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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1895

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Some Notes on Coal Mining

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 3

In is on record that a certain Scotchman, when coal-mining was first introduced into his district, nothing the buckets coming up laden with the dusky mineral…

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Katoomba Coal and Shale Mines

The Mountaineer · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 3

The following particulars referring to coal and shale is taken from the annual report of the Mines Department for last year, just to hand, will…

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The A.k.o. and M. Mines. to the Editor

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 2

Sir,—I noticed a few weeks ago a report in your columns from the annual report of the Department of Mines in reference to the above mines…

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The A.K.O Mines

The Mountaineer · Friday 1 November 1895 · page 2

It was reported about Katoomba that owing to impossibility of getting shale away the mines were to be closed down for six months. If such…

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