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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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Gold in a Cemetery. the Ballarat Discovery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 June 1907 · page 6

The Ballarat correspondent of the Melbourne "Age" supplies the following account of a remarkable discovery of gold:—The announcement that gold-bearing stone, 18in…

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Miners Killed

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 2

A NEW arrival from the South Coast, named William Montgomery, employed as a miner at Sandford Merthyr colliery, was instantly killed by…

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Mining

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

The engineer of the Araluen Steam Shovel Gold Mining Co. writes to say that since his last report the railway embankment has been packed up, and the…

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Bredbo Copper, Silver, and Lead Mine

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

DEVELOPMENT work is proceeding satisfactorily at the Bredbo Mine. The main lode at the 53ft level is being driven north and South in…

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The Big Hole Mining Swindle

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

At the Darlinghurst Session on Friday morning Alexander Fraser, who pleaded guilty to two charges of false pretences, in connection with the alleged…

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The Day Dawn Mine

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 2

The Day Dawn mine, which was lately advertised in “The Express” as being for sales, was offered at auction in Sydney on Saturday last, and purchased by…

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Coal in an ice cliff

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 1

It can scarcely be said that there has ever been a "favoured nation" in the matter of coal; for of all nature's distributed materials coal is…

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The Mongarlowe Gold Mining Syndicate

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

As notified in our columns, the Day Dawn Gold Mine at Mongarlowe was sold by auction on Saturday, 29th ult., in Sydney, and purchased by a Mr…

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Coal Lumpers' Trouble

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

AT the Coal Lumpers' Conference on Monday Mr. Macey said that one of the largest and most unanimous meetings of the Coal Lumie s' Union ever…

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Eight Hours for Miners

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

The French Chambers of Deputies, by 427 to 125, has passed M. Basly’s Bill, making eight hours a maximum day’s labor in the mines…

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All for Gold. a Story of Alaska

The Age · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 5

Business men closed their offices, clerks gave up their positions, parents, wives, sweethearts, were, in a measure, secondary considerations. Klondike—…

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The Coal Lumpers' Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 5

When the maritime conference ended on Friday, something approaching a deadlock had been reached. At a meeting of the coal lumpers do Saturday the employers' terms…

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Coal Lumpers’ Strike

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

At a mass meeting of the Coal Lumper’s Union, held last night, a resolution was carried pledging support to the coal lumpers on strike during their…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

A wire received from Tasmania states that in the Hercules mine a fall of earth occurred, where five men were in the stope at the time, four of whom…

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A Cold Mine Waiting for Somebody

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 1

The most dying need of to-day is a substitute for Para rubber. It is certain to be discovered sooner or later. Celluloid and oxidised linseed oil are…

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The Coal Lumpers' Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 2

The president of the Trades and Labour Council and Messrs. M'Gowen, Holman, and B. Tillett waited upon the Premier on Wednesday in reference to the position, and…

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The Mining Act

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

We would remind those who are interested in mining that the Amended and Consolidated Mining Act came in to force, yesterday. In addition to the…

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Police Court. Saturday, July 13. (Before Mr. A Elliott, P.m.) Alleged Gold Stealing

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

William Brennan, remanded from Wednesday on bail, appeared before the Court, charged with stealing a quantity of gold from a gold claim at Nettleton…

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Braidwood Police Court. Saturday, July 13. (Before Mr. A. Elliott, P.m.) Alleged Gold Stealing

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 2

William Brennan, remanded from Wednesday, on bail, appeared before the Court charged with stealing a quantity of gold from a gold claim at Nettleton Creek, Mongarlowe, the property of…

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Coal Dust Is Worth Money

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 6

Great are the uses of coal dust in Belgium. A system for compressing coal dust into briquettes and oval forms is successfully dealing with the…

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