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South Coast · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

149 stories in South Coast's papers · page 3 of 8

Coal-mining at Gerringong

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 4

At a meeting of the Gerringong Municipal Council on Monday a letter was read from the Department of Mines and Agriculture notifying that…

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Mining

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 7

Nearly 10 tons of gold have been produced by the Ivanhoe Mine (W.A.). The Homeward Bound, Yalwal, reports a yield of 153oz gold from 341 tons stone…

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Coal Mining at Gerringong

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 4

At a meeting of the Gerringong Municipal Council Monday’s a letter was read from the Department Mines and Agriculture notifying that…

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Mining

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 2

R. F. Fincher has applied for gold-dredging leases of 20a., on Punkally Creek and Wagonga River, and 100a. on Punknlly Creek and swamp…

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Mining

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 8

The Araluen Central dredge obtained 25oz last week, working short time through breakages. The gold turned out of the Tasmanian…

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A Stream of Gold

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

A poor widow living at Campagne near Bordeaux, had reached a state of abject misery. In the little novel in which she lived was neither food nor fuel, and the…

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About Submarine Mines

The Kangaroo Valley Times · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 3

A submarine mine, in the naval sense, is an anchored torpedo. It may be buoyant or placed at the bottom of a channel. It may be automatic or explod…

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Mining

The Nowra Colonist · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2
Also in The Shoalhaven Telegraph

Mr. R. T. Thorburn, who Is now largely interested in Braidwood district [?] was on a visit to Nowra last week. The dredge on the [?]…

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Mining

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

Mr. R. T. Th[?] who is now largely interested irr[?] district morning was can visit to Nowra last week. The [?]dge on the Ara[?]…

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The New Goldfield at Mount Utopia

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 4

DOUBTLESS a reliable account of this coming field will prove of interest to , your numerous readers, and those dwe[?] on the South Coast and other…

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Store Colliery Trouble. a Mines Compelled to LEAVE

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 1

“THIS is the true story of how I came to leave the old Bulli colliery,” said Mr. Robert Spioks, timber contractor and orchidist,. Bulli, to a reporter who wished…

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Mining

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 11
Also in The Nowra Colonist

The 41 Otago (N.Z.) dredges last week averaged 34oz of gold each. The dredging lease applied for by H. Kent Johnson on the Delegate River has been…

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The New Goldfield. Mount Utopia, near COBARGO

Southern Star · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 2

FOR the last few months a little news has occasionally been heard of this field, but as new finds—generally "duffers"—appear to be quite…

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Mining

Broughton Creek Mail · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 2

Mr, W. H. G Lovely who is interested in the Grassy Gully gold mine paid a visit to the field on Saturday last…

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The Czar’s Gold Mines

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 4

IT is announced that the Czar has just granted a concession to a British syndicate to work his gold mines near the Trane-Siberian railway. His…

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Mining

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 4

Jembaicumbene still holds the record it has established as giving the greatest yield of gold. On Saturday last the returns for the fortnight…

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Mining at Nerriga. Shafts on the Beula

The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

Further attempts are being made to open up and develop the deep lead which is known to exist in the neighborhood of Nerriga, auriferous wash…

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Mining

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 8

The Homeward Bound Mine, Yalwal gave a return of 663oz of gold for the month of April: The Eleanora battery, Hillgrove, last week…

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