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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1918

48 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1918 · page 7

A start was to have been made yesterday with the unwatering of the shaft of Spooner's old claim at Major's Creek, which has been…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

Mr. F. McGrath, J.P., of Jingle-money, has left at our office a sample of arsenical pyrites taken from a reef which he has…

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Gold in Dustbins. £3,000,000 a Year from Empty Tins

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 5

One of the most curious results of the war has been the increase in the value of waste, some of which is now worth nearly as much when it is waste as…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 2

Messrs. Botterell and J. Coy, representing a Sydney syndicate, passed through town on Saturday with two loads of machinery,…

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Mine Host, "John Bridge." Annual Easter Invitation

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 1

In good time for those of our readers who are going to Sydney for the Easter Carnival, John Bridge and Co. Ltd., announce…

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Bullets of Gold

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 7

The recent recovery of a silver bullet from the leg of a Frenchman at Verdun recalls the days when thousands of Sardinians and…

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Far Better Than Coal

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 5

An American mining engineer has come to England with an invention for using nitrogen as an energy-producer in place of coal. at a fraction of the…

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A New and Deadly Mine. More Mine-Sweeping Risks

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 6

The mine as an instrument of destruction has been used by the Germans in a manner consistent with her disregard of laws and international…

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Poetry the Mine-sweepers

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 5

Out on the deep, The rolling deep[?] A mine-sweeper lurches and cleaves; Her bow abreast…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 2

A Sydney company is now working a deposit of lead at Mon-garlowe. This occurs on the Mon-garlowe River. The prospects are…

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Roofed with Gold. Wealth of Some Russian Cathedrals

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 3

The recent decision of the Holy Synod not to accept responsibility for the safeguarding of property belonging to the Russian…

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Mining News

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 3

The Snowball Syndicate is vigorously trenching across the flat to pick up the little and big Snowball leads. Mr. Botterell, the…

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For Lack of Gold. CHAPTER I.

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 4

"London express? Right you are miss. This way, please! Ladies' carriage, I s'pose, miss?" asked the red-haired porter, piloting his charge…

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For Lack of Gold. CHAPTER I. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 4

Fatigue made her close her eyes at last, and presen[?]y both girls had fallen into the fitful, broken slumber of the traveller by rail. But in an…

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Gold Leases

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 2

The following gold mining leases have been granted:—Patrick Minahan, Neil Waddell, and John Connolly, 10 acres, parish of Milo ;…

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For Lack of Gold. Chapter Ii

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 June 1918 · page 4

A pretty, soft-hued, artistically-furnished drawing-room, with the morning sunshine streaming through three long windows, and a glimpse…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 2

Mr. C. Carnage, of Major's Creek, who has returned from a visit of inspection of the reef recently discovered near Nimitybelle, a small…

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For Lack of Gold. Chapter Ii. (Continued)

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 June 1918 · page 4

In the little, brightly-lit room that was called Miss Winston's, Paula stood presently before the glass with her fingers busied among the coils…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 2

Mr. J. Kennedy, of Reidsdale, brought to our office yesterday several samples of stone taken from the reef recently…

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For Lack of Gold. Chapter Iii

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 4

A chill gray mist had clothed the landscape all day, but, as the train neared the beautiful green West country, the sun shone with a che[?]…

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