Local News. Mining
SOME returns are to hand of the treatment of several small parcels of stone sent from Major's Creek to Cockle Creek smelting works. For Messrs. Camage and party one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1912
77 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Vacuum Cleaning for Mines
The vacuum cleaning of coal mines is a new idea for preventing risk from dust, to which explosions are often due. An electrical firm has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gas in a Mine. Two Men Suffocated. Several Others Affected. Auckland
A sudden and unexpected rush of gas occurred in the May Queen gold mine, in the Waihi district, this morning while the minuets were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Men Killed. Mining Disaster at Wyalong. Foul Air in a Shaft
A shocking disaster--the first in the history of the Wyalong mining field-occurred at the Barrier Mine on Saturday afternoon, when six out of a party…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lucky Fellows. 500 Ounces of Gold in Two Days. Gundagai
The Long Tunnel had another sensational dish from a shot on Saturday morning. It yielded 207 oz. This, with Friday afternoon's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storage of Coal
Experiments have been made in Germany, says the "English mechanic," with a view to ascertain the best means of preserving coal from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Labor Troubles. Strikers Fined. Coal Owners and the Minimum. London
Trouble occurred yesterday [?] on similar, lines to that with the Rileys at Accrington. Two hundred Gathar wood miller refuted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Tunnel Mine. a Stir at Gundagai. Gundagai
The Long Tunnel mine continues to yield phenomenal returns. Un Saturday a further 156oz was brought to town as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Goldfields Sketch. the Lady Speculator
I had just remarked to Sue, "It's too dull for anything. I wish something would happen—a cyclone or an earthquake anything to relieve the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disconcerting Gold Steel
An enotmous crowd of strikers gathered at the Trades-hall on Friday morning with evident intention of carrying out the idea of holding a procession…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mining Warden
MR. WILLIAMS, the Mining Warden, arrived in Braidwood from Goulburn yesterday morning, and proceeded to Nerriga the same morning in connection with the recording of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cold Mine Romancl
The death in Sydney recently of Mr. Walter Hall, a Mount Morgan millionaire recalls the story of the discovery of the famous Queensland gold mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Royal Mint. 371 Tons of Gold
The annual report of England's Royal Mint gives au account of the enormous operations of this department during the year. No less than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Escort
THE police escort took away from Braidwo yesterday 501oz to be forwarded to [?] Sydney Mint. The gold won how in [?] district is almost wholly confined to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. The Sassafras Coal Measures
MR. AUSTIN CHAPMAN during last week applied at the local Warden's office, Nowra, for 1920 acres of land for the, purpose of mining for coal in the parish of Triangarn,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British Coal Strike
That the conditions of workers in British coal mines are, as regards an appreciable number of men and of mines, urgently in need of amelioration is matter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Crisis. Anxiety at Newscastle. NEWSCASTLE
The Miners' Delegate Board, which consists of representatives from the 38 mines in the Newcastle and Maitland districts, is sitting this morning, a special meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Down a Gold Mine
Gold and gold rushes did more to open up Australia in the early days than anything else could have done in the same period of time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Still On. The Coal Strike Fair-minded Labor Members. London
In reply to a question in the House of Commons last night, the Prime Minister stated that the Government had noted with setisfaction that many masters, instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gold Escort
THE monthly Gold Escort left Braidwood yesterday morning with 415oz 14dwt 15grs of gold. This is the lowest quantity that has been sent away from Braidwood for a…
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