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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1931

87 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 5

Mining Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 August 1931 · page 1

Messrs. Butt and Smith have a very nice showing in their claim, which present is under option to a company. Mr. Leach and party, on the…

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Mining Applications

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 3

The following applications for authority to enter on private lands to prospect for gold have teen lodged at the local Mining Wardens Office…

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Local and General Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1931 · page 2

Mr. W. Simpson, who is now engaged on a gold-mining sluicing proposition at Bridge Creek, Brooman, waxes enthusiastic about the…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 August 1931 · page 2

The following applications have been lodged at the local Warden's Office:—E. Ayres, T. Hawkin, and T. Power, 5 acres, gold-mining lease,…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1931 · page 2

Messrs. Mullane and party, who are working the old Swepers' Mine at Mongarlowe, have bad a crushing of 2½ tons of first grade stone and half…

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Mining

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 August 1931 · page 2

Thomas R. Millar, W. F. Lucas and James Millar have applied to take up the old Mulloon leases in the parish of Fairy Meadow to mine for gold…

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Gold Find at Bega

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 2

Old miners consider the surface in which gold was found on Mr. Francis Ramsey's farm, 16 miles south-west pf Bega, to be the richest they have…

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Captain's Elat Mines Further Suspension Granted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 3

At the Mining Warden's Court held, at Queanbeyan on Monday last, and presided over by Mr. Forrest, P.M., application was made by Lake George…

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Local and General Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 7

A. Fosdlke, R. Fosdike end 3. Fobdike have applied at the local Warden's Office for a stream water right of 10 chains in the Mongarlowe River…

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"Gold Prospectors' Handbook"

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 3

Tills is the title of a handy book by C. Barclay Smith, which comes to us from the publisher, Box 1560 [?], G.P.O., Sydney…

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Golf Queanbeyan Gold Club Championship Day

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 1

Extreme disappointment existed amongst enthusiasts of the above club at not having the opportunity of seeing the long waited-for final of the…

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Gold Standard Suspension Bill Passed London

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 1

In the house of Commons, Mr. Snowden introduced the Gold Standard Suspension Bill. The Chancellor said that on Friday last, Britain…

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Gold Standard Temporarily Abandoned by Great Britain

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 1

Following heavy withdrawals of foreign balances, the British Government decided temporarily to abandon the gold standard. They took the step to…

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Gold Discovery

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 2

A rich discovery of gold is reported from Tuena by Messrs. Steve Fekete and Mick Berrell. A four-foot auriferous quartz reet has been Means added happiness and social pleasure. Buy one of PALING'S thoroughly renovated Pianos. Write for particulars and EASY TERMS to…

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Gold Standard Further Defections LONDON

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 1

Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Bolivia and Denmark…

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Rich Gold Find

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 3

A party of three men, A. J. King, R. Parry, and Martin Murnane, report that they struck a rich field of gold about three feet from the shaft of the…

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Captain’? Flat Mines

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 1

Sir— The Prime Minister’s appeal to provide work for the unemployed forcibly turns my thoughts to the Captains Flat Mines. On two occasions…

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Gold Robbery

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1931 · page 7

A message from Cairns (Q.) says that a registered mail bag containing £6000 has disappeared under extraordinary circumstances…

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Mining

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1931 · page 2

Mr. J. Heinrich has been engaged for some time sinking upon a reel within a short distance of the Banner mine at Bell's Creek. He reports…

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A Promising Mine

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 2

Mr. E. A. Dudley, who has been engaged re-opening the old Alma mine at Mongarlowe, which ceases operations in 1915, has completed the…

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