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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

106 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 6

The Cangai Copper Mines

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1905 · page 4

The Grafton Copper Mining Company mines at Cangai are at present at a standstill, It is understood the directors intend visiting Cangai, at an early date…

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Submarine Mine Disaster. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1905 · page 5

A boat struck a submarine mine in the Gulf of Finland, seven occupants being killed and eight injured…

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His Weight in Gold

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 3

The Maharajah of Travancore is an East Indian Prince, who dresses in silks and muslins and covers himself with ropes of pearls and ornaments of diamonds. He…

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The Sketcher a Hidden Doorway. the Tragic Story of a Miser Who Was Lost with His Store of Gold

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 6

Sackett-street woke up one Tuesday morning to find that the shutters had not been taken down from the windows of Burcbard's shop…

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Australia's Greatest Mine

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 29 August 1905 · page 4

A mine which, in results, completely put in the shade the alluring prospects painted in the prospectus is one of the rare things of the world. Twenty years…

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Valuable Mines

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 10

London investors are still so suspicious of all mining properties that they have begun to doubt whether even the Rand mines, in which so…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster. Heart-breaking Scenes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 5

The worst colliery disaster that has occurred for more than ten years took place on July 11th at the No. 2 pit of the United National Collieries Co.'s mine at…

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The Pine Greek Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 September 1905 · page 4

In the Assembly on Tuesday, the Minister for Mines made an explanation in regard to the fact that before the rich discovery of valuable metals recently made at Pine…

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Cangai Copper Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 4

The Cangai Copper Mining Co. are applying for a special lease, for 20 years, of all that piece of land, being N.E. of Cangai village site, parish of…

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Big Gold Find. Sydney, Saturday night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1905 · page 3

A tramguard named William Hill, found a Gladstone bag at Gore Hill this morning, which on examination was found to contain six hundred and…

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The Elingamite's Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 15

The auxiliary schooner Emma Simms, whirh left Wellington recently for the Three Kings with a party on board, in search of the Elingamite's treasure, has…

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Diving for Gold

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 7

The quest for the Spanish gold on board the Admiral of Florence, the treasure ship of the Spanish Armada, at Tobermory on the Argyllshire coast, is proceeding with…

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Explosion at Charters Towers. Mining Plant Destroyed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 October 1905 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—A terrific explosion took place at Charters Towers yesterday morning, which shook the buildings for miles around and rocked them to and for for…

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A Colliery Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1905 · page 3

Michael Casey, a miner, was run over by a truck at the Hepburn Colliery and killed…

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Broken Hill Mines. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1905 · page 3

Seven thousand hands are employed on the Barrier Mines, Broken Hill…

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Gold and Iron in Black Sands

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 October 1905 · page 3

For those interested in the treatment of magnetic sands for both the gold and iron contents a few preliminary experiments may be of interest. I greatly regret that…

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Making Gold from Silver

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 6

The electric theory of matter has received a strong impetus at the hands of Lodge, Thomson, Crookes, and others, especially since the discovery of the…

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Steamer Sunk by a Mine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.—The British steamer Leho struck a floating mine off Shantung, and sank. Fifteen of her passengers and crew are missing…

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Wonderful Coal-cutting Machine

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 October 1905 · page 3

A new coal-cutting machine is creating much interest among miners. It weighs 150 pounds, is worked by compressed air, and is said to be wonderfully successful in…

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What Becomes of Our Gold. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 October 1905 · page 3

Sir,--Of course, it is a truism that wealth is represented in a convenient form by bullion and coined gold, which are interchangeable between the…

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