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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Mining News. [Special]

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 26 October 1905 · page 2

J. Hannan and E. Candish have arranged to re-open Hannan’s mine at an early date. It is situated within four miles of Yass; here lead ore was found…

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The Harden Gold Mine

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 2

ON Wednesday last our representative visited the Harden Gold Mine (late Harden Lucknow Mine) to witness the starting of the new battery A…

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The Harder Gold Mine

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 2

In previous issues we have referred to a mining property on Blind Creek, situate about two miles and a half north-easterly from Harden,…

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The Mine Explosion

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 4

ALL Sunday night a number of men worked in sealing all the outlets at the Stanford-Merthyr colliery, where the dreadful explosion occurred on Sunday morning. By…

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Dreadful Explosion. Stanford Merthyr Colliery Inflames. Five Persons Killed, Nine Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1905 · page 3

Five persons were killed and nine seriously injured by an explosion of fire damp at the Stanford Merthyr colliery, in the Maitland district about midday on Sunday. A raging fire had…

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Fatal Mine Explosion. Five Lives Lost

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 2 November 1905 · page 2

Another of these dreadful catastrophes, so sudden and unexpected, which have from time to time punctuated the coal mining history of this State, always…

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The Colliery Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 5

THE general manager of the East Greta. collieries says there is good reason to Suspect incendiarism. Some miners also favour the manager's idea, but the police state that it is…

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Terrible Mining Disaster. Five Killed—nine Injured. Kurri Kurri

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 November 1905 · page 2

Standford [?], one of the [?] in Australia, met with sudden destruction this morning, as the result of a terrific explosion. Four hundred men…

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The New Mining Bill. Synopsis of Provisions

Goulburn Herald · Monday 6 November 1905 · page 4

THE Mining Act Amendment Bill, which was introduced into the Legislative Assembly a couple of weeks ago by the Minister for Mince, Mr. S. W. Moore, in of considerable…

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The Colliery Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 8 November 1905 · page 2

THE inquest concorning the death of F. John William James, one of the victims of the Stanford-Merthyr disater, was continuced. at Kurri Kurri on Monday, and yesterday…

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Mining Bill, 1905. Scope and Purpose of the Bill

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 8 November 1905 · page 4

This bill repeals the Mining Act of 1874, end all Amending Ac s. All proclamations, so far as they affect the repealed Acts, have been incorporated,…

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The New Mining Bill

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 10 November 1905 · page 2

The Mining Act Amendment Bill, which was introduced into the Legislative Assembly, a couple of weeks ago by the Minister for Mi[?]es, Mr. S…

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Revised Synopsis of the Mining Bill, 1905

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 10 November 1905 · page 1

THE Under-Secretary of the "Department of Hints and Agriculture " has, in conformity with arrangements made between the Hon. the Premier…

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The Coal Contract

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 5

MR HOLMAN has recently asked questions in the Legislative Assembly in regard to the contract entered into between the Railway Commissioners…

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Mining Fatality

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 2

AN accident occurred in the South Mine, Broken Hill, on Friday by which Fred Burgess lost his life. The deceased and a mate were working in…

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West Australian Mining Industry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 4

Perth, Tuesday.—Speaking at a private dinner at which members of the Ministry were present, Mr. H. C. Hoover, principal partner in the firm of Bewick, moreing, and Co., made an important…

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A Novel Persuader. Moving Pictures Used by Mining Promoter to Help Sell Stock

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 3

Just as the phonograph, beginning as an entertaining toy, has become an important factor in business, the moving picture is now being adopted to[?]…

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West Australia's Mining Industry. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 2

Sir,—Only a local application must be attached to the assertion of decreasing gold returns in W.A. made by Mr. H. C. Hoover in his after dinner speech at Perth the other day. While it is quite true that…

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Disastrous Mine Explosion

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 December 1905 · page 3

An explosion occurred at Diamondville Wyeming, and killed twenty-one men who were working on a night shift blasting coal at a depth of 4000 feet. Forty persons were…

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The Latest. SYDNEY, Tuesday. the Coal Lumpers' Case

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 2

Judgment was given in the Arbitration Court this morning in the coal lumpers' dispute. The claimants' demands were refused, the Court holding that the men were paid a fair wage,…

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