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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1899

130 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 7

Queen's Record Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 2

A Coramba correspondent writes: There are three important drives into the mountain, the first of which is about 600 feet above the level of the gully. No. 2 comes out about 50 feet lower down,…

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Mining Notes. Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 2

Mining is at somewhat low ebb. The place, judging from the experience of the last thies or fonr years, or, in fact, since it first broke out, seems fated to be purely a one-mine-at-a-time…

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Coal Trimmer's Peril. Account of His Rescue

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 21 November 1899 · page 6

Several narrow escapes from death have been reported in our columns lately—in fact, there has been quiter an epidemic of events of this nature…

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Kalgoorlie Mining Trouble

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 5

AFTER a spell of some weeks the carting of ore was re-started by the alluvial diggers from their claims on the lend traversing the Adelne and Brookman's Boulder leases shortly before 11 on…

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The Gold Dredging Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 4

The business that occupied the attention of the Assembly all last night was the consideration of a bill dealing with dredging for gold. To a considerable extent the House was…

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Gold Dredging Bill

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 November 1899 · page 8

The Gold and Mineral Dredging Bill passed through the. Assembly with a celerity which was hardly to be expected. The rent to be paid to the Crown—£1 per acre per annum…

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Mining at Solferino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 November 1899 · page 8

Mining matters generally have taken a decided change for the better. Pyers and party have secured different areas on the Clarence River, above and below…

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Gold in an Old Wreck

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 6

The ketch Anna has just left Invercargill (N.Z) for the Auckland Islands to make another attempt to recover the gold on board the wrecked ship General Grant. This vessel was lost in May,…

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Mining Errors

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2

Mr. ARTHUR S. BOUCHER, commenting on a paper on "Mining Errors," read before the N.S.W. Chamber of Mines, by Mr. Danvers, said:—It is a common thing for people to say" Assays are no…

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Gold and Mineral Dredging Bill. a New and Important Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 December 1899 · page 2

When moving the second reading of the Bill in the Legislative Council, the representative of the Government (Hon. J. W. K. Mackay) said that the measure was…

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