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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1904

89 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 5

Nana Creek. the Coronation Mine

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 4

Mr. S. THOMPSON, manager of the Coronation mine, Nana Greek, returned to Maclean the other day after finishing up the last crushing for the year, which was very satisfactory. Mr…

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Local and General. Mining

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1904 · page 4

Lionsville gold returns for the 12 months ending 1903:--95oz. 7dwt 3grs. of alluvial gold, valued at £343 5s 5d. 84 tons of quartz were crushed at the…

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Gold Production

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 15 January 1904 · page 6

AUSTRALASIA headed the list of gold-producing countries in 1902, turning out £10,310,000 worth of the total world's production of £59,170,000. The United States came a very close second with…

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Making Gold From Silver

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. Hunter—American of course—says he has discovered the secret of making gold. He can make it, he says, from silver, and has frequently dono so to his own profit and…

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Mining and Finance

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 2

Messrs. Joseph Palmer and Son report: —At last the public are beginning to wake up to a sense of the great loss this State is suffering through the wretched…

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Mining for Cedar

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 8

Mining for cedar is a peculiar industry which flourishes in new Jer-sey, and also in Florida. Groat cedar trees which grew and…

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Mining Industry Expanding. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 5

The mineral production of the State of New South Wales last year is valued at £6,059,484, being a net increase of £421,340 over the…

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Ancient Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 4

We now ascertain that the family treasures of the Daimios, the old Barons of Japan, are being dug up and devoted to war purposes. The Japanese will dedicate…

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Gold-dredging on Timbarra River. Investment of Victorian Capital

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 5

The special mining reporter of the "S. M. Herald" writes:The Timbarra River takes its head from the Dividing Range, a few miles cast of…

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Mining Mems

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 March 1904 · page 2

The Prospecting Board has decided to grant aid to William Wiley and party to sink 60 feet on their recent find at Boundary Creek, near West Camp, and…

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Forbidden to Use Coal

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

So long as wood was abundant, coal was not used in Great Britain ; indeed, the latter was long held to be injurious to health ; but towards the close of the…

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Peruvian Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

At highly sensational find of some £3,000,[?] 000 worth of gold treasure has been discovered in Peru. This bonanza was unearthed by engineers working around the…

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Mining at Solferino

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

A parcel of 20 tons from the old Lombardy dump gave a return of 60z. 4dwt. Christensen and Holder got some fine gold a week ago from the Solferino reef, 60z…

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Thirty Miners Killed. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 3

Thirty miners in a clay works at India were buried alive through a dam bursting…

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Suffocated in a Mine. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 5

Three miners were suffocated by gas in an engineering quartz mine at Reefton, New Zealand, to-day…

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Local and General. Hospital Committee. Gold Medalist

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 4

Miss Vera Houghton has secured the championship gold medal in the Hobart musical competitions. Miss Houghton was formerly one of Mrs. Welch's…

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Opal Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 3

Within the last fortnight a number of men have left the White Cliffs opal field to try their luck elsewhere, the cause being the low state of the opal market. For some…

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Potatoes Worth Many Times Their Weight in Gold

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 3

A pound of potatoes for £450 That was the price given for sixteen ounces of this common food commodity in England, at a recent…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 2

The following returns will give some idea of the crushing averages on leading Westralian properties. As will be seen they are not [?]. Ivanhoe crushed…

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New Gold-Saving Machine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 April 1904 · page 3

An interesting demonstration was given at the Berry Central Butter Factory of a new gold-saving and ore concentrating machnie, by the inventor, Mr. A. E. Warne, or…

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