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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1919

31 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Gold Mining. Policy for the Future

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 5

A conference has been convened by the Victorian Chamber of Mines for the purpose of considering a definite policy for the…

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Our Gold Yield

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

The Under-Secretary for Mines, Mr. Cambage, has furnished a re-turn which shows that the gold yield recorded in this State for the…

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Coal Miners' Demand

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 7

The miners' conference has endorsed its executive's demand for 30 per cent, increase in wages for coal miners. The conference also…

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A Mining Tenement and an Internee

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

As briefly stated in our last issue, the Warden, Mr. G. R. Williams, cancelled a battery area formerly held by Mr. E. J…

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Gold Discovery

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

Quite a sensation was created at Tomora last week, when two pieces of stone impregnated with lumps of gold were exhibited. One…

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New Coal-cutter

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 4

Revolutionary changes in coal mining methods are promised upon the general introduction of a coal mining machine developed by Mr. H. A…

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Araluen Gold Field

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 2

The Minister for Mines (Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick) has received a report from Mr. Warden Williams, concerning the mineral industry…

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Mining Matters

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 March 1919 · page 2

A great deal of interest has of late been taken in regard to mining matters. A quantity of kaolin has been sent to Sydney, also a lot of silica is being obtained,…

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Sensational Gold Find

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 April 1919 · page 2

A sensational gold find is reported from Struck Oil, near Rockhampton. The discovery was made by a father and son, and is situated at the head of the Dee River,…

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The Coal Crisis

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 7

On Saturday matters in connection with the coal industry were still unsatisfactory. There is no sign of a settlement…

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The New Mining Law

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 2

Under the new Mining Act relating to mining on private lands an applicant may now obtain an [?]inte im permit from the Warden…

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The Coal Settlement

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1919 · page 1

The action of the Federal Government in commandeering the whole of the coal supplies of the Commonwealth has pleased…

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Metalliferous Mining. Labor Party's Proposals

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 3

The following is a list of the proposals in regard to metalliferous mining which have been adopted by the State Labor party :—…

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Mine Sweepers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 7

The Australian sweeping flotilla reached Sydney yesterday from the east route to New Zealand on a mine-sweeping cruise…

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Local and General News Forfeiture of Mining Leases

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 2

Under the Mining Amendment Act, 1918, the practice with regard to complaints as to non-fulfilment of labor conditions on…

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Mine Own Familiar Dog

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 8

A man's voice, husky with anxiety, called up Scotland Yard the other. night about 2.30 a.m. It was a distraught husband begging…

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Coal Undamaged by Water

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 June 1919 · page 4

An interesting result of recent experiments with coal is the demonstration of the benefits of submerging the mineral under water. Coal…

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Big Reef Gold Mine. Company to Be Formed

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 July 1919 · page 2

The Big Reef Gold Mines are to be floated into a company. Messrs. W. II. Wesley and T. K. Clark, who have been carrying on a vigorous policy of progress on the…

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There's Gold in Sea-water

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 September 1919 · page 3

That there is gold in the sea is well known. Someone has even taken the trouble to compute the approximate amount. Every ton of sea-water…

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Honoring Our Soldier Boys. Tuggranong's Welcome Home. Guests Recipient of Gold Medals and Alberts

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 September 1919 · page 2

Tuggranong and district stands out distinctly among local centres for the manner in which its folk treats their returned soldiers. Not only do the people turn out…

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