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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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An Ancient Boomerang. Found in a Tin Mine. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 3

A strange discovery has been made at Emmaville. A man working in a tin mine, at a depth of 160 feet, came on a blackfellow's…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

Visits to Kyloe, Adelong, Cadia, and Co bar, with Yerranderie to follow, have been paid by the metalliferous miners' wages board. Much evidence has been taken, and…

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Cangai Copper Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

The manager of the Cangai mine for the Grafton Copper Mining Co., Ltd., reports for week ended 15th inst.:-- A level cross cut has been…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 4

Lloyd Copper report for the fortnight reads:—Ore raised was 1100 tons, which, with 330 tons raised prior to the commencement of the two weeks' term, [?]made…

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The Minmi Miners

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Considerable interest is manifested in mining circles, as to the attitude to be adopted by the Minmi miners regarding the proposed five years'…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1913 · page 4

Our Copmanhurst correspondent writes: Quite a revival has taken place in gold mining. Apart from the Mountain Maid, which haw given such a good return from…

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Mining at Lionsville

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 4

Mr. T. O'Dwyer; Lionsville, writes under date 25th inst.:—Mining is forging ahead rapidly. Another exceptionally rich reef has been discovered six miles from…

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Mining Conference

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 February 1913 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The conference between representatives of the Northern Colliery proprietors and employees was resumed at Newcastle. Proceedings were…

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Cangai Copper Mine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 8

The manager of the Cangai mine for the Grafton Copper Mining Co., Ltd., reports for the week ended 22nd inst.:--A level crosscut was advanced 13ft…

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Upper Clarence Gold Fields Phenomenal Gold Struck

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

On Wednesday last Mr. J. Parkinson, storekeeper at Baryulgil, while prospecting near the old Gaw Caw reef, discovered a leader running…

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The Coal Crisis. Owners' Proposals Unsatisfactory. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 5

The mining conference between the colliery proprietors and the miners was resumed at Newcastle yesterday. Certain proposals made by the…

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Big Gold Discovery

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1913 · page 2

News cones to hand of n further phenc[?] gold find at Solferino, on the Upper Clarence. J. Parkinson, a storekeper at Baringit, while…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday Night.—Cangai shares, buyers 9s. Copper was quoted in London at £65. Last issue of the "Sydney Mail"…

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MINING. Mineral Output

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 7

The Under-secretary for Mines, Mr. E. F. Pittman, has furnished a preliminary statement of the State for the year 1912. "The value of the output," he says, "has…

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Miners' Federation Defied. a Serious Situation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 6

The five years' agreement between Messrs. J. and A. Brown, proprietors of Back Creek and Duckenfield collieries at Minmi, and the miners employed there,…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 6 March 1913 · page 5

The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company reports: Last month the copper reduction works produced 715 tons blister copper, and 9851 ounces of gold. The…

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Romance of Rand Mines

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 3

Up to 1884 there was scarcely a suspicion of gold in the Transvaal, and the country was regarded as a barren land, lacking in all the…

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Rich Gold Finds at Yulgilbar

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 4

Further sensational finds of gold are reported from Lionsville Rich specimens are being unearthed there every day. Councillor Passetti writes…

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Upper Clarence Gold Yield. More Rich Finds

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 4

A Lionsville correspondent writes:--Mining at Lionsville is progressing apace and the field is beginning to assume an aspect similar to that of…

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Mining

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 March 1913 · page 11

The following applications have been lodged during the past week at the Warden's Office, Copmanhurst:—E. Richards, gold lease 5 acres, parish Churchill, county…

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