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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Mining Notes. Rich Find at Stewarts Brook. 2000Zs. From 80Lbs. Stone

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1899 · page 2

IT was reported in Scone on Friday that at extraordinarily rich find of gold had been made at Stewarts Brook during the last few days, but we were an…

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Coal Trimmer's Peril. Account of His Rescue

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 October 1899 · page 6

Several narrow escapes from death have been reported in our columna lately—in foot, there has been quite an epidemic of events of this nature. To-day we have yet another to record. Particulars…

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Gold Production

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 October 1899 · page 2

FOR sometime there has been a dispute between Queensland and Victoria as to which colony produces the greatest quantity of gold. Mr. Coghlan's…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 12

Three additional weighing screens are about to be erected at the Hetton colliery. The management however does not expect to be in a position to weigh all coal for some time to come…

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Rich Gold at Stewart's Brook. I

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 2

WE have received information of a rich find of gold in the property at Stewart's Brook known as Cook's patch, The reef has always been…

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Coal Trimmer's Peril. Account of His Rescue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 11

Several narrow escapes from death have been reported in our columns lately in fact, there has been quite an epidemic of events of this nature. To-day we have yet another to record. Particulars…

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The War. Another Engagement. Attack on Free State Troops. The Enemy's Artillery Silenced. Fighting near Ladysmith. Colonel Wilford Killed. A Squadron of Russian Captured by the Enemy. Impending Attack on Kimberley. Defence of Mafeking. Klendyke Miners Offering for Service. A Brave Doctor's Act. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 October 1899 · page 5

AFTER the Battle of Elands Laagte the Boers the British fraternised on behalf of the wounded. The Boers treat their prisoners well…

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Transvaal War the Boers Defeated Before Kimberley. Unfair Use of the White Flag. Burial of Major-general Symons. the Boers Tricked. Dundee Occupied by Boers. Civilians Ill-used and Shot by the Boers. Bombardment of Mafeking. Boer Sympathisers at Hamburg. Release of Intercepted Gold. ' London. Oct. 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 October 1899 · page 3

Four hours' fighting took place on Tuesday at Maclarlane's Farm, seven miles from Kimberley. The Boers, numbering 1000, were well posted. They endeavoured to decay the British troops over…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 3

The miners at the Wallsend coal mine, Western Australia, have struck. Three hundred man were discharged on Monday by the Whitecliffs Opal Mining Company, who are…

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COAL [?] PERIL. Account of His Resoue

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 7

SEVERAL narrow escapes from death have been reported in our columns lately-in fact there has been quite an epidemic of events of this nature. To-day we have yes another…

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Coal Trimmer's Peril. Account of His Rescue

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 2

Several narrow escape from death have been reported in our columns lately—in fact, there has been quite an epidemic of events of this nature. To-day we have yet another…

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Poetry. to a Little One of Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 6 November 1899 · page 6

If I might gather all the thorns And leave the roses all to thee, If I might roll the rocks away That thou must scale from day to day,…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1899 · page 3

THE Department of Mines has compiled the usual monthly return showing the yield of gold within the colony during the month of October. The return shows…

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Movements of Gold

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 7

Shipments of gold from Melbourne by the Oceana amount to ,£106,300, as follows: Bank of New South Wales, £100,000 for India (comprising £20,000 for Calcutta, £30,000 for Bombay, and…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 3

The export of gold from British Guiana for eight months of the present year totalled 70,562oz., valued at £250,758. During the month of October the return from…

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Economy in Coal Consumption

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 11

At the present time, when the large coal consumption of our men-of-war vessels is attracting especial attention,the very remarkable statement made by one of the partners of Messrs…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 8

ln Victoria the gold yield for the ten months of the present year was 681.366z.,as increase of 724 Inz. over the yield for the same period of last year…

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Case 2739. Chapter Xxvi. Vengeance Is Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 9

Miriam gazed upon the flushed and beautiful face of the impetuous girl in astonishment. There were depths of feeling in the heart of Katherine Felton which she could not…

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Official Correspondence. Department of Mines and Agriculture, Stock and Brands. Sydney, llth November, 1899

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 3

SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 6th instant, enclosing petition from the residents of Muswellbrook district respecting the closing of the Queensland border, I have the…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 2

At Kalgoorlie on Monday the mounted police arrested 14 alluvial diggers on charges of stealing are. An electro-magnetic process for the recovery of…

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