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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Gold from the Sea

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 6

A big syndicate has been formed in London, called the Industrial and Engineering Trust, Limited, which claims to be able to obtain…

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Colliery Disaster. Miners Blown to Pieces. a Heartrending Scene

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday—A terrific explosion has occurred at the Stanford Merthyr Colliery, about seven miles from West Maitland, by which, so far as is at present…

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Mine Explosion

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1905 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday—An explosion occurred in the Sanford Merthyr Colliery, in the Maitland district, yesterday morning. Five persons were killed, including Henry…

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Colliery Disaster

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 4

A fire occurred in the Stanford Merthyr Colliery, near West Maitland, on Sunday, followed by two explosions, the second of which was responsible…

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Mine Owners Federating. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 5

Practically the whole of the colliery proprietors in the State have federated for the purpose of protecting their interests in view of the…

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Maitland Colliery Disaster. Suspected Incendiarism

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday— There is a growing feeling that the explosion which wreeked the Stanford-Merthyr collfery, and caused the loss of six lives, in addition injuring a…

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United Coal Proprietors

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 12

An important federation of colliery proprietors has been effected, covering, with but one or two exceptions, all the colliery proprietors in the State. in all 32…

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Gold in Sea Water

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

The recovery of gold from sea water is still a fascinating problem. Professor Liversidge has estimated that the ocean contains from 180 to 260 tons of gold per…

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Financial and Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 November 1905 · page 5

T. J. Thompson & Sons report: The stock and share market during the past month did not show many important changes, but what alterations took place…

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Mining Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 3

Thomas Rutter, a miner, of Walhalla, Victoria, was fatally injured by a premature explosion…

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World's Gold Output

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 2

Under the sensational headline, "The Gold Ships and Their Cargoes,"Mr. Alex Del Mar has announced through the pages of the "Engineering…

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The Lithgow Coal Contract

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 4

Mr. Holman,. M.L.A., seems to be determined to get to the bottom of the contract made by the Railway Commissioners with a mining company at Lithgow for the…

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The F[?]mine in Japan. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1905 · page 5

Terrible suffering prevails in the famine stricken districts of Japan Many persons are mad with hunger…

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Mining Near Byron'bay

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 10

During the year two large milling leases were taken up a mile or two from Byron Bay, on Tallow Bench. One was for the purpose of extracting gold from sea…

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Shocking Colliery Disaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.— An explosion occurred last night in a coal mine at Diamondville, Wyoming (U.S.), While the,night shift was blasting coal…

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Extracting Gold from Sea Water

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

The following process of extracting gold from sea water has recently been devised A ton of sea water is treated with about five cubie contimetres of concentrated…

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Examiner's Sydney Budget. the Coal Lumpers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 4

The claim of the coal lumpers in Sydney for increased wages occupied the time of the Arbitration Court for many days, and the evidence given was completely…

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The Coal-lumpers' Dispute

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

The Sydney Coal-lumpers have failed in the demands which they, as a union, made upon the Steam Colliery Owners and Coal Stevedores' Association. The union…

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Gold Seeker's Failure. a Klondike Venture That Led to Bankruptcy

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 6

A strange story of the disasters attending a Klondike syndicate was told in, the Liverpool Bankruptcy Court. The syndicate was formed in Liverpool during the…

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The Railway Enquiry. Western Coal Contracts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into matters relating to the administration of the railways has taken lengthy evidence concerning the…

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