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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1903

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The Gold Mines of the Sea

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 2

The treasures of the deep consist chiefly of the vast amount of gold and other precious things which have been deposited there in wrecks. Some of the sums of money so…

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Mining at Solferino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 8

A correspondent writes:—Mining is beginning to improve again since the late rains. The copper mine of J. Reynolds, in the Horse Shoe Bend, has a well-defined…

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Alleged Coercion of the Minister for Mines. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 October 1903 · page 3

It is alleged that the Minister for Mines, acting under the influence of Labour politicians, has refused to grant suspension of the labour…

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Edison's Gold Saver

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 3

Edison's dry-blowing treatment for the treatment of all kinds of placer gold, and which is being watched so closely by the whole mining community of Australia,…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 3

Two men named Rule and Pett were buried by a fall of earth at Charters Towers, yesterday. The former died shortly after being…

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"White Coal."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 6

The utilisation of water power in driving machines for the production of electrical energy is one of the great problems occupying the minds of engineers, the world over,…

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Mining Mems

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

Messrs. Greenstreet and Party, after working several months at Dalmorton .(opposite the 39 mile peg), have struck very rich gold and have taken out a parcel of three tons for treatment at…

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Latest Telegrams. Melbourne, Saturday. Rich Gold Find

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

A nugget containing about 80 ounces of gold has been found in a piece of quartz at a depth of 200 feet at the white Horse Ranges…

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Coal for the Far East. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1903 · page 5

50,000 additional tons of coal are being shipped from Cardiff to the Far East…

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Mining Mems

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 4

On Monday last Mr. R. Thomas arrived in town with 15 tons of copper ore from the Glaemorgen mines, lately known as the Gordon Brook copper mine, about 32 miles from Grafton…

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Government Has No Coal

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 4

THE progressive Public Works policy about which the See Government is so boastful, especially at election times. came in for more or…

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Record Coal Seam Struck. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 3

Boring operations at Cessnock, near Maitland, revealed the existence of a wonderful seam of coal, which was found to be 37 feet thick…

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Frightful Mining Disaster. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 3

The Kearsage Mine, in Virginia, U.S.A., is on fire. Seventy-five men are entombed within the pit, and it is feared they all have perished…

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Government Short of Coal

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 4

THE R. E. TIMES says :—The progressive Public Works policy about which the See Government is so boastful, especially at election times, came in…

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Mining on the Upper Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 5

Wortz and Smith have cleaned up a crushing of 40 tons for 18¼oz. gold, and Mr. Bassetti 35 tons for 23oz. 19dwt. At the cinna[?]ar mine some splendid ore was…

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Old Mining Field Cemeteries

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 6

ON the typical mining field there is a small, disused graveyard close into the heart of the township. The men who go to a new rush don't usually take either a hearse or a coffin in their…

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Labour and Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 3

Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Sons writes:— At the present time, when so much is being said about retaliation and reciprocity, it would be well to remember that the chief…

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Our Oceans are Vast Gold [?]

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 6

In their sixty-five quintillions of cubic feet of water are restlessly tossing about seventy-five billion tons of gold; enough to give every person on earth £[?],480. Were…

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Meerschaum Mines of Anatolia

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 2

In a recent number of the "Journal" Issued by the Society of Arts there was published an admirable article upon the rich deposits of meerschaum found…

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Big Gold Finds. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1903 · page 5

A further sensational find of gold has been reported from Peter's Rush, Queensland, two nuggets, one weighing 67 ounces and the…

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