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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 7

The warden's report on the telluride discovery at Waturpa goldfield (S.A.) verifies the existence of telluride. A discovery of a fine anthracite coal is reported…

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A New Gold Saver

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 4

A TRIAL of the " Perfect" gold-saving maching was made at the residence of Dr. Brownless, 285 Elizabeth-street, on Friday, in the presence of a number…

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Dinding Rice Gold. Striking it Rich with a Dredge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

WHAT a bonanza the electric Syndicate has in the Kawarau River was recently told Mr M'George one of the party, to a reporter at Dunedin…

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Newcastle Railway Smash On the West Wallsend Coal Company's Line. Per[?] Plight of Passengers. [?]

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 4

A SERIOUS accident occurred on the West Wallsend Coal Company's line on Wednesday night. It appears that a train of about . It appears…

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The New Goldfield. Further Discoveries in South Asstralia

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 2

THE Minister has received the fellowing report from the Government Analyst at Adelaide, in connection with the assay:-"I have cramined…

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The Minister for Mines

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1899 · page 2

The Hon, Joseph Cook, once a miner himself, but only, I believe, a coal miner, has been visiting Wyalong. In his, capacity as Minister for Mines he…

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Finding Gold. Striking It Rich with a Dredge

The Scone Advocate · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

WHAT a bonanza the Electric Syndicate has in the Kawarau River was recently told by Mr. M'George, one of the party, to a reporter at Dunedin…

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The Newcastle Colliery Inquiry

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 2

The Court of Investigation appointed to inquire into the allegations made by J. Bailey against the management of the New castle Company's pit was concluded before…

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Gold in Fisheries

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 1
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

If the shooting rights of ordinary English land are a potential silver mine with an increasing yield (says the writer of "The £ 8, d. of Sporting Rents," in "Cornhill'),…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1899 · page 7

A good find of tin is reported from Karoola, on the M'Intyre River. Advices from New Guinea state that the reports from the gold field have been lately very…

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A Wonderful Gold Find

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 3

A recent despatch from Victoria (B.C.) to the San Francisco Call reports a wonderful discovery of gold near Alberni, the mining town situated at the head of Alberni Canal, an inlet on the west…

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A Mining Action

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1899 · page 3

The Full Court to-day granted rule for a new trial in the suit of the Stockton Coal Coy v. Messrs. McIlwraith, McErcharn and Company…

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The Story of a Lost Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 5

A bonanza for which men have searched in vain has a romantic history, if history it may be called for which no man can vouch the truth, even while he tells the tale as it was…

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The Mining Industry of the Colony. a Brighter Prospect Ahead

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 3

According to the Minister of Mines, Mr. Cook, there is a very marked and distinct revival taking place in the mining industry of New South Wales, and with the plentiful rainfall that we have…

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Mining Accident

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 10

A mining accident occurred at White Feather main reef, West Australia, on Monday morning, during a change of shift. Four men, F. Osmetti, D. E. Edgar, H. Sardini, and J. Taylor stepped into…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 7

There are over 300 men on the recently discovered goldfield at Worturps, South Australia. The gold production of the United States continues to increase. The estimate for 1898 was…

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A Wonderful Gold Find

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 13

A recent despatch from Victoria (B.C.) to the San Francisco Call reports a wonderful discovery of gold near Alberni, the mining town situated at the head of Alberni Canal, an inlet on the west…

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Lord Salisbury in the Gold Diggings

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 29 July 1899 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Nothing in Australia appealed to Lady Hopetoun so much a s the hovel in which the Marquis of Salisbury, then Lord Robert Cecil, lived whilst he was…

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