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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

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Gold from Sand. A Proposal by the Inventive Edison

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 3

The sleepy old town of Dolores, New Mexico, that still clings to many Spanish traditions, may be the centre of attraction on the part of…

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A 'Gold Mine' in London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 4

In the fifties a company named the Pneumatic Despatch Company obtained permission to lay a cast iron tube below the ground from the G.P.O., London, to Euston Station…

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Mining News

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 8

A lot of the White Rock machinery has been trucked at Tenterfield railway station to its purchaser at Eskbank, Lithgow, daring the last few days…

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The Gold Brick Game

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 3

The English mining speculator is not, as a rule, altogether an artless individual, and yet three of the clan have been clean " bluffed " by a very…

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Mining

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

The Clarence River G.D. Company pontoon is one of the largest yet built in the colony, and is all of hardwood. The boilers, winch, and engine are in position; also, the top tumbler and…

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Maitland Coal Mines

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 4

MR. SAMUEL CLIFT, in referring to the closer relationship existing between Maitland and Newcastle, said : "The two towns were becoming more nearly one, in industrial interests, than…

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The Gold Coast Rebellion. London

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 2

THE reported relief of Kumasi has been contradicted. Severe engagements continue between the rebels and the British troops…

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New Goldfields

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 6

GOLD is now being found in large quantities at Hokkaido, in the province of Kitami, in Japan. A territory embracing 650 square miles, the central point of which is Mount Horo-Noborn, is…

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Gold Dredging

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

The Kiandra Gold Dredging Company has exhibited in one of the banks a parcel of gold consisting of 115 ounces, which it obtained from its claim as the result of six weeks' work. One of the directors…

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Latest Cablegrams. the Ascot Gold Cup. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1900 · page 3

THE Australian horse Merman won the Ascot Gold Cup by two lengths, the Grafter running a had third…

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Local and General News. Newcastle Coal Trade

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 2

The Associated mine owners of Newcastle have refused the request of the Minors' Union to raise the price of coal from Ss to 8s Gd per ton, with a proportionate rise in tho hewing rate. Tho…

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Dredge-mining on the Clarence River. the First Dredge to Be at Work in Six Weeks

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

THE special mining reporter of the SYDNEY MAIL refers to the Clarence River as a dredging proposition. It may be mentioned that some nine months ago articles appeared in the columns of…

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The Queen's Gold Plate

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1900 · page 3

THE Queen is the owner of a great quantity of almost priceless gold plats, the accumulated treasure of successive sovereignties. This plate is stored at Windsor Cantle, and is brought to…

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Phenomenal Gold-dredging. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

A dredge on the Molyneux River (New Zealand) obtained 800 ounces of gold in two days…

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Mount William Gold-rush Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1900 · page 3

Many disappointed men are leaving the Mount William rush in Victoria, but it is stated that the good miners are making about one ounce per day…

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Notes & News from Sydney. the Coal Trade

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1900 · page 2

VERY curious and instructive is the position of affairs in the coal trade. It may be illustrated by the inhuman freak of a vivisecting medico, who…

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Terrible Mining Accident Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1900 · page 3

Two boys--Kenneth Davey and Frederick Jones--were blown up by an explosion in a mine at Kalgoorlie (West Australia.) Two others were…

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Shares and Mining Report

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 6

Joseph Palmer and Son, in their monthly share list, compiled to 20th July, report:— The month shows a remarkable advance in prices, especially of high-priced stocks, and…

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Newcastle Mining Crisis

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the Minors' Delegate Board was hold al Newcastle on Monday, to consider the proposals made by the Premier and approved by the colliery proprietors for a…

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The Coal Trouble

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 4

It is now unlikely that the crisis which was threatening in connection with the coal trade will happen, the Delegate Board having accepted the compromise suggested…

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