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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 March 1905 · page 5

The Seddonville State mine in Now Zealand has been closed down owing to the refusal of the miners to renew the working agreement…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 3

The Queensland gold yield for February was 46,706oz., a decrease of 4069oz., on the yield for February of last year. The Seddonville State mine in New…

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The Cambrian Collieries Casualty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 3

An explosion caused the fire in the Cambrian collieries. There are nine dead and 17 still imprisoned. Their recovery alive is practically impossible. The accident…

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Death in a Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 March 1905 · page 3

Thomas Ritchie, employed at the British Mine, Broken Hill, was killed by a fall of are this morning. He leaves and several children…

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Gold-Mining

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 3

IN a series of articles entitled, "Our Industries," the Herald's writer in Saturday's issue gives some interesting particulars of the first discovery of…

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Terrible Colliery Explosion Miners Entombed. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 14 March 1905 · page 2

An explosion in the Cambridge collieries at Llynpia, in, Wales, has caused a fire to break out in the mines. Nine dead bodies were recovered, but…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 March 1905 · page 3

Mr. Richards, M.L.A., states that two cakes of gold one weighing 1530z, the other 1250z., were purchased in Mudgee last week by the Commercial Bank. The first…

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Two Rich Cakes of Gold. Promising Claims

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 March 1905 · page 3

Mr. Richards M [?] A. states that two [?] of gold, one weighing 153oz, the other 125oz, were purchased in Mudgee last week by the Commercial…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 11

At the 275 feet level, at the Drysdale mine. 5oz. to 10oz. prospects were obtained on Saturday. The shareholders are jubilant. Mannix and party, at Stannifer, says the…

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Lost the Coal-posts

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 3

In those football grounds which lie in the shadow of the great metropolis, it is not an uncommon thing for the referee to be compelled to sound a premature "no-side"…

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Deepest Mine in the World

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 12

The deepest mine in the world is the Calumet and Hecla Copper Mine, On the shores of Lake Superior, U.S.A., beneath which it reaches downward 4000 feet. If the knife of…

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The [?] in Mining

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 5

The records of engineering holdlew more romantie and interesting episodes than, the discoveries madein the modern mines of andient and…

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The Romance of "Old Mem" in Mining

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 March 1905 · page 4

The records of engineering hold few more romantic and interesting episodes than the discoveries made in the modern mines of aa[?] and…

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The War. Japan's Triumphal March. Russia's Gold Reserves. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 March 1905 · page 2

The evacuation of Tie-ling by the Russians was due to the fight being impeded by the presence of many wounded soldiers…

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Disastrous Colliery Explosions

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 March 1905 · page 5

An explosion occurred yesterday at the Red Ash colliery, Thurmond, West Virginia. Ten num were killed. A rescue party was formed of 20 men, ami they went into the…

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Gold From the Sea. Remarkable Report. Millions a Year

The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 March 1905 · page 2

A BIG syndicate has been formed in London, called the Industrial and Engineering Trust,' Limited} which claims to be able to obtain unlimited…

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Mining Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 5

A new find was made about a month ago about five or six miles north-west of Swamp oak, near Tamworth, from which some very, good stone was brought into town…

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Narrow Escape of Miners. PERTH

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 4

Miners at the Princess Royal Central' Mine, Dundas, had a wonderful escape on Tuesday. Five men hud prepared for blasting out the reef at a depth of…

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All From a Lump of Coal

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 6

For years no ono had supposed that a lump of soft coal, dug from its mine or bed in the earth, possessed any other purpose than that of fuel. It was next found that…

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Gold at 4162 Feet. Important Development at Bendigo

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1905 · page 4

A development of great importance to the Bondigo Geld, inasmuch as it proves the existence of a quartz formation carrying payable gold at the…

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