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Mining & the mines, 1902

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 3

About 200 hands are now employed on the minos recently acquired by the Gibraltar Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd., including the Challenger,…

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Mining Disaster at Ballarat

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1902 · page 4

As the result of a sudden rush of water into one of the trunk lead mines near Ballart, at a early hour on Wednesday morning last, a terrible…

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Mining. Cullinga, Saturday. the Democrat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1902 · page 2

Gullinga has never been able to boast of more than one payable claim, at first Tilden's latterly the Gift, but a visit to the southern end of the line will…

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Mining at Yalgogrin

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 2

A correspondent writes from Yalgogrin:— The Democrat party has just completed a cr[?]shing at Gough's battery of 6O tons of stone for 102[?]z of smelted gold. Hill and…

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Victoria. the Disaster at the Cardigan Mine. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 March 1902 · page 2

The men employed at the Cardigan mine have cleared out the intermediate level for a distance of 100ft. It will be a couple of days yet before a way has…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 3

Victory (C.T.) has cleaned up a crushing of 272 tons from No. 4 shaft for 225 ounces gold. Since sluicing was started in the present…

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Grains of Gold

The Worker · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

Truth is within ourselves.—Robt. Browning. Our only greatness is that we aspire.—Jear Igelow…

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Mining. Yalgogrin

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 2

Hill and party have cleaned up 6 tons for 10oz. smelted gold, treated locally, at Gough's battery. The Black Coon and Autocrat claims…

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Mining. Tumbarumba

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 2

A meeting of the shareholders of the Union Jack Gold-mining Company was held yesterday for the purpose of forming the company. Fire directors were…

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Mining. New Sluicing Area

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 4 April 1902 · page 2

FRED. Robbins, Jno. Whiting and party have taken up six men's ground on the Nacka Nacka creek, and have started to work the property on an…

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The Mines Department's Report

The Worker · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 6

The Under-Secretary for Mines has so far completed his compilation of the statistics for the past year's work as to admit of advance particulars being given…

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Grains of Gold

The Worker · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

Reason gains all men by compelling none.—Aaron Hill. Love, hope, fear, faith—these make humanity.—Browning…

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Mining. Corowa

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 2

The progress of work in the Deep Lead Mine is watched with great interest. After completing the sinking of shafts and other operations to facilitate future…

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Mining. Adelong

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 2

The usual monthly escort left to-day, l,076oz. 2dwt. of gold from Adelong. WYALONG, Friday. The monthly escort left this morning,…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 3

The parcel of are crushed at the Keefer Battery, Adolong, from the Turn-o-the Tide gold mine (says the "Independent") gave an average yield…

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The Unemployed and Gold

Coolamon Echo · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 4

In a letter to the ‘Daily Telegraph’ a writer who signs himself ‘Old Miner,’ asks, why is it that the Government has never tried the…

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Mines and Miners

The Worker · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 3

The Junction mine, West Wyalong, is bailing the water, which has risen some 100 feet. It will take three months to bail the mine out…

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Grains of Gold

The Worker · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 2

Enforced idleness is the Britisher's hell.—Carlyle. Shakespeare existed in potency in the Sun.—Tyndall…

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Mining. Tumut

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 2

Mining matters are retarded at Mount Adrah owing to scarcity of water. Cadzad and Hassett are still prospecting and good gold is being seen in the stone…

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Mining

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Tuesday 15 April 1902 · page 2

Mr. C. T. Holt, secretary, to the Commonwealth Gold-mining Syndi­cate, reports :—At the date of com­mencement of operations by this…

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