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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

161 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 9

All for Gold. a Story of Alaska

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 4

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

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Buried Cities in Rhodesia "King Solomon's Mines." Fascinating Story of Lost Nation

The Age · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 6

Not for many a day. says a writer in an American contemporary, have the world's scientists been so fluttered as they are over the newly announced…

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Trial of Haywood. Governor's Murderer in Court. Sensational Evidence. Charges Against the Miners' Secretary. Planning the Crimes

The Age · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 4

To-day Harry Orchard, the informer in the Idaho mining murder trial, took the witness-stand at Boise City, and the case against William D. Haywood, of…

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Mountains of Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 2

According to the old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of health and like, so likely to happen as the…

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Copper for Gold. How the Bank of England Lost L1081

The Age · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 5

A remarkable story of halfpennies being substituted for half-sovereigns was told at the Manchester City Police, Court ,yesterday, when Henry Douglas…

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Mountains of Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 2

According to the old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of health and like, so likely to happen as the…

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The Braidwood Gold Fields in the 50's AND 60's

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 2

In the year 1852, when I was quite young, I wended my way to the Braidwood goldfields. It took us three months with a bullock team to come from Sydney to Braidwood. There were no roads…

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[?]Mountains of Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 August 1907 · page 6

According to the old leg s, exis in the fabled [?] of the [?] this morvellous land would not compensate [?] for the [?] likely appear as the…

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Trial of Haywood. Governor's Murderer in Court. Sensational Evidence, Charges Against the Miners' Secretary Planning the Crimes

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 4

To-day Harry Orchard, the informer in the Idaho mining murder trial, tool the witness-stand at Boise City, and the case against William D. Haywood, of…

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Mountains of Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 2

According to the old legends, exist in the fabled land of [?] Dorade; but all the gold in this mar[?] land would not compensate you for the [?] of health and like, so likely to happen as the…

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The Braidwood Gold Fields in the 50's AND 60's. (CONTINUED.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 2

The diggers drank in many instances very heavily, and you would often see some good fights. Their principal amusement was quoit playing, and there were some very adept at the game, notably the…

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Cowley Copper Mine

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 2

THE EDITOR, LEADER.—In reference to the trouble which has arisen at the Cowley Copper Mine, owing to the action taken by the…

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Strike at Cowley Copper Mine

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 2

Reports reached town on Saturday that all hands had struck work at the above named mine. The cause of the trouble…

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Gold Dredging Prospects

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 2

Shareholders in the Elrington and Jembalcumbene Gold Dredging Companies, which carry on their work in the same district, will not be greatly…

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Copper for Gold. How the Bank of England Lost L1081

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 5

A remarkable story or halfpennies being substituted for half-sovereigns was told at the Manchester City Police Court yesterday,. when Henry Douglas…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 2

The engineer of the Araluen Steam Shovel Gold-mining Company reports that for the week ending August 17 the plant worked steadily, and a fair progress was…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 August 1907 · page 2

The engineer of the Araluen Steam Shovel Company reports that the plant has been running regularly during the past week. Since the pulsometer has been fixed the water is under command. The…

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The Braidwood Gold Fields in the 50's and 60.S

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 2

About this time the Chinamen began to find their way on to the fielde, and in a very short time there were thousands of them on Major's Creek, Bell's Paddock, Bell's Creek, and…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 2

The engineer of the Araluen Steam Shovel Company reports that the whole plant is running well, and steadily. The water has not increased. There is now only a short distance to so through,…

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Colliery Troubles

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 2

At the Kurri Kurri police court 91 persons employed at the Pelaw Main colliery were fined for leaving their employment without reasonable cause…

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