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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

87 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5

Gold Discovery

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 6

Further pieces of almost pure gold, worth £300, were brought into Tumut last week by the Putland brothers, who have discovered a rich lode…

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Captain's Flat Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

Sir,—The six months’ option granted to the Lake George Mining Company, forsuspension of working conditions, is nearing its end. Once recalls the…

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The Yass Gold Find

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 5

There has been a considerable revival of interest in the Jerrawa gold field. The discoverers, Allport and Davis, and other enthusiasts have…

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Big Mining Project

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

A Canberra syndicate, of which Mr. H. J. Denholm is the head, has applied for a mining lease of about 1000 acres in the parish of Meangora,…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

A gold rush has set in to Springfield Station, some miles from Wagga, since Arthur Wooden panned some good gold and pegged out a…

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Gold Bonus

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

Because licensed gold-buyers have disappeared from the State, thous-ands of fossickers in N.S.W. cannot be paid the Federal bonus on gold…

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The Search for Gold

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

Residents of the Eden district firmly believe that there is sufficient gold molybdenite, and other precious minerals in the Jingers-…

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The Tumut Gold Find

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1931 · page 1

The gold discovery at Splitter's Creek, between Gundagai and Tumut by the Putland brothers, was a lucky one…

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Captain’s Flat Mines Suspension of Working Conditions Discussed at Council Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 2

At the Council meeting last night Ald. Harris referred to the suspension of working conditions at the mines at Captain’s Flat, and said it was of…

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Captain's Flat Mines Suspension of Working Conditions

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 5

At the meeting of the Queanbeyan Municipal Council on Thursday night Ald. Harris referred to the suspension of working conditions at the…

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Lake George Mine Railway Line Wanted Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

At the annual meeting of Camp Bird Ltd., in London last. month, Mr. J. A. Agnew referred to developments at the Lake George Mine,- Captain's Flat,…

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Promising Gold Reef

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 4

The Question of whether the finding of the "Golden Eagle" nugget and others denoted only an alluvial field at Larkinville (W.A.) becomes…

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Twenty-nine Killed In Mine Explosion Linton, Indiana

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

Twenty-nine miners were killed in an explosion in a coalmine near here. Nine men were rescued…

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Women Miners Gold in Main Street

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

Reports have just reacted Kalgoorlie of a remarkable gold rush in the main street at Menzies. Miss J. Allen "specked" small…

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Lake George Mine

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

At the annual meeting of Camp Bird, Ltd., in London last month Mr. J. A. Agnew referred to developments at the Lake George mine. Captain's…

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Mining on a Road

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 1

The news that people in Victoria were digging up roads for the purpose of gold mining has raised the question whether in this State a…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 3

Mongarlowe is now the centre of a good deal of mining activity. Apart from a number of alluvial prospectors, who are not doing much good,…

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Socialisation of Coal Industry

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 February 1931 · page 1

Additional details at the bill which will make vital changes in the conduct an dcontrol of the coal industry have been circulated among the…

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The Gold Standard

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 February 1931 · page 3

Mr Lloyd George and Mr. Lang are both in favour of altering the gold standard, with this difference that Mr. Lloyd George is against deflation and…

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Local and General Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 February 1931 · page 2

The following applications have been lodged at the local Warden's Office:—Charles Albert Hush and George Meldrum Hash for (1) a…

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