Mining
THE application of James A. Parker for a dredging lease at Majors' Creek was inquired into at a Warden's Court in Braidwood on Friday last by Mr. Williams, the Warden, and the application…
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Mining & the mines, 1911
92 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 5
Mining
THE new steel dredge which has been laid down in Araluen by the Tewksbury Company, and which has been some three weeks or so at work, had its first washing up on Thursday, obtaining the…
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THE Government Escort left Braidwood yesterday with 465oz 4dwts 3grs for the Sydney Mint. This is a great reduction in the quantity of gold sent away, only about one half of the usual return,…
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MR. TEWKSBURY, the Managing Director of the Company's dredging operations, came to the district last week and was present in Araluen at the washup of the new dredge, was more than pleased…
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IT is proposed by the directors to recommend at the annual meeting of the company on the 7th July next to increase the capital by the issue [?] 10,000 preference shares of £1 each. The mire…
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Two reefs have been taken up at Merricumbene by Araluen parties. In one the stone which has been assayed has given extraordinarily rich results and a crushing plant has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Escort
THE Gold Escort from Braidwood yesterday took away for transmission to the Sydney Mint 1224oz 12dwt 3 gr. This was the yield for the month, irrespective of what…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Araluen. Mining
A few weeks back the achievements of the steel dredge at Redbank the topic were of the day in local mining circle. The excellent returns achieved by that costly and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Explosion in a Colliery
Twenty-two miners were killed by an explosion in the Cascade colliery, Pennsylvania…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Miners' Concert
An amusing account of a miners' concert at Wollongong is given in the Rous Record, from which we take the following:—Pay Saturday comes once a fortnight, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wireless Between Mines
Drs. Leinbach and Loewy, two German scientists have established an underground system of wireless communication. They have succeeded in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Coast Collieries. CLIFTON
Work at the local collieries is proceeding very satisfactorily, and full time has been worked for some time past, with every prospect of…
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An explosion occurred in the Champion Reef mine. Twenty coolies were killed, and fourteen injured…
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In broad daylight, on 25th March, a Widnes cashier and a man accompanying him were suddenly attacked by two men, said to have been wearing musks,…
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MR. WILLIAMS, Mining Warden, was in Braidwood yesterday in connection with mining matters, and in the afternoon went out to Warrambucca. He left town for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Romance of the Rand Mines
Up to 1884 there was scarcely a suspicion of gold in the Transvaal, and the country was regarded as a barren land, lacking in all the…
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VICTORIAN-Araluen plant during the past two weeks worked 258 hours, and turned over 16,000 cubic yards. The gold won was llloz., value £433; average value of ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Condemn Compulsory Service. the Thin End of the Wedge. Kurri Kurri
The following notice of motion to be forwarded to the executive of the Miners' Federation was tabled at a meeting of the…
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THE Government Gazette of the 9th instant contains a proclamation cancelling former notifications constituting the Araluen Mining Division, together with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warden's Court. Thursday, August 17. (Before Mr. G. R. Williams, Mining Warden.)
The hearing of the application by the Jembaicumbene Gold Dredging Co. for a dredging lease of 41a 0r 4p, parishes of Boyle and Jinglemoney, was postponed for a month in…
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