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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1906

191 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 10

District Mining

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

In view of the fact that dairying, cane-growers and other industries on tho Clarence are so uniformly successful, we are apt to overlook the rich…

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Mining Notes. Thomas and Party

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 8

On Gordon Brook Station copper was found near Deep Creek, 12 miles north of Copmanhurst, about 30 years ago. A good deal of work was done in…

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How St. Petersburg Police Dine off Gold Plate

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 8

"So you are going to St. Petersburg, are you?" said Rabinski, a Russian jeweller, who has his principal place of business in Berlin. He made…

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A Colliery Disaster. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 5

An explosion in a mine has occurred in Japan. One hundred mi[?]ers were incinerated…

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Sad Mining Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 5

By a fall of earth in the Vlas mine, Coolgardie, W.A., yesterday, three men, named John Milroy, J. O'Brien and Frederick Christersen, were killed…

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Artificial Gold

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 2

A new metal harder than steel, as brilliant as gold, from which it cannot be distinguished, and as good a conductor as copper has been…

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TELEGRAMS. Mining Fatalities. SYDNEY

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 5

Two Italians wore killed in a mine at Leonora, West Australia, yesterday, through an explosion oE a dynamite charge. By a fall of earth in the Vlass mine…

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Jumped Down a Mine. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 5

Allan Leggett, aged 24, was brought to the surface in a gig, at the Wallaroo Mines, South Australia, suffering from an injured…

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Miners' Risks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 3

The risks which beset miners prospecting in lonely places is clearly manifest in the case of Mr. John Smith, who is at present an inmate of the Grafton Hospital…

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The Mining Industry

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

White the attention of the majority of the residents of this district is being devoted to agricultural pursuits, a few who have faith in the ultimate development of its…

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Gold From the Sea. Is the Project Feasible? Distinguished Scientists Say It Is. a New South Wales Experiment

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 7

In 1872 a then well-known chemist, Mr. E. Sonstadt, announced that he had found by actual experiment an average ton of sea water contained nearly a grain of gold…

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Another Colliery Disaster. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1906 · page 3

An explosion has occurred in a colliery at Michigan (U.S.A.) and eighteen miners were killed…

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Mining Accident. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 3

Joseph Johns, aged 40, while on a moving skip at Wyndham mine, Charters Towers, put his head oat and was crushed to death against the roof…

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Latest Telegrams. a Mine Robbed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 5

Three men bound and gagged the watchman at the Golden Horseshoe Mine, Kalgoorlie, W.A. A retort containing amalgam, valued at £13,000,…

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Daring Mine Robbery. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 5

Three men bound and gagged the watchman at the Golden Horseshoe Mine, Kalgoorlie, W.A. A retort containing amalgam, valued at £13,000, was then removed. The police…

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Entombed Miners Rescued

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.—Owing to an inrush of water five men were [?] in a mine in Clackmannan. The rescue party made a two-inch bore through the upper…

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Rand Mining Disaster. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1906 · page 3

Fifty-five natives have been drowned by the flooding of a mine on the Rand…

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The Coal-lumpers Strike

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday,—The matter of the coal lumpers' dispute was before the Arbitration Court to-day. Mr. Kelynack, for collier owners and…

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Built From Coal

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 5

A palace of coal, after the mediaeval type of architecture, will represent Indiana's mining industry at the St. Louis Exposition. The palace is to be built…

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A Rich Mine. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 3

Broken Hill Proprietary earned a gross profit of £227,299 during the past half-year…

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