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Blue Mountains · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

3 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Used the Wrong Coal

The Mountaineer · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

Up Lochfyne some time ago an old fisherman with a sense of humor in better working order than his conscience, came on a dead fish called a "stenlock," or coalfish…

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In Quest of Gold. the Murchison Field. a Story of Discovery

The Mountaineer · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 3

There lives at Mt. Lonarch, some 10 [?]lles put of Avoca, an esteemed settler named Mr A. W. Johnson. He had business in Maryborough during last week,…

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The King's Gold Claim. Can Now Be Jumped

The Mountaineer · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 5

Had King Edward but fulfilled the regulations in force in the Yukon territory. he might now be the owner of a considerable quantity of virgin gold from…

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