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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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Deceptive Terms. "Rolled Gold" and "Gold-filled."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 4

"Gold-filled" and "rolled gold" are terms that are so commonly used in jewellers' shops that it is somewhat surprising to see a Jeweller convicted for…

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The Brand of Gain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Introductory

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 4

Mr. Elijah Mosston is a wealthy [?]olliery owner and self-made man in the mining village of Milnes Cross. He is a widower, and his…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 2

The dredge pontoon of the Araluen Valley Gold Dredging Company No. 1 dredge, was stopped last Saturday in consequence of its having been found necessary to replank it…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines. Introductory

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 3

Mr. Elijah Mosston is a wealthy Colliery owner and self-made man in the milling village of Milnes Cross. He is a widower, and his…

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Hunting for Mines on Etna's Famed Slopes. Scenes in Peasant Life No Deal in "Duffers." Magnificent Assurance

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 October 1908 · page 3

It was afternoon when I left the slessina-Palermo railway and hired a carriage for Novara, 53 kilometres distant. The afternoon was warm,…

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The Brand of Cain. a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines. (Copyright.) PART 6

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

"But respect for your father's memory,[?] ought to have made you honour any [?]…

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The Brand of Gain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 7

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 4

"Another? Surely you have done and promised more than enough already. Mr. Mosston?" the younger man murmured,…

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Romance of Silver Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 3

The romantic discovery of a silver mine, while sinking a well for irrigation purposes, on land belonging to "Mrs. Langtry" (Lady do Bathe)…

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(copyright.) The Brand of Cain. a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 8

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 3

"Something I am proud of, too, no matter what she may think, though it was only after a struggle that I gave way to the influence of…

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Gold in a Cemetery

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 3

SOME time ago gold was discovered in the Peak Hill cemetery by Messrs. Fraser aud Farquharson, and from the surface stone sent to the battery…

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Mining Disaster at Mount Morgan

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 November 1908 · page 2

A FALL of earth occurred at Mount Morgan on Wednesday and resulted in the death of five men, four others being injured. The killed were:--…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 9. Chapter Xxiii. Nick Saunders's Proposal

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 3

December had come, the end of the year was in sight, folks already beginning to talk and prepare for Christmas and the New Year…

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Major's Creek Mines

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 2

A commencement is being made in reopening Dargue's mine, which has been taken up by a Melbourne syndicate. A contract has been let to Mr. A. Merton to unwater…

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John Vane, Bushranger. Being a true narrative of his career—illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago— in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer, aud a member of the [All Rights Reserved.) CHAPTER V. a Cattle Chase with My Charmer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 2

I still kept out of the way of the police, and was greatly assisted by a young woman of whom I was enamoured, named Kate— She was a splendid horsewoman and…

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How Long Will the World's Coal Last ?

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 1

Computations of to-day have shown that Great Britain has "in sight, "so to speak -- although it is all below the ground -- an available coal deposit of…

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The Brand of Cain. a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, (Copyright.) PART 10

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

But she must go to work cautiously. Nor was there any occasion for hurry. She bad found him now, and could never lose him again. He…

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Lake George Mines

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 2

COLONEL RYRIE, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Mines:--With reference to the letter presented by you…

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About Miners. Hero or Humbug? Some Questions

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 4

"Is the miner a hero or a humbug? That," says the "Star," "Is the question which the urban elector has to answer'." The article is apropos of the…

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Queanbeyan Age, with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror and Captain's Flat Miner Friday, November 27, 1908. Lake George Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 November 1908 · page 2

COLONEL RYRIE has been advised by the Under Secretary for Mines, as follows:—With further reference to the letter presented by you from Mr…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 12

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 4

Into what'a fearful quagmire that We never-to-be-forgotten passionate Impulse had landed him. He had come back home, as he had thought,…

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