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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 6 of 6

Rich Mining Prize

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 2

The C.S.A. mine at Cobar is daily proving a richer and richer prize in the mining lottery. So far it has turned out to be one of those "good…

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N.S.W. Coal Deposits. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 3

Professor David, the eminent Sydney geologist, estimates that there are one hundred and fifty thousand million tons of coal in the coal area of New…

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Our Wealth in Coal

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 10

Professor David estimates that the quantity of coal in the palacozoic area in New South Wales is 150,000,000,000 tons. It is hard to grasp these figures. One…

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Rich Gold at Trunkey

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 4

Hunter and party's claim has yielded, some rich stone. During the few weeks the claim has been worked the party have banked 250[?]z. of gold of superior quality, the net…

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Rich Mining Prize

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 2

The C.S.A. mine at Cobar is daily proving a richer and richer prize in the mining lottery. So far it has turned out to be one of those "good things", which, although…

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Mining Disaster. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1905 · page 3

A terrible mining disaster has occurred in Mexico, where thirty miners have been suffocated…

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