at Mongarlowe and neighbourhood, has been forwarded to Colonel Ryrie for presentation to the Minister for Mines,…

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Alleged Extensive Mining Frauds

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

At the Water Police Court last Wednesday afternoon, Alexander Fraser, 48 photographer, again appeared before Mr. Payten S. M., charged with having, at…

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Mining Frauds

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 May 1907 · page 5

At the Sydney Water Police Court on Wednesday afternoon, Alexander Fraser, 48, photographer, again appeared before Mr. Payten, S.M., charged with having, at…

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Local & General. Gold Escort

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

The gold escort which went away on Friday took 729 ounces, of which the City Bank contributed 446 ounces…

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Cooper Mining 1600 Year B.c

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

The following interesting letter has been received by M.r. Joseph Nichelsen. of the Day Dawn mine, from Mr. J. W. Ashworth, who was on a visit to this…

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The Big Hole Mining Syndicate

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 June 1907 · page 2

Alexander Fraser, 48, a photographer, was charged at the Sydney Water Police Court on Wednesday morning with having between January, 1902, and March, 1907, conspired with a man…

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How Gold Is Won

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

The methods that are being used at Poseidon, Vic., the newest Australian goldfield, and the gold-getting methods described in the book of Genesis are…

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Alleged Mining Swindles

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1907 · page 2

For some days the presiding magistrate at the Water Police Court, Sydney, had been engaged enquiring into mining transactions alleged to have been carried…

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Lake George Mines

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

The Captain’s Flat correspondent of the Queanbeyan “Age” writes:— Mr.Bondeson who was in charge of the mines here has taken his departure, and…

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A Glint of Gold

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 2

Unmindful of the wintry cold, The snowdrops peep above the mould, And show an inner glint of gold To eyes that care to see…

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The Day Dawn Mine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

From a notice in this issue it will be seen that, barring accidents, the well-known property, the Day Dawn mine, will be offered for sale in Sydney-on the…

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Gold Made Like Steel. surgical Instruments Made of Hard, en[?]d Precious Metal

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 3

A Source of future great demand for told to the arts and sciences is divulged in Leslie’s Weekly, in which Henry Schedd Beardsley relates how…

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Gold in a Graveyard

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 2

THE annoucement that gold-bearing stone, 19[?]inches wide, had been struck in a grave at the old cemetery, at Ballarat North, Melbourne, on…

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