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Mining & the mines, 1902

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The World's Gold Supply

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 3

The chairman of the Bank of Africa estimates that owning to the closing of the mines in South Africa, the world's supply of gold has diminished by over £40,000,000…

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The Ballarat Mining Disaster. Two Men Rescued

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 29 March 1902 · page 15

At a quarter past one o'clock Friday morning, the relief party, headed by Inspector. Fitches, consisting of Messrs. T. Bowles, J. McGrath, G. Hall, and J. O'Brien, descended the shaft at the Cardigan mine,…

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Mine Explosion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 April 1902 · page 3

A mine explosion has occurred at Dayton, Tennesee, Seventy five men were killed…

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Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 3

A colliery explosion occurred at Wigan, Lancashire. Eleven miners were entombed. Four of them who were rescued were seriously injured. The others perished…

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Eleven Miners Entombed. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 April 1902 · page 5

BY an explosion in a colliery in Lancashire, eleven miners were entombed and four were afterwards rescued seriously injured…

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Mining at Monkerai

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2

Mr Towns, who is erecting a three stump battery at his claim on the Monkerai, expects good returns from the first crushing, which will take…

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A Copper Mine Closed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 3

Gulf Crook Copper mine, Barraba, bus dispensed with over three hundred men, including all the miners. Nearly five hundred persons are directly affected by the closing down of the mine. Minersare…

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Mining News

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 April 1902 · page 2

A MOONAN BROOK correspondent writes:—Adams and Son have the whip ready, and all appliances to work with a horse, and four men…

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A Fishy Gold Mine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 2

The Laputan philosophers, who sought to extract sunshine from cucumbers, have been eclipsed by a "bunko man" in New York, who…

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The Only Turquoise Mines. They Are in Persia and the Natives Prize Them Highly

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 5

About thirty-five miles from Nishapour, in the Khorassan, are the celebrated turquoise times of Persia, the only mines in the world producing this fashionable stone. They are…

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Telegraphic News. SYDNEY, Friday. the Newcastle Strike. Alarming Condition of Affairs. Mines Mat Be [Dle To-morrow

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1902 · page 2

The coal trimmers strike at Newcastle continues, end the whole mining industry is at a standstill. It is believed all the collieries will be…

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Cobar Copper Mines

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 3

The Minister of Works, in reply to a deputation, promised to consult the Railway Commissioners with a view to arranging for a daily supply of water to Cobar in order to obviate the necessity…

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Closing Cobar Mine. an Important Deputation. Affecting Singleton and District. 5000 People Affected

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 4

AT Cobar on Thursday a mass meeting was held for the purposs of further strengthening the hands of the mayors who waited upon the Minister…

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Queen Victoria's Treasure. Gold and Rare Gems on the Ocean's Bed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 5

"Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed eaves of ocean bear."—Within fifty miles around Sandy Hook…

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The Only Turquoise Mines. They Are in Persia and the Natives Prize Them Highly

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 13

About thirty-five miles from Nishapour, in the Khorassan, are the celebrated turquoise mines of Persia, the only mines in the world producing this fashionable stone. They are…

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Mining News

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 2

AFTER a long, spell of dullness in mining affairs in this part, it is pleasing to be able to record that someone is getting a little gold. At Moonan…

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Coal in the Soudan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 3

A seam of good coal has been discovered in the Soudan…

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The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. a South African Goldfield

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 3

News from South Africa states that a promising goldfield has been discovered in the Vryheid and Utrecht districts, South-eastern Transvaal. [These districts border on Natal and Zululand, and form part…

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[?]Ke of Anthracite Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 May 1902 · page 3

A strike of anthracite miners in Pennsylvania has [?] ordered to commence on Monday. The Miners. [?] number 150,000, demand the recognition of [?] hours as a day's work…

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Late News by Cable. London, May 13. the Gold Yield of the Rand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 3

The output of the Rand goldfield for the year which has elapsed since the resumption of milling amounts to 613,873oz…

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