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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 August 1904 · page 6

A report received from Queanbeyan states that what appears to be a rich discovery of native copper, associated with gold in a quartz matrix, has been made on the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 August 1904 · page 4

As n result of the Lloyd copper mine at Burraga, in the Bathurst district, closing down, between 400 and 500 men have left the town during the week, seeking…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1904 · page 8

A return prepared by the Under-Secretary for Minus shows that the gold yield recorded for the month of July was 27,169 ounces crude, equal to 24,127 ounces fine valued at…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 August 1904 · page 6

Coal from the New Zealand State mine is now being retailed by the Government. Arrangements have been made for a company to dispose of the coal to householders at 2s…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 2

Tomlin and party have lodged in the bank at Moruya [?] of pure smelted gold, the result of 49 tons of stone taken from the Lousdale Mine, Nerrigundah, and crushed at…

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Trouble at East Greta. Mine Workers Strike- The Arbitration Court Flouted

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 2

Trouble has again occurred at the East Greta colliery in consequence of the award of the Arbitration Court being brought into operation. The…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 3

Mr. E. H. Borham, writing from Berrico Creek states that the four tons of quartz obtained by Borham's party on Berrico Creek, and which was crushed at Copeland, yielded an average of 4joz to…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 August 1904 · page 4

The Victorian Education Department .Km concluded arrangement with the Ballarat School of Miners whereby a large number of selected pupils from the senior classes in the…

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The Bowman River Goldfield

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 2

Since my last report from here, developments in the mines and milling are of a favorable character. Although the local battery, Mint, as yet…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 12
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Last month the gold exported from New Zealand totalled £48,013oz., valued at £180,027. as compared with 55,902oz., valued at £216,578. for July last year…

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Gold Robbery at Tumberumba. £500 in Gold Taken. From a Police Station

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 4

A startling discovery was made at Tumberumba on Wednesday evening when the strong room at the police station was opened by order of the…

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Labor at Cobar. Demands by the Miners. Increased Fay and Concessions

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 August 1904 · page 7

The Amalgamated Miners' Association, Wrightville, has asked for a conference with, the mine managers of Cobar and district, to discuss the…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 August 1904 · page 3

The southern coal trade was brisk last week, most of the collieries having worked good time. Loading operations at the jetties were restricted principally to loading…

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Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 3

A fall of masonry in Yrysdon colliery, Newport, Missouri, U. S. A., imprisoned 17 miners, 10 of whom were rescued…

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Mining Matters. State of the Coal Trade

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1904 · page 5

Japan as a coal producing country is attracting a good deal of attention among men who have invested their capital in the coal mining industry in New South Wales…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 17 August 1904 · page 5

Three shearers who a few weeks age made [?]sational find of [?] close to the sur[?] on Block 1 at White Cliffs continue to [?] further finds at the same place…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1904 · page 4

In New Zealand private industries are said to be feeling the competition of the State coal mines. The mines are now going full swing, and supplying the needs of…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 August 1904 · page 2

At the Dee River ruth, Q , on Wednesday, Townsend and party got a nugget of gold, weighing be 70 and 80 ounces. A few minutes before making this handsome find, they unearebed a smaller nugget…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 11

A deputation waited upon Mr. Waddell, and asked that the allowances in connection with the Miners' Accident Relief Fund might be increased. It was stated that the fund…

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