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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1907

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The Grafton Copper Mining Coy., Ltd. Annual Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 4

The Second annual meeting of shareholders of the above was held at the company's office yesterday. Mr. S. See (chairman of the Directors)…

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Terrible Colliery Disaster

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 7

LONDON, TUESDAY.—A terrific explosion has occurred in a coal mine in Rhenish Prussia. Some 500 miners were entombed, the majority of whom have been suffocated…

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Extraordinary Find of Gold. SYDNEY

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 5

An extraordinary [?] of gold has been made at Mickathara, W.A., where 235lbs of stone yielded 1180oz of gold…

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Sydney Harbour Collieries

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Sydney Harbour collieries in London on December 19 the company obtained powers to issue a further £33,200 in debenturesw, to complete…

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Sensational Gold Find

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—A sensational find of gold is reported to have been made near, Meekathara (West Australia). The find is considered by the Mines Department to be as promising as…

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Terrible Mining Disaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.—An explosion has occurred in the Prussian. Government coal mine at Reden, by which several hundred men were entombed, and it is feared have…

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Another Colliery Disaster. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 5

Thirty miners have been killed by a colliery, explosion in West Virginia (U.S.A.)…

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Antimony Mining

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 4

IT is cstimated that there must be fully 60 or 70 men engaged in the antimony mining industry on L'pper Taylor's Arm, and acoording to latest reports all are doing well An…

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Grafton Copper Mining Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 4

Mr. Mulligan, manager of the Gratfon Copper Co's mine at Cangai, reports as follows for the week ending 2nd February:—We have made fair progress in some of the levels. A number…

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Another Coal Strike. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 5

A strike at the western collieries. (Lithgow) is threateaed. The miners nave rejected the proprietors conditions regarding a fixed hewing rate…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 16

In the Sydney market on Tuesday, copper shares commanded most attention, but Queensland ventures did not take such a strong lead as formerly. In N.S.W…

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Gold Romance in Siberia

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 12

Ono of the most remarkebale Stock Exchange "booms" on record in London was recently experienced in connection with the development of the mining potentialities, of S[?]beria. The…

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Grafton Copper Mining Co

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

In his weekly report of the Grafton Copper Co.'s mine at Cangai, the manager, Mr. Mulligan, says:—For the week ending 9th instant mining and development work…

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Correspondence. Copper Mining on the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 14

Mr. Editor.—I was pleased to read in one of your recent issues such a good report of the copper development at Cangai. A few years ago I equipped and maintained…

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Local and General Copper Mining Syndicate

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 2

A copper mining syndicate has been formed in Grafton to work a 100ac. lease on the Gordon Brook Estate, to be known as the "Fine Flour Creek…

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The Poseidon Gold Rush. the Field As It Is

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 3

Judged from a purely mining standpoint, the Poseidon rush is bailling; that is to say, it has few characteristics which permit of a comparison being instituted with…

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Beach Mining

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 4

A PARTY has been formed for mining for gold on the beach at the Old Bar, Manning River. They have the latest appliances for concentrating the sand and savior gold, and…

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Shocking Mining Fatality. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1907 · page 3

A shocking fatality occurred at the Victoria Proprietary Mine, Diamond Hill, near Bendigo, yesterday. Two men, named Purcell and Scanlan, were…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 4

It is curious to note the varying opinions expressed by members of the Stock, Exchange, Sydney, as well as by mining spectilators outside the pale of that…

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Beach Mining

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. F. G. Crofton, late of Maclean, left for the Old Bar, Manning Heads, recently, with the intention of mining for gold on the beach, and he will be joined in a day…

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