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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1901

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Terrible Disaster. Men Burnt in a Coal Mine by Cable. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 3

A TERRIBLE disaster occurred at Diamondville in the United States. A fire broke out in a colliery entombing fifty miners…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 3

Diamond-mining in the Invereil district is active, the local price being £1 per carat, and improved returns being obtained. The True Blue mine, Wyalong, has yielded 357…

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All for Gold! a Bogus Will. —Or, A—Dead Man's Signature. in Three Parts. Part Ii

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 1

One week passed by. The funeral had been solemnised; all that remained of old Jacob Scnider had been consigned to the cold and…

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All for Gold! a Bogus Will. or a Dead Man's Signature. in Three Parts. Part Ii

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 2 March 1901 · page 1

One week passed by The funeral had been solemnised; all that remained of old Jacob Scnider had been consigned to the cold and…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 2

FROM Stewarts Brook, we learn that the New Royal Standard Co. yesterday crushed 15 tons of stone from the Mountaineer Reef for a yield of 17ozs…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 7

The Mount Morgan Company last month treated 18,704 tons for 18,088oz. of gold, being the largest and best average yield since September. Dredging returns from Otago, New Zealand, for…

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All for Gold! a Bogus Will. Or, a Dead Man's Signature. in Three Parts. Part Iii

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 1

It was a late hour that night when Harry Senider arrived within sight of the paternal mansion. A full bright light glared from the sitting-room…

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Hill for Gold! Part Iii. a Bogus Will. —Or, A—Dead Man's Siganture. in Three Parts

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1901 · page 1

It was a late hour that night when Harry Senider arrived within sight of the paternal mansion. A full bright light glared from the sitting-room…

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Sensational Gold Find

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 2

A telegram from Co[?]gard c. W.A., states that [?] strike of rich gold was made in Bayley's United mine on Thursday 7th instant The find is reported to be one of the…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 3

Another strike has occurred at the Hartley Vale colliery, the hewing rate being the subject of contention. A splendid strike of rich gold was made in Bayley's…

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The Export of Gold. (To the Editor)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 4

SIR—Mr O'Sullivan has fallen a victim to the greatest mare's nest of the electoral campaign, He would have us think that the gold which has…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

A MOONAN BROCK correspondent writes:—The recent rains have enabled the battery to commence operations, and yesterday (Saturday) Steinbeck,…

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More Labor Troubles. Steam Collie. s v. Coal Lumpers. A Look-out

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

A DIFFICULTY has occurred between the steam collier owners and the union coal lumpers. The secretary of the Steam Colliers'…

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British Prisoners Shot. Gold-Blooded Murder Boers for Australia. Do Wet's Declaration. Commandant Captured

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 March 1901 · page 2

The Boers shot two British prisoners at Welinaranstaad, in South-eastern Transvaal, and also three burghers because they refused to fight…

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The Coal Lumpers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 2

One of the most important branches of the trade of Sydney is the supply of coal to the numerous steamships which frequent the port. The Trades…

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The Very Latest. London, Tuesday afternoon. a New South Wales Mines Boat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 March 1901 · page 3

The New South Wales submarine mines beat Miner has left Aden…

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Coal Mining in the Maitland District. Recent Developments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

Development of the coal mining industry in the neighbourhood of West Maitland is proceeding with great vigour and wonderful rapidity. The formation of companies with large capital and the…

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The Lake George Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 3

The shareholders in the Lake George Mines have appointed liquidators and a committee of inspection. The deficiency as regards the shareholders is £1,75,000…

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Striking a Gold Mine. Mrs Harrison Got on to Good Property—Struck it Rich[?]and Unexpectedly. Creates a Sensation

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

THE surprise of a man who sinks a hole to make a well and strikes a gold mine is no doubt a pleasant one. Such a surprise was held in store for Mrs Harrison,…

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Coal Mining in the Maitland District. Recent Developments

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 7

Development of the coal mining industry in the neighbourhood of West Maitland is proceeding with great vigour and wonderful rapidity. The formation of companies with large capital and the…

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