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Mining & the mines, 1899

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Western Australian Gold Companies Fraud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 3

The man Squire, buyer to the Company has been charged, along with Louis Henry Goodman, dentist, Sir Edwd, Lee, wine merchant, and others, at the Bow-street Police Court, with having…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. Ninth Day, Monday, January 28

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Albert Moncrieff, one of the victims of the East Greta colliery disaster was resumed to-day before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coroner. A typewriter was used for…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. Tenth Day, Tuesday, January, 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1899 · page 2

The inquest was re-opened this morning, at half-past ten, in the Courthouse, West Maitland, before Mr. G. C. Martin, District Coroner. Edward Parsons, re-called, said, to the jury, that…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Vic[?]ms. Eleventh Day. Wednesday. January 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1899 · page 2

The inquest was re-opened this morning, at the Went Maitland Courthouse, before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coroner. The evidence of Hugh Humphreys, manager of…

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Gold Standard in India

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 January 1899 · page 3

Lord Curzon of K[?]dleston, the Viceroy of India, has informed the Be[?]gal Chamber of Commerce that circumstances are favourable for the adoption of a gold standard in India…

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Stumbled Upon Gold Mines

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 2

Gold was discovered in California in 1848, and in Colorado in 1858. The discovery was accidental in both cases, and the fact created the impression that mines were…

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Poetry. "Rainbow Gold !"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 4

"He awoke one morning and found himself famous." To awake and find my dreams are coin To buy the love of men…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. Twelfth Day, Friday, January 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 2

The inquest was resumed this morning, in the Courthouse, West Maitland, before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coroner. Azariah Thomas, manager of East Greta colliery…

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Movement of Gold

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 16

The Melbourne Argus's commercial editor says:—The gold current from Australia is being gradually diverted from San Francisco to India as a destination. The Government of India…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 7

A nugget weighing 27cz. was found at Duke North Mine, Maryborough, Victoria. The Lithgow Valley colliery employes have agreed to the Company's proposals to pay 15d an…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 5

The inquest re-opened on Monday morning, in the Courthouse, West Maitland, before Mr. G. C. Martin, Newcastle District Coroner. Rudolph St. Vincent Heyes, engineer, had…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster Relief Fund. a Sunday Performance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 2

The fine programme to be performed by the Rand of the Fourth Infantry Regiment on to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, on the Albion Ground in aid of the East Greta Colliery Disaster Relief Fund, is…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster. Inquest on the Victims. Twelfth Day, Friday, January 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 5

The inquest was continued last evening, after we went to press, and the taking of evidence concluded. Alfred Ashley Atkinson, Chief Inspector of Collieries, had had about 24 years' experience of…

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Gold Amid the Snow. Book Iii. Arctic Snows. Chapter I. a Meeting with Trempe[?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1899 · page 9

"When did Mr. Mortimer arrive?" asked King in a tone so startled and full of amazement that the man he was talking with noticed it and responded:…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster Belief Fund. a Benefit Performance

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 4

At the suggestion of Captain Holden, of the Exchange Hotel, and with the kind permission of Lieut.-Colonol C. M. Raneland, Commandant of the Northern District forces, the splendid band of the…

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Mining Catastrophe. Two Men Killed in Victoria

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 4

At Stawell, Victoria, a shocking accident occurred on Saturday which resulted in the death of two well-known alluvial miners named Arthur Cole…

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The Coal Question. Proprietors' Conference Concluded. a Satisfactory Settlement Fully' Expected. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 3

The conference of Northern colliery proprietors, which opened in Sydney yesterday for the purpose of arriving at a uniform agreement respecting the new condition of things created by the enforcement…

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East Greta Colliery Disaster Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the East Greta Colliery Disaster Relief Fund was held last evening at Captain Holden's Exchange Hotel, Mr. J. H. F. Waller (Mayor of East Maitland) presiding. The…

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Gold in West Australia. The Largest Nugget Yet Unearthed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

The Under-Secretary for Mines at Perth received a telegram from the mining registrar at Marble Bar on Tuesday, stating that two brothers,…

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An Important Discovery. Telluride of Gold in New South Wales

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

In Novembor last the Government Geologist reported the discovery by Mr Blakemore, the general manager of the Prince of Wales Mine at…

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