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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1908

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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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Terrible Mine Explosion

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 December 1908 · page 2

A TERRIBLE explosion occurred on Saturday in the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal Company's mine at Marianna. Two hundred and seventy five miners…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines Part 13. Chapter Xxxii. the Tragedy of Chance

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 6

It was between-eleven and twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, and the rain was coining down more heavily now, while the wind was blowing…

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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, and a member of the [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xii. Attack Upon the Carcoar Bank

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 2

The next event to he recorded was a stirring one, and it caused immense excitement, not only in the district where it occurred, but throughout the colony…

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The Brand of Cain. [Copyright.] a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines Part 14. Chapter Xxxv. Demanding His Price

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 4

The better part of another day Slipped away, and still the master of Milnes Cross Hall was confining himself to the big house and…

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The Loss of Energy in Burning Coal

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 1

With the coal consumption of many countries in the last ten years having been more than in the preceding century, it is humiliating and appalling…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines Part 15

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 3

"Was the woman satisfied that you were not her husband?" "Almost, I believe. "Almost, I believe. But she begged of me to see her again on New…

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The Trout Gold Medal. Conditions of Award

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 8

SOME two or three weeks ago the Government decided to offer a gold medal for the largest trout caught in New South Wales during the current season, provided the fish…

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