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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1909

62 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 4

Mining Applications

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 2

MR. F. HULL has applied for six prospecting areas in the parish of Jerralong, and Mr. G. E. Poole has applied for a [?] site in the parish of Warri…

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The Brindabella Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 2

WE are informed by Mr. William Reid of "Race Terrace," Brindabella, that at last after the unconscionable delay of some 18 years, work is now being resumed in the…

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Iv.-holding-up the Gold Escort

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 October 1909 · page 6

WITH fields yielding gold in almost fabulous quantities, in both New South Wales and 'Victoria, particularly in the last-named colony (which, by the way, was separated…

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"Planet" Demands Gold. Gipsy and Servant Girl

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 November 1909 · page 4

A young servant-girl, who applied at Highgate Police Court on August 17. for a warrant for the arrest of a gipsy woman, told an extraordinary story…

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The Gold Escort

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 2

The Escort took away yesterday for delivery at the Sydney mint 385oz921wto 12gra of gold. The low yield is owing to two of the dredges in Araluen, the Central No. 1 and the Redbank, being on…

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Coal Strike

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 2

FORTY-TWO collieries are idle in the Newcastle and Maitland districts. About 11,000 miners, and a similar number of daily wage mine hands are…

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Inspector of Mines

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 2

MR. MILNE, Government Inspector of Mines, who has been visiting the mines along the South Coast, returned to Sydney on Wednesday evening by the mail coash…

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The Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 2

Another big union, that of the storeman, numbering 1750 members, held an extraordinary meeting at the Sydney Trades Hall on Wednesday night. The meeting was called…

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Mining at Currawang

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 2

MR. PERKINS hotelkeeper of Cooma, has been on a visit to the Black Diamond mine at Currawang, Clyde River, in which he is interested. He drove through Braidwood last week and returned on…

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The Coal Strike

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

THE meeting of the waterside workers held in Sydney yesterday morning resolved that the federation should hold its mass meetings before deciding to strike. A proposal…

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The Coal Strike

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 2

THERE is still one slight chance of peace. The strike congress considered the Premier's suggestion for a conference, and refused it. The congress, however, appointed a…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 2

No. 2 Central Dredge in Araluen is this week closed down to undergo some slight repairs, and the No. 2 is still laid up for repairs. The new dredge, the Dreadsought (the pontoon is the…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by Correspondents.] the Coal Strike. (To the Editor.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

SIR,—Now that the Premier has suggested a sort of compromise with a view to settling the strike at Newcastle, I think there are a few questions which ought to be asked, and…

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Explosives in Coal. on British Warships

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

Still another British warship [?] (says the "Daily Express," Sept. 3) been saved from an almost certain disaster by the discovery, just in time, of…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 2

THE went of water consequent upon the dry weather is beginning to prejudicially affect the dredges in Aralues, which it was thought would always have sufficient from the under [?] to…

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When There Is No Coal

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 4

PROFESSOR WARREN, at the engineering association's dinner last week, used the present industrial upheaval as a means of introducing a little speculation as to…

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Gold Escort

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 2

The monthly Gold Escort took away on Thursday last 327 ozs. gold to Tarago, on route to Sydney The usual day for the Escort to leave has bean Friday, but the change is due to the reduced…

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Cancelled Mining Lease

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 December 1909 · page 2

The lease of Joseph Nicholson for 70 acres, No. 40, parish of Budawang, has been cancelled…

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The Coal Strike. [To the Editor of the Dispatch.]

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 2

SIR,—The parallel between the strike of 1890-91 and the coal strike of to day is worth noting. The shibolsth of that date repealed from ten thousand platforms was "There is no question of wages,…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by Correspondents.] the Coal Strike. (To the Editor.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

SIR,—The parallel between the strike of [?]-91 and them coal strike of to-day is worth noting. The shilboleth of that date repeated from ten…

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