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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1898

82 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 5

The Coal Mining Trouble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 4

There is not the slightest chance of the Newcastle coal miners approving of the new agreement submitted by the proprietors to the men's representatives at the…

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The Dudley Coal Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 4

This pit has been closed down. It is now many months since the disaster which took place therein happened, and during the whole of the time the miners who were…

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Mining Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 8

Crushing has been started at the Coramba Queen battery with a parcel of between 40 and 50 tons from the Golden Spur mine. At the Rabbit Burrow, Stewart and party…

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Stirring Up the Mines Department

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—The strictures of your mining reporter in a recent issue have, I am glad to say, had the good effect of stirring up the Mines Department in the matter of labor…

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Mining Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 8

Private letters from Klondike give a very unfavourable account of the gold fields. All the creeks within 70 miles of Dawson City have been taken up, and very little work is…

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Melbourne During the Gold Rush

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 3

The great gold discoveries in California, followed by those in New South Wales, stimulated the search in Victoria, and in the middle of…

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The Dudley Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—Re your letter in Examiner of the 1st instant, in reference to the Dudley mine being closed down, I feel it a duty to write to refute such a statement that the miners should refuse on…

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Gold Leases at Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—Permit me to comment on some of the gold leases at Coramba, and the manner in which they are held. One has been practically idle for two years. About 18 or 20 months ago the…

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The Klondyke Goldfield

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 4

The steamer Portland, from St. Michael, reached . San Francisco on September 5, with nearly two tons of gold belonging to the Bank of Commerce at Dawson, the Alaska Commercial Company,…

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Stimulating the Mining Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 2

If the simultaneous discovery by the New South Wales and Victorian Ministers for Mines that they have a co-operative mission to promote the development of the mining…

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A Gold Digger's Job

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 3

SOME men always expect the worst to happen. These men get more joy than others out of good luck. On the contrary there are men who look continually forward to the best happening, and…

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"Nitivenden." a Story of the W.a. Goldfields

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 3

The following appeared in the Nalgongin Herald November 22, 18—'It is reported that a storekeeper a few miles out towards Bindening was the…

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The Flow of Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 7

The shipments of gold to San Francisco continue even upon an increasing scale. Within a few thousands of four millions has been exported from Sydney direct to…

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Mining Notes. Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 November 1898 · page 4

At the Queen's Record mine (Denning's) they are in full swing completing the surface arrangements, preparatory to making a start crushing on the completion of the…

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The Coal-mining Trouble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 4

The friction that existed for a long time between the Newcastle colliery proprietors and the miners has now ceased. At a meeting held by them on Saturday last,…

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Northern Beach Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—Messrs. Perry, Ewing and Pyers, M's.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Mines on Thursday with regard to the conditions of beach mining,…

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Mining Notes. Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 November 1898 · page 5

The only sensations for the past fortnight have been the discoveries made in the Caledonia, at Nana, and the Lilla, at Back Creek. Both these claims have just got on…

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The Lust for Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 8

A tale of horrible suffering, ending in a tragic suicide, is brought by the mail steamer Warrimoo, which arrived from Vancouver on Friday. A young Englishman named G…

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The Men Who Found Buried Millions. When Australia's Gold Came to Light

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 3

In the Black Museum of New Scotland Yard may be seen, among other criminal curiosities, certain lumps of auriferous-looking quartz. The…

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Diamond Mining

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 6

ABOUT 4,000 feet of drives have been put in the Boggy Camp diamond mines, near Inverell. Diamondiferous wash has been proved under this hill for half a mile. All this body of wash…

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