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Southern Highlands · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

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Terrible Mining Accident

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

There was a terrible [?] accident at Sofala on Wednesday night list. The roof of a tunnel caved in, entombing two miners named Alfred Dawson…

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When You Have a Bad Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 3

You want the best medicine that can be obtained and that is Chamberain's Cough Remdey. You want a remedy that will not only…

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To KLONDYKE & Back Descriptive Account of the Voyage. Mr. H. C. Manning's Trip. Mining Regulations. Klondyke for the Canadians. Various Gold Fields Described. Mr. Stedman—a Rich Miner. Mr. Manning's Claim. [Costinued.] 7

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 1

THE mining regulations in the Klondyke territory are not as satisfactory as those obtaining in our own colony, and from a perusal of the regulations it is difficult to…

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Monkeys As Gold Miners

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 3

Captain E. Moss, who has just returned from the Transvaal, tells the story of the monkeys who work for him to the mines: "I have twenty-four monkeys," said he,…

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White Coal

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 3

"White coal" supplies motive power to nearly every town is Switzerland; we call it snow in England. It is of course, the melted snow that comes tumbling over the mountain side…

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Silver Mining at Burragorang

The Mittagong Express · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 1

The Government Geologist, Mr. Pittman, who recently returned from a visit to the Burragorang silver mines, has made a report thereon to…

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Burragorang Silver Mining

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 3

The Government Geologist (Mr. Pittman). who recently returned from a visit to the Burragorang Silver Mines, has made a report thereon to…

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Dredging for Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 4

The " Orange Leader" give the following account of the method per[?]sued by Mr. Garling in dredging for gold in the Macquarie River:—…

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Alamoda Gold Robbery

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 2

The San Francisco newspapers, which arrived by the Alameda, contain full accounts of the gold robbery on tho Alomeda, but beyond the fact that…

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Discovery of a New Goldfield

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 5

Adelaide, Sunday.—A good deal of excitement has been caused of port Augusts generally by a statement that a rich gold. [?] has been found at Wilgena, 300 miles…

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The Transvaal Gold Fields

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 4

A traveller in South Africa describes Johannesburg thus:— It was long past dark when we suddenly came in sight of a long line of…

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Gold at Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 2 August 1899 · page 1

Bnt I have been told of a possible, nay-not a possible, but a certain gold mine being in existence much nearer than that of Wilgena. A person, who must be nameless as far as I am concerned,…

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Land Worth £13,000,000 an Acre. London Streets Worth Their Weight in Gold

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 3

One of the surest and safest ways of becoming rich beyond the dreams of avarice would (says the London Daily Mail) be to possess a few acres of land…

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The Mining Industry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

In the cause of an article on the gold mining industry the Nowra Leader says:—Another reason why many properties are kept off the market in…

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About Submarine Mines

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 August 1899 · page 2

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…

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Activity in Mining Circles

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 4

Mr. Cook, the secretary for mines and agriculture, has had a return prepared showing the number of applications for leases of crown lands for…

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Illawarra Coal King

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 4

Mount Kiera Colliery, after being ia possession of the Osborne family for upwards of 50 years, has been disposed of, the p[?] being M. E. Vickery,…

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Mining on Private Property

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 2

A mining on private property cale came before Mr. Caswell, warden, last week at Goulburn. Four applications for permission to mine for gold on land…

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The Rand Mines

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 2

President Kruger will work the Crown Reef, Robinson, Bonanza, and Ferreira mines on the Hand…

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Miners Advised to Leave

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 2

President Kruger finds that in consequence of the scarcity of labour he will be unable, iu the event of war, to work the mines on the Hand for the…

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