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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1925

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

New Mining Act

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

Under the N.S.W. Mining Act passed last session all private lands will now be opened to mining for minerals specified. It was intended under…

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Bell's Creek Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

Bell's Creek, which heads in the ranges above Araluen Valley, was worked for alluvial gold in the early days. The several reefs which Bell's…

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New Gold Discovery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 6

What is said to be the best gold find for years is reported from Hill End. Mathews and Davis, prospectors, have discovered a reef only a…

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Our Coal Output

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 3

The coal production of New South Wales during 1924 constitutes a record as compared with any previous year. The production was 11,618,216…

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Shipment of Gold Arrives. Sydney

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 3

The American steamer Sierra today brought 250,000 pounds in bar gold, the first shipment into this country since 1918…

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Gold Rush. Terrible Sufferings

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 March 1925 · page 4

Shocking tales of hardship are being told in connection with the suicidal gold rush to Tommot, on the Aldan River, Siberia…

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Resentment Amongst Miners. 14 Days' Jail for Strikers. SYDNEY

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 March 1925 · page 2

Popular resentment is felt among the miners in regard to the sentence of 14 days jail on the Mount Kembla strikers. A…

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Rich Gold Reef. Mudgee Excitement

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 1

What is claimed to be a second Hawkin's Hill goldfield has been discovered by a syndicate at Semphill's Creek, ten miles north of Hill…

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Miners' Resolution of Protest. Sydney

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

The Miners' Federation passed a resolution yesterday protesting against the attack by "Smith's Weekly" and the "Daily Guardian," adding…

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Son of Gold Discoverer Dies

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. W. H. Hargraves, aged 85, son of the famous gold discoverer in Australia…

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Local and General News a Mining Bonus

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 2

The Minister for Mines announces that a bonus of £250 will be paid to the finder of new mineral deposit which yields £2000 worth of values…

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More Gold

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

The steamer Benalla will bring £1,000,000 worth of gold from South Africa to Australia…

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New Gold Discovery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 1

The new gold find at Lucknow may be better than Coolgardie. Sam Bryant, the practical miner in charge of the actual prospecting of…

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Latest Cable News. Mining Trouble

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 2

Negotiations to end the mining deadlock in the United Kingdom have failed. The miners have refused to confer unless the owners withdraw…

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Colliery Explosion

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1925 · page 2

An explosion occurred at the Rothbury colliery to-day. One man was entombed. Men from the Bellbird colliery were rushed to the rescue…

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Latest Cable News. Coal Settlement

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1925 · page 7

It is said that the Government's arrangement for carrying on the British coal industry will cost the Treasury from 10 to 12 millions. Mr…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 2

A syndicate, of which Mr. Bates is the head, has acquired 1300 acres at Snowball as a mining lease for reefing purposes. A good reef, we…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Warne has succeeded in inducing another Sydney syndicate to resume operations on his mining propositions at Bell's Creek. The old…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 2

Arrangements are now being made to begin operations at the Allanach gold mine at Snowball by the syndicate which has acquired the leases…

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Mining a Come Back to Braidwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 2

A company is in the course of formation to take over the interests of the "Allanach" Gold Mining Syndicate, a property qt 10 acres at…

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